We hosted Thanksgiving this year, including welcoming home Marin from college, and my family coming from Bellingham. My sister's family got RSV so they had to end up staying home (sooooo sad!!) but we still had fun with our smaller crowd. So much to be thankful for!
Halloween was fun! It's changed a LOT from a few years ago. We are no longer walking the kids around the neighborhood, but instead I am handing out my FULL SIZE candy bars like the boss that I am. Marcus (the Knight) went to a party and another super-mom chaperoned trick or treating and hosting the fun. Max, (the Hot Dog), went around with a pack of other teenage Hot Dogs, trick or treating in several neighborhoods. Kyle and I went to our neighborhood party, dressed as "Timbers". Kyle was a Timbers soccer player, and I was shamelessly dressed as Timber (our neighbor's dog). We are clever :)
Fall is my favorite! Max started playing soccer for his JV2 high school team, and we cheered for Maddie's boyfriend who played for the Varsity team, so it was a very fun and full season of soccer games! We got to see our nephew Owen kick some serious butt, at the Tillamook Invitational XC meet. All the way from Bellingham, he had a major PR! It was so fun to be the only family able to come and watch him run, so far from home. The fall was also very full of college tours. We visited Western Washington, Oregon State and University of Oregon. We are becoming professionals at touring colleges, with two seniors in a row. In other news, Maddie loves the hospital lol. A couple stints for her, not to worry, all is well, but baby girl keeps us on our toes. Maddie also had a great time at Homecoming, and had her senior pictures taken! The entire fam visited Marin for "family weekend", and we had a quick visit and lunch together! Marcus is enjoying middle school, and often likes to hang with friends and visit all the restaurants in town that serve chicken sandwiches :) Kyle, Max and Marcus are on a mission to find the best! I had an awesome birthday, and am also happy to report that pickleball is BACK (shoulder has been rehabbed), just in time for me to use my new paddle Kyle got me!
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