It Was All Worth It.....

                    Eli in his Ninja costume. He told me I better watch out when he gets all the bad guys with his sword.

 Josie wanted to be Bell this year so of course she was. She told me she had to have roses and they had to be red.

 Liam wanted to be a zombie from Mine Craft. It is a video game that he plays that I guess is very popular with kids his age. 

 Oliver was my biggest challenge this year. He kept changing his mind and finally picked a fire truck. He was super excited to get it today. Rick painted the red on the box for me and cut out the ladders.

Every year around August I start asking the grandkids what they want to be for Halloween because I tell myself I am going to start early and get them done. This year I started making them just over two weeks ago. I was a bit stressful trying to get them all done. But it was all worth it when I see the happy smiles on there faces when they get to see there costumes for the first time.


Next year I swear I am going to start them in June.....

Sharon 

Picture Time.....

 Diane decided that we needed a new family picture. We managed to all get together last Sunday. Christa took the pictures for us since she has the best camera. They turned out pretty good.

                                                                        Me and the girls

                                                                     Mom and Dad

                                                                I love this picture.

                                                                  Me with my sisters

                                                        Christa, Cassie and Amy

Since there is four birthdays in October we also celebrated them. Christa and Dad were born on the same day so they have always taken a picture together. I am not sure how it started but every year they always take one of Christa giving grandpa a kiss. It is always a cute picture. One of these days I need to get them all out and put them up together.

I spent my days off sewing Halloween costumes. I have Eli's and Josie's done. Yesterday I took off work early and worked on Liam's. I am 95% done with it. I have to finish it tonight because he has a costume/birthday party to go to on Saturday. This weekend Rick and I are going to make Oliver's costume.

Rick finally got out hunting this week. He has been so busy making strings that he has not been able to get out. I am not going to go hunting this year. I have to many other things I want to do.

Hopefully my next blog I will have pictures of the kids in there costumes!

Sharon

It's Been A Long Time.....

Gosh I have not updated since Oct. 1. That is a long time for me. The days just go by so fast and I always seem to have 10 things going on at once. So I will try and update you on my super exciting life...Well okay it is not that exciting :)

We got to take our last camping trip of the year on Oct. 3-6. We went back to Yankton SD again to White Crane State Park. Rick wanted to shoot the last outdoor Nation Target shoot for the year. He did good coming in 3rd place. It was super windy and cold so he was not real happy with his score but still managed to have fun.

Other then shooting we took the bikes out for a couple rides and took some walks and just relaxed. The only bad part of the trip was Dexter. On Friday night he started to vomit. He was up three times that night getting sick. It was the same on Saturday and Sunday night. He did not eat anything in the four days we were there. I figured he must have had some kind of stomach flu. But as soon as we got home on Monday he ran right to his food dish and started eating and was just fine. The dumb dog was just upset to be away from home.  He has separation anxiety from me when every I am gone to much to suit him. And gets very anxious when every we do anything different. Poor Dexter is going a little bit crazy.  I am about at my wits end with him. It was like having a baby with us camping. We were up every couple hours with him every night.

Morgan on the other hand had lots of fun camping. She spends the whole time looking for squirrels to chase.

I did not take a lot of pictures since we were just there but here are a few of the ones I took.

              I got Eli and Oliver matching Carleton Jackets. They look very cute in them.

Sunday Cassie and I went to the Tiny Diner in Minneapolis for brunch. It was really good and lots of fun.

 

We also went fabric shopping. I got all the fabric for the kids Halloween costumes and also got some wool fabric to make myself a new coat. I  cannot wait to get sewing my coat. First I have to get the costumes done! I have a lot of work to do  before Halloween!

So that is about it for  my super excited life.

Sharon

"Love Yourself, Love Others" - Mick Fleetwood

Last night Jane and I went to the Target Center to see Fleetwood Mac. It was a great show! It is so fun to see the artist that I grew up hearing. They sang for 2 1/5 hours, I could have listened to them for another 2 hours. It was worth every penny we paid for the tickets.

I took today off of work and I am really glad I did. We did not get home until 12:30 last night. This morning I woke up at 9:00 when my phone rang. I guess I should not stay out past my bed time :)

 Amy thinks she needs to take  a selfie with every animal she can. Here she is was a toad we found at Grandma Becker's house

       Last weekend Rick and I had a free day so we invited the kids over for a fire and supper.

 Eli did not want to eat he just wanted to fill the dump truck full of rocks. For some reason I found rocks and sand all over the lawn.....

 We got Josie and Liam new bikes at a garage sale last week. There bike were getting a little small for them. Josie's is a little big for her but will be perfect for her next summer. We also got Eli a little bike at Walmart. It was only $29.00. He was so excited but then would not ride it. He would just push it around the yard. It was pretty funny. 

 Liam loved his bike. He had to learn how to use the hand breaks and how to shift. We took him out on Sunday and road around in a park near there house. He did really good. He picked up how and when to shift very fast. He was very excited to have a better bike to go riding with Grandpa Rick.

 After supper the kids discovered all the toads and frogs in the yard. Oliver was so cute with his. He even let Eli see it.

Josie go one too!

I am loving the cool weather we are having today even if it is raining. It is a perfect day for some chili so I have a big pot cooking now.

Later Sharon