Happy Halloween!

The boys are out trick or treating as I write this down. Keira is on the floor in her little ducky costume. So cute. The boys are Cameron, a pirate, and Garrett, Robin Hood. I will have to post pictures later. Last night we went out at Memaw and Pops house and got some candy. The boys love it and when we go out there I can go with them since I don't have to man the door. It is fun for all.

Yesterday during the day was spent at the Magic house with the family. Cameron was off school on Thursday and Friday because of Teacher conferences. We had our first parent/teacher conference on Thursday and Cameron got a glowing report. We sometime thought is this the same kid? We were not surprised as far as his grades. I am going to brag a little, he got E's on everything except things that you expect boys not to get E's on. If you are the Mother of a boy you know what I mean. Like sitting still in class and listening all the time. He does pretty well, but not excellent. Anyway, back to the Magic house. We had a great time. It was the first time that we had been there since they expanded. It is now so big and we didn't even get around to everything. However, it was a great family time which we have had two days of in the last week. We are trying to make up for the crazy busy times in the past and to come.

Last Saturday we reserved for a day trip. It did not turn out exactly as we planned, but we ended up having such a good time together. Our plan was to go on a trip down through Defiance, Mo and on through Washington and come back the highway. On the way over Mike and I had a big disagreement and ended up driving the first hour in silence. That was not what I would have chosen. However, by the time we reached my old High School we were starting to talk again. Mainly because Mike didn't know where we were going, but we opened up from there. When we reached Defiance we got out and took a walk on the Katy Trail. It was beautiful weather, but the trees were not quite as pretty in MO as they were here. The leaves had already started to fall over there. Mike and I had a nice walk and talk on the trail and completely made up. The boys were entertained while they were walking because they each found a caterpiller that they carried with them along the way. Cameron's caterpiller kept pooping all over him so he generously gave it to Garrett when Garrett lost his somewhere. Then we hopped back in the car to continue on our way. We decided to take a little detour to Daniel Boone's house because neither of us had been there in so long. The detour ended up changing the whole course of the day (I'm sure God had this in mind) because on the way there Mike and I were both distracted by Garrett in the back seat and Mike went off the very narrow road. He got back on but we had a flat tire. The blessing was that God had made sure we had this mishap right by an intersection so that we could pull off. It's just a flat no biggie. We had a spare so Mike and the boys changed the tire. I even helped a little and it was a good lesson for everyone. The flat was on and now we were ready to go right? Wrong, the spare was flat also. No problem we'll call AAA. Mike looks at his phone and he is almost out of batteries and my phone is completely dead. Better talk fast. Mike calls and finds a place to be towed to but they will only haul 1 person in the tow truck. At last count we have 5 people in our family. Luckily, being out in the middle of nowhere lends itself to people stopping and asking if you need help. A nice couple stopped to let us use their phone to call Mike's parents to come pick us up, mind you they are an hour away. They weren't home anyway. Well, beforementioned nice couple says they can give us a ride once they drop of a ladder. Ok. They leave us one of their phones to call them when the tow truck comes. Meanwhile, we break out the snacks that we brought for the trip. Let me just mention that through all of this none of us were upset or angry or anything except enjoying our time together. I guess we got all of that out earlier in the day. Plus, we had already spent several hours as a family which is when we all get filled. The tow truck comes and so does the other couple. Unfortunately, they didn't notice the baby before. They didn't have enough seats for everyone because they were in their work van. No problem, Cameron was able to ride in the very fast tow truck. The couple that I was riding with did not know their way to highway K and N because they were from Heritage Landing and everything had changed to much that I didn't know the way either. It certainly was not a small two lane road anymore. The tow truck driver was going so fast that he lost us. Eventually we found our way through calling someone to give us directions. What an adventure! In the meantime Mike's parents were frantically on their way to get us. Mike called and told them that we were at Dobb's getting a new tire which cost us a small fortune between that and the tow. Dobb's was our only option and they were getting ready to close in half an hour so beggers can't be choosers. After our great adventure we were very hungry so we ate at Bandana's Barbeque and began our journey home. All in all, it was a great family day even though it didn't end up the way we had planned.