Halloween '09

We had a great Halloween. The weather was perfect.



We never got around carving pumpkins during the week so no time is better than the afternoon of Halloween :)



Her own design. Her words, not mine.



Colton had 2 friends over Friday night. One of the boys asked if I was going to roast the pumpkin seeds. Never done that before but thought I would give it a whirl. They were pretty good.



Hannah was a witch this year.



Ben was an engineer and Luke was Thomas The Train, again. He wanted to be a fireman, but changed his mind at the last minute. His parents are a lot nicer than CyCy.



Afterwards, Ben came in and started taking out his candy 1 piece at a time seeing what he got. It was so cute. He even shared a pixie stick with me.



Uncle Brent was checking out what he got too. Ben was keeping a close eye on him.



Willie Nelson says hope you had a fantastic Halloween.

Max

I am still here! I know I haven't updated when the husband asks what's going on with the blog. Things have slowed down just a bit with Hannah not running now. After this week, she will be down to only 1 activity after school so YEA! Colton only got to play 1 Sunday for Fall Baseball because of all the rain we have had this Fall. We have another day of sun then it's supposed to start raining again.

Sunday I needed to take some pictures to get me caught up for my picture of the day. (Just to let you know I'm glad that little project will be over soon. It's been fun and I know it will be neat to look back thru the years to see what we were doing but it's a pain in the butt.) Brent drove me around on the Ranger. Our dog Max loves to run with us but he hasn't done it in a long time. He was a little bit tired, to say the least, when we were done. So here's a few pictures I took of him when we were out and about Sunday afternoon.









Can you believe that Halloween is this Saturday? Crazy. We will do our thing at Dad's house. We always have hot dogs. This will be the first Halloween since Mom died so I'm dreading that a little. She loved Halloween. My sister and I put out decorations at Dad's house and then he bought more lights and stuff yesterday to put out. Mom would have been very proud :)

Sausage Cheese Puffs

We like to have "snackie" suppers at our house. I always make sausage balls. I came across this recipe a few years ago and it's the only way I make these babies now. They are great to have in the morning for leftovers with some scrambled eggs. Hope you like :)

Sausage Cheese Puffs


1 lb sausage
1 10oz package sharp cheddar cheese, grated
2 C Bisquick or any other all purpose baking mix
1/2 C water
1 tsp baking powder

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine all ingredients in large bowl. Shape into 1-inch balls. Place on lightly greased baking sheet. Bake 20 minutes or until golden brown. Serve hot. Refrigerate leftovers.

State Champions

Friday Hannah ran in OKC for the Junior High Cross Country State Championship. I am so proud of her. We told her since she was the youngest that she probably wouldn't get a medal but this would be a great experience for her. She got 34th out of 80 and made the 3rd All-Star team. Amazing.



Getting a pep talk.



On the starting line.



Hannah is in there some where.





Down the home stretch.



Oh my she is so proud of this medal.



Congratulations to the Lady Wildcats for a fantastic season!!!

Cross Country 10.12.09

Hannah's last "her age" Cross Country meet held at Plainview, OK.



These girls are so supported of one another. If she has learned nothing else, I know she has learned a lot about what it means to belong on a "team".



The legs and the arms going everywhere.



It was so muddy. But she must be a mudder because she had her best time this season.



7 minutes 39 seconds placing 2nd. Madill placed 1st, 2nd & 3rd. I see state championships in their future. It's so funny listening to the other parents saying "well there are those Madill girls again". And then they hush up when they realize that I'm with those Madill girls :) I'm so proud of all of them. What they do every single day training is amazing.

Gingerbread Haunted House

After the 5K Saturday we came home and did this



It was just cold and wet on Saturday. It was so nice just to lay around and do nothing. Brent and Colton went in to watch the OU game at Dad's house. Hannah and I stayed home, laid around, watched movies and made our house for Halloween.



Working on the icing. This poor icing. I added powder sugar and it still was runny when we were trying to decorate. Oh well. It is supposed to be scarey and believe me it was.



This was a Wilton kit I bought at Walmart for 10 bucks. Not bad for a Saturday project.



So who cares if it wasn't perfect. It was about the memories being made :)

Reuel Little Classic 2009

Saturday Hannah ran in her 2nd 5K.



Getting stretched.



A warm up run.



And done.

I'm not sure what her time was; they haven't posted them on the website yet. I know she ran it under 30 minutes. She moved up to an older age group so she got 10th but she does get to go to the Junior High State Cross Country Meet Friday in OKC. I'm so excited for her. This will be her last run for this season. One less thing to do :)

A little Phosphorus news ~ Colton had to bring it home for some readjustments of the electrons but the teacher is letting him turn it in tomorrow. He really liked it and wants to keep it for his class. YEA! Brent was a little heartbroken that he, um I mean Colton isn't done. Cross your fingers for a good grade!!!