Friday, Saturday, & Sunday

You my friends get a treat tonight instead of a trick! I have been running around like a mad women since Friday morning. I have finally just now sat down in my living room to rest & unwind. We started our weekend off with Jeremy's birthday/sleepover.I woke up bright & early for my 5k Mud Run, then ran home to cook all afternoon for the adult Halloween party Saturday night. Then got up & moving Sunday morning for church- oh & the all day Halloween Hopla events afterwards. We also stopped on the way home at some dear friends house to BOO them with Halloween goodies as well as just say "hi" as it had been a long while since we saw them all.

Now don't worry if you can't keep up with it all. I took a camera to every event! I chronicled all the action for Paul & for you. With out further delay here is our super busy totally hectic but fun  Pre-halloween weekend!!

 

Friday night Birthday Madness - I love their faces in this shot

All shiny & clean before the run....

Totally wet,muddy & freezing after the run!

Adult Halloween Party Saturday night as Frenchie with Rainbow Bright

The whole crew having fun

Some of the Church Gang taking kids to the corn Maze before the party

Jacob helped us decorate & set up at church

Costume Winners of the evening

The boys getting out of the van ready to surprise our friends with Halloween goodies

 

Happy Halloween You've been Boo-ed

Are you tired just looking through these few pictures? Imagine how this sleep deprived mom feels. It was loads of fun for us all but way to much piled into one weekend. Next time this girl will check her calender better before  saying yes to so many activities. I am honestly ready for the spooky season to pass so I can lay around for a while. I hope everyone has a safe & fun Halloween night-make it Spooktacular!

We Took a Break

I slept last night for the first time in weeks I really slept! I was so happy to lay down at 9:30PM & not open my eyes until 7:15AM!! So rare for me & I felt rested! I was still completely mentally tired from just going & going for the past few weeks. That I told the boys today we stay close to home & we relax we regroup we CHILL!! When Paul is gone I often forget how to just be still at home & enjoy my family. I like to stay super over busy so the days go quickly . But not today!  I woke up laid around for an hour while the banana bread baked. Then I put on some workout clothes & met up with two lovely Army wives to walk/run the trail around our lake. Almost two hours later I came home sweaty & relaxed.

After a quick check-in on Facebook with my man we cleared the kitchen table to get pumpkins ready to carve. The boys are so big they did most of the work themselves this year- it was AWESOME!! For the first time in forever I had no slimy gooey mess on my hands!! I did help Jeremy carve his face after he cleaned his pumpkin out. They did a good job & thus got inspired to make a pumpkin patch in our back yard. Matthew & Jacob spent two hours clearing out the space that use to be our garden to plant some pumpkin seeds. I hope it works & they get some pumpkins next year. They even made a scarecrow-LOL It was great to see those two actually working together & not fighting like the normally do all day everyday.

While the boys did that I started on laundry & the great bed switch. We needed Jeremy to move down to the bottom bunk & Jacob to go up top. Since Jeremy has been seizure free for awhile we allowed him to be on the top bunk for quite awhile. But now that we are not sure what is going on at night he needed to be moved down to the bottom for his safety. I really anticipated a great big fight with Jacob over this but he surprised me. He said as long as all his blankets could go with him & pillows he would move! So I went about stripping sheets, washing them, pulling stuffed animals from the top to the bottom & remaking the beds. They ran in & where so excited for the new adventure- I thought "where are my boys? Did someone switch them out to easy children?". Sounds nuts to some, but Jacob hates change so this was HUGE battle for me that I didn't have to have!

Now we are watching Gulliver's Travels with Jack Black & just chilling out taking a break in the living room with popcorn. I know I should have gotten up early & taken the kids to church- but I honestly needed to sleep & just chill. I was on the verge of tears by bedtime last night & realized I needed a break for myself or I was going to loose it big time. That was how we have spent our Sunday & I am so glad we did. The laughter & calm is my house right now is so worth it! Some days you just have to say no more & lay around.

 

If you wondering why there are only three pumpkins it's because Hunter is waiting to carve his for me. I need a pumpkin to take to our Halloween party for a "special effect" so he is patiently waiting just for dear old mom!

Halloween Snacks

Jacob has his turn to provide snack tomorrow after his Soccer game. So while I was busy on Pinterest -LOL- busy wasting time I came across a yummy looking treat! I modified it a bit & we now have Candy Corn Trail Mix to hand out for snack after Soccer. Jacob & I had fun making it after school today. It tastes as good as it looks. The pictures aren't the best because my good camera finally died :0(  I don't have the money to replace it right now so I am stuck using a really old one we had in a drawer. Stinks since the Pumpkin Patch is coming up & I always take a ton of pictures. Anyway here it is a fun Halloween Snack you can make in about 2 hours to hand out to friends.

Jacob sprinkling the chocolate drizzled pretzels

We placed the pretzels in baggies with two types of Candy Corn & the little pumpkins

My cutie dressed in a Christmas t-shirt ready to hand out Halloween Snack bags

A Day Away...

My Fitness Friday Post will be postponed until Saturday sometime. Saturday is when I along with 8 other military spouses run our 5K Obstacle run. I am SO EXCITED!! We got the email yesterday with the final route & obstacles. It looks like cool drizzly weather for Saturday's run so burrr.... But all the running is sure to warm us up eventually until we hit the Mud Pit-LOL  Here is a link to the course they sent out if you want to check it out.
The Rampage 5k Course  Whoo-Hooo I tested out my foot today with a quick 1/2 mile run & had NO pain!! So all the resting this week has drove me nuts , but helped my foot. Hopefully after Saturday I am not hurting, but I plan on at least another week of really easy work outs, BOOOO!!! But if it get's me back up & running sooner then it's what I'll do for now.

Now since we are done with the Fitness talk until Saturday we can move on to Halloween- oh how my family Loves this time of year! Usually we just decorate for Fall in general. But this year the boys talked me into doing our front porch with a Halloween theme. I have to say we had the best time shopping & then decorating.We even changed the front light to orange & it looks super spooky when it's dark & turned all orange. Jacob also got his costume today which he loves & it just cracks me up! Hello 80's- WELCOME BACK!! haha- anyway enjoy the pictures & have a fun safe weekend everyone.

 

Jeremy is the only one who isn't in any of the pictures yet. He only has part of his costume, so wants to wait until it is complete for a picture-haha. So stay tuned, it shouldn't be much longer until he is ready for his fun photo.