Happy Halloween!

We are getting excited for Halloween and all the festivities. You almost feel like it's over if you go into the stores, every Halloween thing is already on clearance. The Christmas stuff is already everywhere. It's like they want us to forget about Thanksgiving. Don't we need to be grateful first before we start making lists of presents we want? :)
We had a great week. Eric returned after being gone for a week and a half. He did come home between trips for about 12 hours but I'm not counting that. :) He was able to take Friday off and help with me at Taylor's kindergarten carnival. He headed up the 'Ghooley Grill.' And I helped with face painting. He was so cute and made up spooky names for all the food, the kids loved it. (Hot dogs- ghooley dogs, apple juice- spider's drool, cheetos- witches fingers) After the carnival we took the kids to the pumpkin patch and they had so much fun jumping in the giant pumpkin and picking out their own pumpkins.
Saturday Taylor had her best game of the season! She scored 3 goals and had 2 big break aways that just missed the goal by a balls length. The part dad was most proud of was her 2 big blocks right in front of the other teams goal. We were definitely the obnoxious parents on the sideline. But we did cheer for everyone, not just Tay. Even Brent was jumping up and down. What can we say, we're proud parents.
Sunday was the primary program, best Sunday of the year in my opinion. :) The kids did a great job singing and saying their parts. It's amazing how simple the gospel really is and that the kids really understand those simple truths. Taylor did great with her part and didn't ask for help. It seems like the kids always have it memorized but once they get up there they look to the helper for their line. Hey, I know it's nerve racking to be up there.