Monday, November 2, 2009

Halloween Through the Years

I thought it would be fun to look at all of the pictures from Halloween past and post some pictures here! It's so fun to see how much the kids have grown! This starts with Chloe's first Halloween in 2005 as I have no idea where the 2004 pictures are! But Caiden was a lion and a really cute one! :)

2005 - A Tiger and a Duck

2006 - A Monkey and a Bunny

2007 - Mickey and Minnie Mouse

2008 - Sleeping Beauty and a Seahawks Football Player

2009 - Dorothy and Bumble Bee











I thought it would be fun to look at all of the pictures from Halloween past and post some pictures here! It's so fun to see how much the kids have grown! This starts with Chloe's first Halloween in 2005 as I have no idea where 2004 pictures are! But Caiden was a lion and a really cute one! :)












Sweet Tooth 5K

Chris literally found this race on Friday afternoon on a flyer in a Starbucks in Rapid. I was all set to drive to Gillette, WY for another race, but opted to do the one in Rapid because it's a lot closer and I would be able to sleep 2 extra hours by going to the race in Rapid. The race was put on by the Dental Hygienists Association with the proceeds going to Breast Cancer so it was for a great cause too. Since it was on Halloween, there was a costume contest and I knew I needed to come up with something cool. I decided on a road with double "no passing" lines and cars pinned to me and 2 runners on my shoulder as we run on the shoulder of the road. I also had two signs on my back which you will see in the pictures. I have had a cold for a good week now so I wasn't feeling 100% going into the race, but I figured it was only 3 miles and I would just go slow if I needed to. The first mile was great - 9:42 - but that was the only great thing about this race. I started coughing soon after the first mile and had to stop and walk a lot to cough. At the turnaround, there was some water (thankfully!) and that helped a little, but I was still going really slow and my next 2 miles were in something like 11:21 and 10:45. So, it was a slow race with me finishing in 32:06. But I was happy with that after being sick and not being able to breathe for most of the race! I won 2nd place in the costume contest too and got a really cool medal so it was all worth it! There was Starbucks coffee and Halloween cookies afterwards too! It's definitely a race I hope they do again so we can continue to go!

















Halloween 2009

Halloween was SO much fun this year! Caiden wanted to be Bumble Bee from Transformers (mainly because he is yellow and yellow has been Caiden's favorite color his whole life!) Chloe was Dorothy and I have no idea why she picked this costume because she had never seen the movie. So after we got her costume, he watched "The Wizard of Oz" and loves Dorothy even more. :) Halloween started on Wednesday night with a Trunk or Treat at our friend's church and the kids had a blast playing games like pumpkin bowling, decorating cookies and bags and of course getting candy :) On Thursday, the kids both had parties at their schools with even more treats! On Friday, we had a Day Care party and did crafts all morning and then got into our costumes and had a costume party. Oh, and MORE treats! On Halloween, we went up to Rapid for the Sweet Tooth 5K(that will be a separate post) and then went to the parade in town and got to trick or treat at the downtown businesses. Then we headed up to the Rec Center for lots of games and more trick or treating. After a couple of hours of trick-or-treating in town, the kids ended up with 10 pounds of candy (yes, we weighed it!) and probably a couple of cavities! :) We picked our friend, Avryl, for a slumber party and came home to watch "Monsters vs. Aliens" and eat some of that candy (but not a whole bunch!) Click on the link below for pictures of all of the fun!

Bronc Football Fun

The kids love going to the football games and we have been to all of the home games plus an away game in Deadwood. I think Chloe loves to go the most for the popcorn and the cheerleaders. We have a fun time cheering for our Broncs! Tonight, they play in their 2nd playoff game and have to beat St. Thomas More who already beat us in the regular season. But hopefully they can pull out the W and continue their journey this season. Here are some pictures from our fun at the games!
















A Visit from Smokey the Bear


For Fire Prevention Week, Smokey the Bear came to visit the Day Care and the kids loved it. Well, most of the kids loved it anyway! :) A few were afraid (Chloe!) but everyone had a great time giving him hugs and getting a whole bunch of goodies from him!

New Laptop!



I got an early Christmas present and I couldn't be more excited! I love my new laptop and it's so nice having 2 computers in the house. I figure this will just be even more necessary as the kids get older and want to use the computer even more than they do now! Caiden already knows more than I do about computers and he's 5! :)



Kindergarten is Tiring!


This is a picture of Caiden snoozin' on a Friday afternoon after 5 full days of Kindergarten. He usually only goes 4 days with Fridays off, but they have school on a few Fridays and this week just really wore him out! He did get a 2nd wind though as was able to cheer on the Broncs to victory in Deadwood that night! :)

10/10/10K at 10am


On October 10th, Chris ran the 10/10/10K at 10am as part of the Black Hills Trail Series. He ran awesome of course and the kids and I got to go and watch him because their soccer game had been cancelled that morning. It was a VERY cold morning so we played in the car and watched a movie while we waited for Chris to get done. They had yummy soup at the end of the race and Chris won a $60 watch! He was 8th overall and 5th in his division, which keeps him in 1st place in the Trail Series. If you want to read more about the race, you can go to his blog here:


Sunday, November 1, 2009

Caiden in the Paper!


Because Caiden was the Student of the Month in the Kindergarten for September, he was in our local newspaper - he's the short one :)