Happy Halloween!

This year we have a Greek Warrior (in honor of the Greek Mythology Caleb has been learning at school), a Storm Trooper (in honor of Christopher's favorite Legos) and the cutest little kitty cat you've ever seen:) (Thank you Hominy for the adorable skirt that goes with her costume)
Caitlin's class at school had a little Halloween party and, yes, she wore the kitty cat headband all day!

We went around the neighborhood with some friends; which is always more fun than goin alone:)
Caitlin havin fun twirlin her little skirt:)
Some sweet senior neighbors of ours thought it would be fun to wear a scary mask and it scared the bajeezies outta Caitlin! She came running toward me screaming. They felt so bad that they came and tracked us down as we were walking and gave her a little teddy bear. She said, "He's not scawy, he's nice." Hopefully, the teddy bear will keep her nightmares away!

We also got some homemade gingerbread cookies; which is a much better score than the toothpaste Brian got years ago in this same neighborhood when he was little:)

As I've been writing this I've heard her scream at least a dozen times, "Somebody's here! Somebody's here!" She's totally diggin this candy exchange!

A shout out to Brian

I am very proud of my husband. He just completed his first half marathon this past Sunday and he's still recovering. He will tell you he would rather sleep and watch TV when he's not working or playing with the kids so I know that training has been no easy thing for him. He has been getting up early in the mornings when it's dark out and has run all the way to the George Bush Tollway and back...and if you know where we live you know that is far!

I am not only proud of his self discipline but also because of why he wanted to run. We are mentoring some great kids that go to school in West Dallas (one sister and one brother) and the chances of them going to college is slim to none. We have talked about what we could do for Dajia and Trey in encouraging and helping with their higher education.

Then one day Brian came to me and told me he had an idea....which was to run marathons for the next 10 or so years raising money for their college. I thought, "Brilliant." So he signed up for a half marathon in Houston and started training. I honestly didn't know if he was actually going to go through with it. I knew his heart wanted to but he had setbacks with a hurt knee and a hurt achilles tendon but as the time came closer I could see that he was going to run this thing even if he had a broken arm!

The kids and I got to see him at the 11.5 mile marker and cheered him on....

If you'd like to donate to Dajia and Trey's college education you can do so on Brian's blog here.
And congratulations to Brian, Nancy and Jonathon for finishing!!!!!!

While in Houston we also celebrated my dad's birthday...

and connected with our roots at the Korean Festival:)...

State Fair and American Girl

This past Tuesday we made our yearly trek to the Fair except this year we went in the afternoon and stayed until closing. Man, were we wiped out the next day. I could barely keep my eyes open the next day and my legs were throbbing. I feel so old.
We played games, fed animals, 'planted' food, 'milked' cows, rode some rides, met some friends; and of course, had some fried food. Caitlin went back and forth from an "I love this" look on her face to a "What the heck is going on here?" look. The rides and games were a bit much for her to take in but she loved going to the 'farm' and the barn. She did try a few games; but of course, never won anything but always walked away with something:) Caleb won a basketball and Christopher a light saber; which of course, he broke.

This weekend Brian took the boys to a father-son campout with our church to Mineral Wells while Caitlin and I had a 'girly' weekend:) I had been looking forward to this for a long time! We had lunch at American Girl with a friend and her daughter and they had so much fun playing with all the babies, dolls and accessories. They got to borrow dolls to eat lunch with which was so cute. At night she slept with me in my bed which was fun to do since she's never done that before....but hearing her smacking on her pacy at 5 in the morning was not so fun.:)

Pumpkin Patch

It may not be October yet but we are ready for the fall!

Typical Christopher:)
Look at Caleb so strong carrying his pumpkin!

Caitlin's signature snapshot face these days:) (This is MY pumpkin..GRRRRRR!!!)

Happy Fall!

Lakehouse 2010

It was another successful trip to the lakehouse this year with our community group. Every time the kids get stoked, can't stop talking about it weeks leading up to it, have loads of fun while we're there and the parents get wiped out.:) It is an exhausting trip. Not much sleep is had but lots of fun memories are created and shared...and that's definitely worth losing some sleep over.:)

Christopher's Quotes 1

I thought about dedicating a blog just for all the wonderful and random things that come out of Christopher's mouth but, that's too much work for me, so he can tag along on mine. I will never be able to undestand how this boys' mind works. Out of nowhere he will just say the most randomest things. And if he's not saying something random he's bombarding you with questions. So Caleb asked Christopher today why he asks so many questions and Christopher said, I quote, "So I can control everybody." Wow. Well, at least he's honest.

On the way home from the pool today Christopher breaks the silence in the car (which he should win some kind of award for....I can just see him onstage....."Thank you thank you for this 'Breaking the Silence' award. I never thought I would win this, but one time, along time ago....and there's his segway into some long-winded speech, which he has not prepared for, but will no doubt keep you entertained.....or have you banging your head against the wall. I'm sure it would be the latter for my mom:)

Anyhow, so on the way home from the pool he randomly says, "You know what I'm going to ask God when I get to heaven?" And we all say in unison, "What Christopher" "I'm going to ask God why that one sheep ran away."

There's your thought-provoking question for the day.

First day of school

Well so far we're doing pretty good...I didn't forget the kids needed to be at school today and we all woke up on time. Score one for mom:)
Don't the kids look so studious???:)