October 2008

So, it's been a month packed full of memories!!! October, by far, was our busiest month this year! It's obvious as I have not had any new updates since September! Every Saturday was dedicated to football this month. Alex has managed to recuit many of our friends and neighbors to the Dawg Fan Club. Josh next door dons his red and black with as much heart as any Georgia Alum. He found out about the Hope Scholorship in GA and often suggests to his parents they should move!!

We visited Farmer John's Pumpkin Patch again this year and took Kallie and Marissa with us. The next weekend we had a switcheroo and became the babysitters for the kids next door. Kallie, Marissa and even 16 year old Josh, spent the night with us at Casa de Sales. It was a super fun weekend and we built a haunted house for our Halloween party. The girls loved snuggling with Evan in the morning and watched cartoons while Alex prepared french toast. Josh and Alex camped out in the basement to watch College Gameday.

 

Farmers John's, October 2008                          Farmer John's, October 2007 

Then we were off to Dolphin Island/Savannah to visit Nana, Pops, Aunt Anna & Uncle Charlie and Auntie P. We left Wednesday, October 15th and stayed til the following Monday. We missed out on the sea turtles at Jekyl due to the weather, but managed to hunker down and cheer on the dogs to another victory! We had tons of fun at Tybee where Pops taught Evan how to build sand castles. Evan loved chasing the seagulls and racing up the beach with Daddy and Uncle Charlie. We were welcomed back to Minnesota with much cooler weather!

We celebrated Alex's 30th on Saturday night with a huge Halloween party at our house. We hosted about 40 of our friends and they all seemed to have a great time. We celebrated the passing of Alex's youth and pretended we were all still in our 20's. (Some of us didn't have to pretend!) We dressed up as Shrek & Fiona and enjoyed all of our company. Evan had a sleep over next door.

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We woke up on Sunday to winter weather and SNOW!!!! It was way to windy for it to stick, but we had nice 32 degree weather with 30-50 mph winds...brrr. The true Minnesotans that we've become, we didn't let it keep us from taking a hayride out to the pumpkin patch at the Country Club. Evan loved the horses and decorating his pumpkin inside!

So, that pretty much sums up our month. Evan has grown up so much and really looks and acts like a little boy. He loves his matchbox cars and choo choo train. He's become picky with food and still very very silly. It's amazing how well he understands and can communicate at his age. Everyday is something new!