What We Wore

 So Chloe did what most girls do when they can't decide what to wear...and went with a completely different outfit.

We had a super busy Halloween. 

Kyle had a diving meet (he came in 2nd)

Jason was coming in from out of town, and Reed was busy studying, so Chloe played it low-key and went with her Halloween dress.  

I didn't dress up for Halloween, but I dressed up for an event on Saturday night, so I guess you can call that my Halloween outfit. 

Halloween Choices

 Costumes choices are tough when you're this adorable.

Chloe can't decide if she wants to be a sailor. (She knows her mother loves to go on cruises.)

or a cowboy. (She knows her mother loves to dress up and go to the rodeo.)

Such a tough (and ruff) choice! 

Elvis Update #2

I predicted in my first update that considering how much Elvis loves to eat, he would be putting on weight fast.  At his first weigh in he went from 27 to 31 pounds.  I thought that was respectable, but Kyle added in some new food with lots of protein to his diet and he's ballooned up to 47 pounds! 

Besides eating, Elvis loves playing with Kyle.

But he still hates baths. He screams and tries to run away the whole time.

Look how cute he is, all 47 pounds of him! 

Not to be Outdone

 And since everyone else had a busy week last week, this little lady couldn't be left out.  

She had an overdue trip to the groomers, where she came out looking gorgeous!

Elvis- A Pig and a Pumpkin

 So this is not an Elvis the actual pig update.  This is an Elvis the pumpkin update.

Kyle had a pumpkin decorating contest for his FFA class, and you know we love a pumpkin contest around here (even though we never win).

Kyle wanted to do "Elvis the pig" for his pumpkin, so that's what we did.  

And, of course, we had all the materials right here in the house, except I did buy the sunglasses because none of ours were exactly what we wanted.

He didn't win the judged contest (of course), but he won the "student's favorite" (of course), so at least he walked away with this.

District

 Reed wrapped up his cross country season last week with the district meet.  He did a great job and finished a hilly 2-mile course in 12:33 coming in 16th place. 

Here's his team

And the only picture I got at the starting line

It's been a great season, and we are really impressed with his dedication.  It's definitely not fun to get up at 5:30 and go run before school every day!

  Next up for him is the Houston half marathon in January, which he doesn't really need to train for since he's already trained up. 

Catch Up

 We had a busy week and weekend last week, so I feel like I'm playing catch up.

Jason and I flew up this past weekend to attend an event with the Golden Child.  We had lots of fun and I'm so glad we went. 

We didn't know we were going until a few weeks ago, so we didn't get tickets to the game.  We just stayed at our tailgate tent, which was just as much fun.

And The Golden Child came by the tent after the game.

We actually got to spend way more time with him this weekend than we did at Parents Weekend.