Yet Another Reason...

...that Brian and I are a GREAT team!

(I am adding this to the list from THIS former post)

You see, I come up with an "adventure" all by myself (well, along with 2 small kids in the backseat)... ...and Brian comes to the rescue!
He would be so bored without me.

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***Reasons I feel very lucky:

1. I was driving slowly in a nice little neighborhood right next to a church parking lot when this happened. (The sudden 4 inch GASH in my tire would have thrown us off of the freeway had we been on one!)

2. We were also only a few blocks from Brian's office which was handy (although I know he would have driven hours to help if he had needed to).

3. Brian never acted annoyed for one second.

4. I think I could have changed the tire on my own (except it probably would have taken ME 4 HOURS next to HIS 15 minutes). After watching him do it, I could maybe do it in 2 (3?) hours now!

5. Even if I could have changed the tire on my own...I wouldn't have been able to jump the DEAD BATTERY by myself after turning off the engine and leaving the dvd player on for the kids the whole time while we (he) changed the tire.

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***Reasons I don't feel very lucky:

1. The tire is NOT repairable and we have been told we have to replace ALL 4 TIRES when we replace one because it is all-wheel-drive! Those tires still had a few good YEARS left in them! Arrrgh.

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At least the positives outweigh the negatives! Never a dull moment. :)

I was just lectured...

...by a TWO YEAR OLD! The reason for the lecture? Because I "need to SHARE!" He was referring to the brownies that I just made for the Mutual Activity tonight. As you can see from the picture, one brownie was NOT enough for him. (Actually One and a Half because of the half that he snatched from ON TOP OF THE PIANO where I was hiding them!) Who taught him this whole concept of sharing anyway??! :)

"Trick or Treat, Dude!"...

I have been keeping very busy making all of the kids' costumes this year. I had to start in September to be sure to have enough time. They have always had coordinating costumes in the past years, but this year...they really couldn't have been much more opposite in their costumes!

Gavin LOVES motorcycles, or as he calls them "ogergygles." Gavin discovered the pure bliss and joy that comes on this wonderful holiday! He thought it was SO GREAT to RUN to each house and hold out his bag and get CANDY! After every single house he went to he would say "one more house please Mommy!" Several people were very impressed at the amount of facial hair he was able to grow at just 2 years old! I was impressed that he actually kept it on the whole night, it's amazing what a little bribery will do! (I love when they finally get to the age that bribery works!)

Kambria made a beautiful Minnie Mouse. Her costume was the most fun for me to create. It makes me want to go to Disneyland just to get a picture of her in this costume with Minnie.

This girl would LIVE on SUGAR if I would let her, although she was a lot more timid than the other kids to go door to door and actually get the candy!

Brynlee was our little Cowgirl this year. She had a great time at school! They had a school parade and then a classroom Halloween party, which I was able to help out with. She has a really great teacher and fun kids in her class. This girl really enjoys life and any reason to celebrate! She is such a pleasure to be around!

At Brian's office, they have trick-or-treating every year for the employees' families, it is really getting popular! They always get WAY TOO MUCH candy there!

The mode of transportation for trick-or-treating around the neighborhood this year was the 4-wheeler, although after awhile it was just easier for a couple of us to walk next to it...not much room for FIVE people on ONE 4-wheeler!