Halloween....
I finally talked Ariel into being something other than a princess, she was a witch!! A very cute witch. Pictures to follow....
We were all excited about giving candy out at our new house this year so I went and bought about $50 worth of candy and put it in our big popcorn bowl and there was a little left for a smaller bowl. Well the doorbell rang and I dropped the little bowl and stopped to pick it up and Ariel went on to the door to pass candy out from the big bowl. It just so happened to be 6 or 7 people mostly older boys. Well they took the entire contents of the bowl and ran. The lady who was with them stood there and watched the whole thing and had the nerve to stick her bag out and say trick or treat.... I said are they with you and she said no and I said well as you can see we are now out of candy. The boys passed out the little bowl to the kids in the neighborhood after we left. Well I saw the lady with those same kids while Ariel and I were out up the street.
It sucks that this was our first halloween here and that was Ariels first experience passing it out. Bigger issues go on in the world though....

Eliminating Toxic People

I cant recommend this highly enough

There are encounter we have every single day of our lives that are not good for us. They are malicious, they are dangerous to your self esteem, they are destructive, they are toxic.

I cant tell you what a change this has made in my life. I see so many people every day that need to do this. It is really something to think about. You scan your computer for viruses so scan your life for them too. There are miserable people who want to spread their misery into your life, your marriage, and your parenting. They are a virus to your dignity and to who you are as a person. They use their words and their attitudes like a knife to strip you of your dignity and your self worth. You need to get rid of encounters in your life that not productive, that are secretly malicious, and that are not respectful. Just cut them out of our life and you will start to see things so differently. They cant persuade you or manipulate your or intimidate you or guilt you into doing something that you dont want to do or make you feel bad about yourself if you dont let them in your life.

We took our annual trip the pumpkin patch to pick pumpkins and eat apples!

Look whos in the apple tree, its Ariel and Jordie :)

Allen's lookin hot in that uniform and sunglasses isnt he ... :)

If Chris gets a new toy, I guess Allen get's a new toy....

Ariel and Brenden cruising Gateshead! They dont need MTV to pimp their ride, its pretty cute already!

Chris and his new toy...