Oh October!

For the first time in my life I uttered the following words to Rick as I slowly crawled in to bed, "I can't wait for November and Thanksgiving to be here."

This October as been one of the busiest on record and not because of baseball, which is usually my excuse lament. We have had baseball. This has been the first fall season where we have all agreed that maybe we just stick to Spring baseball. Of course remind me of that in August. We've had two weddings - Rick's nephew Jordan and (now wife) Anna in Louisville and Rick's cousin Brittany in Tulsa. We've also been knee deep with the fall carnival at school, work, trying to cope with the whirling dervishes known as the chickens, homework, birthdays, car repairs and I am sure a million other things. We also lost one of cats, Albert who had been my cat for 15 years.

I recall a moment a few months in to having JT when Rick and I pondered what we used to do with all of our free time before JT arrived. That thought now makes me giggle. If only I knew then what it was really like to miss free time. I could take on a one kid challenge with my eyes closed! (okay - maybe not but I might be a little more sane, organized, on time and less frazzled.)

The boys are doing well at school. They both got their first report cards and as always we are proud of their grades and teacher's comments. As I said earlier, baseball is baseball. Zach is holding his own as an 8 year-old on a 10U kid pitch team. Pretty impressive. JT quietly turned 11 with a small party with the Largent brothers and then dinner out at Lucy's Fried Chicken.

The Chickens are on the go. In fact, they like to "Go Go!" whenever they can. They have to be the most social little beings ever. They would prefer to be out in public then sitting at home unless of course they are sitting at home watching the Muppets. They will probably need to enter a 12 step program soon for their addiction but for now it is a great way to keep them quiet and happy when we need a moment.

We are getting ourselves ready for Halloween and some serious trick or treating. We will be haunting the neighborhood as a Zombie Hunter, an old man zombie, and two mini witches.

Happy Halloween!

Chickens insisted on wearing a dress to a baseball game!

Rick getting dunked to support Brookhollow Elementary at the Fall Carnival.

All four at once in Louisville

Daily dose of the Muppets