I COULD NOT MAKE THIS UP....

GUS AND I WERE TALKING THIS MORNING BEFORE THE BUS CAME, AND I ASKED WHAT CONNER WAS GOING TO BE FOR HALLOWEEN. HE SAID BUMBLEBEE. I KNEW IT WAS NOT THE INSECT, SO I SAID IS THAT A POWER RANGER. HE SAID NO MOM IT IS A TRANSFORMER (THEIR NEW FAVORITE THING.) I SAID OH, I DIDN'T KNOW. HE SAID HERE MOM I'LL SHOW YOU. NEXT THING I KNOW HE HAS PULLED DOWN HIS PANTS TO SHOW ME THE BACK OF HIS UNDERWEAR. THEY HAD BUMBLEBEE ON THEM!! HE ASSURED ME THAT HE WOULD NOT BE SHOWING THEM TO ANYONE AT SCHOOL.

HALLOWEEN CARNIVAL #1

WE WENT TO GRUVER'S HALLOWEEN CARNIVAL ON SATURDAY. SAGE DECIDED TO BE CINDERELLA INSTEAD OF BARBIE MARIPOSA. SHE IS GOING TO BE BARBIE ON THURSDAY AT MORSE. THE CARNIVAL HAD A MECHANICAL BULL WHICH MADE GUS SO HAPPY. SAGE HAD FUN JUMPING IN THE BOUNCER AND PLAYING WITH ALL OF HER FRIENDS.

PINK HAIR AND PUMPKIN DECORATING

GIGI GAVE THE KIDS SOME HALLOWEEN LOOT THIS WEEK. THEY HAVE HAD SO MUCH FUN WITH IT! THEY GOT THINGS YOU STICK IN YOUR PUMPKINS TO DECORATE THEM. IT IS BY FAR THE EASIEST WAY TO FIX UP A PUMPKIN. GUS DID HIS ALL BY HIMSELF!




SHE ALSO GAVE SAGE SOME PINK HAIRSPRAY. SHE HAS THOROUGHLY ENJOYED IT (AS HAS EVERYONE ELSE!) SHE HAS HAD PINK HAIR TWICE THIS WEEK. IT WASHES OUT EASILY, SO NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT THERE. SHE HAS WANTED PINK HAIR FOREVER, SO SHE WAS VERY EXCITED.

SOCCER IS OVER!

WE HAD OUR LAST SOCCER GAME LAST NIGHT. THE TEAM DID GREAT AND HAD A GOOD TIME. I THINK THEY WOULD ALL TELL YOU THAT GATORADE AND SNACKS ARE THE GREATEST PART OF SOCCER!

QUOTE OF THE DAY

GUS SAID, "YOU CAN'T MARRY YOUR SISTER, EVEN IF YOU LIKE HER!"

SHOULD WE BUILD AN ARK?

THIS IS ABOUT AS CLOSE AS WE EVER GET TO A FLOOD. WE HAVE HAD ALMOST 4 INCHES SO FAR, AND IT IS SUPPOSED TO RAIN THROUGH WEDNESDAY. HOORAY FOR THE WHEAT!!

PUMPKIN CARVING

HERE IS THE FINISHED PRODUCT!

PUMPKIN PATCH

WE HAD A BIG CREW GO TO THE PUMPKIN PATCH ON SATURDAY. THE RAIN WAS NOT SUPPOSED TO COME UNTIL NOON, BUT IT WAS A LITTLE EARLY. WE HAD A GREAT TIME, EVEN THOUGH WE GOT REALLY WET AND MUDDY!


THE CREW HEADS OUT!


SAGE FINDS THE PERFECT PUMPKIN!


GUS TELLS HOLLY THAT IS THE UGLIEST PUMPKIN HE HAS EVER SEEN.


SAGE GET BRAVE AND JUMPS.


MICHEAL THINKS ABOUT JUMPING (I HAD ABOUT 5 PICTURES IN A ROW THAT MICHEAL WAS STANDING IN THE SAME PLACE LOOKING JUST LIKE THAT. I DON'T REMEMBER HIM NOT WANTING TO JUMP!)


HOLDING HANDS.


MAKING CORN ANGELS.

CORN HARVEST

SAGE AND I HAVE BEEN BUSY THIS WEEK HELPING LANCE WITH CORN HARVEST. WE HAVE ONLY HAD TO GO TO TOWN FOR PARTS 1 TIME. THANKS GOODNESS!! WE HAVE BEEN TAKING LUNCH, TAKING CARE OF CATTLE, HELPING MOVE FIELDS, ETC.

IF THE RAIN HOLDS OFF UNTIL SUNDAY NIGHT WE COULD BE CLOSE TO BEING DONE WITH WHAT IS READY. WE REALLY WANT A GOOD RAIN, BUT WE REALLY WANT TO FINISH CUTTING TOO.

GUS GOT A NEW GRAIN CART AND TRACTOR AT JOHN DEERE YESTERDAY. HE IS ALREADY CUTTING THE CARPET IN THE LIVING ROOM THIS MORNING. HE EVEN MAKES THE NOISE THE COMBINE DOES WHEN IS IT FULL!!

PICKY EATERS

AT SUPPER TIME THIS EVENING GUS CAME ASKING "WHAT ARE WE HAVING?" HE SAW ONE SMALL RED SPOT IN IT (NOTE ARROW ABOVE.) THEY ENDED UP EATING OKAY. I TOOK THE NEXT PICTURE TO SHOW THAT GUS WILL EAT ANYTHING THAT IS SMOTHERED IN BBQ SAUCE. HE EVEN PUTS IT ON HIS MACARONI AND CHEESE! SAGE WILL EAT ANYTHING COVERED IN SOUR CREAM!

PRACTICE

WE HAD "DRESS REHEARSAL" FOR HALLOWEEN LAST NIGHT. GUS' NEW COSTUME CAME IN THE MAIL. HE EVEN SLEPT IN IT, MASK AND ALL! IF THERE WERE ANY MONSTERS LAST NIGHT, I'M SURE HE SCARED THEM AWAY.

OOPS!

GUS GOT A HAIRCUT ON SUNDAY. IT TURNED OUT TO BE ONE THAT WILL LAST A REALLY LONG TIME. THE CLIPPERS WERE NOT CUTTING GOOD, SO I TOOK THE GUARD OFF TO CLEAN AND OIL THEM. I GOT THAT DONE AND TOOK A SWIPE RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE---WITHOUT A GUARD. SO IT ALL HAD TO COME OFF TO MATCH. I REALLY THINK IT LOOKS GOOD, IT JUST WOULD HAVE BEEN MORE APROPRIATE FOR JUNE AND NOT OCTOBER. THEY ARE DOING CLASS AND INDIVIDUAL PICTURES THIS WEEK AT SCHOOL, SO I'M SURE WE WILL REMEMEBER THIS HAIRCUT FOR ETERNITY!

LANEY!!

LANEY CAME TO SPEND THE NIGHT LAST FRIDAY. THE KIDS BOTH HAD A GREAT TIME. WE PLAYED OUTSIDE AND ROASTED HOT DOGS AND MARSHMALLOWS FOR DINNER. WE WERE ALL EXHAUSTED THE NEXT DAY, BUT WE WENT TO WATCH THE HIGH SCHOOL RODEO IN GRUVER.
THEY WILL LOVE THESE SILLY FACE PICTURES WHEN THEY ARE OLDER