I wanted to do a quick update and realized my last post was back to school. It seems like that was so long ago in some ways, but now the holidays are already fast approaching!! It snowed by us for the first time today, which is way too early for me! We went from the beginning of Oct. starting out feeling like August, to snow in the beginning of November. The kids were so excited to see the tiny flakes falling, but I didn't quite share their enthusiasm. Other than the fact that Charlie and Kenley have taken turns swapping fevers and vomiting this week, I'm also not looking forward to all of the bundling up it requires to go out. Fingers crossed we are all in the healthy zone now, but I know germs come with this time of year.
On a higher note, we had a great Fall season. We went to a few of the local pumpkin patches, which was a lot of fun. It was nice that Rylee was able to do more and join in on the fun. We spent one weekend in Gurnee and used our season passes to go to Fright Fest. It was a good time, and the kids really liked it, even though they were a little creeped out a few times. We got on a lot of rides the first day we went, and Kenley even got to ride The Joker! It was fun that it was both of our first times on that ride, and she was a little nervous, but afterward she said she wanted to go again.
A week later, my sister and I took a trip to Vegas! We had planned this in the summer, and we had tickets to go see Britney Spears. We had a great trip, and it was so nice to get in some quality sister time without the distractions of 5 little ones, even though we did miss them. We did a little bit of everything-went to a rooftop bar, gambled, re-lived our high school/college days at the concert, laid by the pool and drank mimosa, and shopped. It was the perfect little sister's getaway!
The kids had a really fun Halloween, and we had a few parties the weeks leading up to the 31st. On Halloween, the kids had parties at school, and then we went trick-or-treating as a family with all of our neighborhood friends, and then we went back to one house for pizza. We hosted a neighborhood get-together at our house just a few days before Halloween, and we had a pretty good turn out even though the weather wasn't great. I'm now on the committee to plan our big subdivision block party for this upcoming summer.
These next few weeks will be filled with lots of family parties! My niece, Autumn, had her 3rd birthday party last weekend, and we had an engagement party for Ray's cousin, Joe. They asked all 3 of our kids and their cousin Kenny to be in the wedding, which was really sweet! Thanksgiving is 2 weeks away, Kenny will be celebrating his 1st birthday, then Kenley will have her 7th birthday, and then the Christmas celebrations will begin! It will be a busy month, but I'm looking forward to it and everything that goes along with the holidays. I'll be bringing out all the Christmas décor the week of Thanksgiving, which I know will really get me into the spirit.
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