Wednesday, November 3, 2021

October 2021

 How in the world is it already November?  I'm not sure how that happened but out of nowhere we are finished with Halloween and have moved on to Thanksgiving and Christmas!

October was a jam packed month of sports, celebrations and travel (mostly for sports)!

During Fall break we were able to find a free weekend (very rare these days) to enjoy some time (5 hours) at a pumpkin patch not too far from our house!  We did everything they had to offer and ate all the things they had to eat and left VERY exhausted but with a car full of pumpkins!






October also means we wrapped up soccer for the 3 littles!  They all did great and loved it!  Conner and Tinsley really found their place on the soccer field (when they weren't wrestling with each other) and had a blast!  They both scored some goals and learned how to defend and had a really great time! They are already asking about next season.

Thomas had a great season playing up against 2nd - 5th Graders.  He played tough and had a great time also.  His team even beat a 5th grade team not once...BUT Twice!  

We also took some time to celebrate Hudson TURNING ELEVEN!!!  Of course we had to go to Knoxville on her birthday for soccer so she and I made it a girl's night.  We left early, got pedicures, ate dinner out and got to visit with our good friend Rachael and her kiddos!  She will eventually have her big birthday party but we just had to postpone until after soccer season!!

The big girls are still playing their fall season.  October was full of games and travel!  Sullivan's team enjoyed a weekend in Louisville for a Showcase event on Halloween Weekend!  They played great against some older talented teams and got better each game.  They even snuck in a little hotel trick or treating!


October also means school picture time!  Thankfully, I think all 3 big kids actually brushed their hair for pictures this year....maybe!




And we wrapped up the month of course with HALLOWEEN!  Luckily, Sullivan and I made it back in time to trick-or-treat with everyone!  It was perfect weather and everyone had a great time.  Hudson and Thomas did the whole neighborhood and racked up on candy.  The Twins made it around half and then just wanted to head home and hand out candy!  Sullivan was exhausted from a weekend of soccer so she only did about half also but already had a TON of candy from hotel trick-or-treating so she wasn't too worried about it!  We couldn't agree on a theme this year (and honestly who has the time) so everyone did their own thing...

Hudson was a Zombie Bride

Sullivan was Daddy Shark..do-do-do-do...

Thomas and Conner were Ninjas

And Tinsley was sweet Poppy from Trolls

I rocked some dino PJs  and Hasil was a beautiful ballerina and we called it a night!


That is about all for October!  November brings us the end of soccer season (with trips to Knoxville and Memphis left) and the start of Basketball season!  

Here are the rest of the pictures from our October adventures: