Day: December 30, 2016

I love Halloween. Because Ricky was 12 and in 7th grade, his trick-or-treating years were at an end.  Instead, I offered him a Halloween party with his friends AND what if that Halloween party was a spook alley in our backyard?  He readily accepted! I’ve wanted to do a “real” spook alley since I was […]

Now, getting back to October. I really like Halloween and our town does a fun evening event to celebrate.  People or organizations can do a display and there is cocoa and this year they added a straw slide and a movie playing.  It’s just kind of fun.  It is called the Hooper Haunt.  PTA did […]

In September, Kevin and I snuck away for a Saturday.  We went to a ropes course with our friends, the Bucks, to a “couples retreat.”  Building with marshmallows and toothpicks was NOT my favorite part.  But there were many other activities that I absolutely loved! Our lawnmower threw its belt all summer long (to my […]

In August, we took the boys camping and went to Dinosaur National Monument Park.  They had a junior ranger program, so my boys had to do the junior ranger booklets! It was hot, but we still hiked and looked for fossils! The boys were sworn in as junior rangers! Camping was great.  I love our […]