We are ready for Hallooween

So yesterday I went grocery shopping and candy shopping. I think I bought too much. All the candy just looked so yummy. We have a fun thing our association does where kids just walk around the park with their costumes and the parents hand out candy. I never seem to have enough, so this year I guess I am prepared. We have already started eating it though.

Here is Erica at preschool. They are having a Halloween party. She is the penguin. Julie gave us this costume long ago when McKay was just little. It is still a favorite and will be passed down to Kason next.

Things that are going on around here

Here are a few old pictures I needed to put on the blog. Erica is in this cute little ballet class. It is fun to see all these cute little girls dancing around to beautiful music.

These two are buddies since McKay is back to school.

I turned 31 in the middle of October. I took the day off from work and had fun with the kids in the morning and then read in the afternoon. We went as a family to the mall where I could buy a new white shirt and then ate out at Cafe Rio (yes, we have a Cafe Rio now here in Boise, yummmmm) and then got a quick pie from Marie Calendar and had a quiet night once the kids were in bed. It was a good birthday!

I cut all three boys' hair one day. Kason's was the most dramatic. Here he is with his long hair. He was not too happy to be getting it cut.

Here he is afterwards, so handsome and grown up.

Life at the Hall home

I am a lousy blogger. I just cannot seem to sit down and post pictures and talk about them. Lately life has just been normal around here with its ups and downs. So, I am going to try and be more consistent and not just blog when I have a picture to talk about or some great thing our family did, but just about our day to day lives. I don't see many of my family because of how far away everyone lives and all of our busy lives, so hopefully this can give you a little glimpse into our daily life.

So to start, our family is beginning to be plagued with sickness. It always comes on strong and suddenly. Kason was hit first, and his was mild with just yucky nose goopies. Next comes McKay who caught his yesterday. His is worse with runny nose, cough, and body aches. I am guessing I will be next followed by either Kory or Erica, I can't decide. Luckily Mckay's illness came at a good time (blessing from the Lord). He is off from school for two days and he does not have a soccer game this weekend. However, we are planning on getting the kids' flu shots next week as Kory's work offers them to all the dependents for 2 days at a discounted price. He needs to get better before then and the rest of us need to not catch it until the flu shot is administered, then the sickness may continue.

Well our garage opener broke today. It has been extra loud lately and making a big clank/crashing sound when it opens and closes. We knew it was only time. Today a sprocket finally broke. Kory went in search of a new part at Lowe's and Home Depot and returned saying that he could either by a kit with all sorts of parts, but it may not even have the one part we need, for $130 or we could just buy a new opener for a little more. I guess we are getting a new opener. When it rains it pours. Let's see what breaks next around here.