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October is lots of fun for us -- getting ready for Halloween and cheering for our teams in the race for the World Series.

I've been working on costumes all month. Drew's costume from last year has been refitted and he'll be a little Jedi. He loved trying on his robe -- he just wanted to run around the house in it.

Brent will don his Jedi garb again, and I'm almost done with my Padme Amidala (Episode II battle) costume.

We're watching Game 6 with Yankees (Brent's team) vs. Angels (my team). Drew wanted to get in on the action, so yes, we played ball in the house.

But how many 2 year olds do you know who can hit the ball by themselves? Drew's a natural! Look at that form -- elbows just right and hands above the barrel! We just need to work on the stance...

We also got to enjoy the crisp fall weather. On Friday, we went to Chester's Party Barn. We had to bundle up, but it was a blast roasting hot dogs by the fire, seeing animals up close in the petting zoo, taking a hay ride and wandering through a corn maze.

We got there right at sunset. It was really cool looking out over the little pond, with campfires all over. It felt like the perfect October night.


Happy Haunting this week!

Uncle Mitch and Aunt Julie

There hasn't been much going on in our lives, thus the lack of posts. Brent has been very busy with school, Drew is speaking like crazy and I'm working on my book and billions of craft projects.


But we were lucky to get a visit from my brother- and sister-in-law a few weeks ago. We took Mitch and Julie downtown to visit Bricktown and enjoyed hanging out with them so much!

We walked all over downtown; we ate at Earl's, which has some great food, and visited Myriad Gardens.

We found this little guy at Myriad Gardens on the sidewalk. He was just too cute, so we decided to take him home. Drew's friend Ady named him Buck. Unfortunately, Buck the turtle would have required much more room and care than we anticipated, so he went back to the wild after Mitch and Julie left. Plus, he wasn't eating and I was getting worried about him. We sent him off to live in Lake Hefner, which he seemed very happy to swim in. He took off like a shot -- even against the current -- as soon as we put him in the water. That made me feel better since I was worried he would be ok.

Here's Ady with Buck. He was so small he fit in the palm of her little hands.

We also visited the Oklahoma City Memorial from the federal building bombing in 1995. There are two walls on both sides of a reflection pool, as well as an area to the south of the pool with a chair in memorium of each person who died that day. It was very powerful to see. This is a picture Julie took of Mitch and Brent looking out at the reflection pool.

Julie let me borrow her camera to take this picture of the tree and Drew reflected in the pool.

Drew was happy to get out of the stroller and was excited there was water there. But the energy didn't last long...

He was out before we got to the car. :)

Drew loved having Mitch and Julie -- and their puppy -- here for a visit. He wanted to hang out with Mitch constantly, especially when he had the laptop out. He couldn't even wait for clothes after his bath to get back to his Uncle Mitch. :)

Mitch and Julie came to see us because Mitch's team (Durham Bulls) made it to the Triple A championship, which has been played in OKC for a few years. We got to go to the game and see Mitch pitch in the final inning. His team won the championship after 11 innings and lots of nail-biting.

Drew and Julie in front of AT&T Bricktown by the Johnny Bench statue before we went into the game.

Drew and the Durham mascot, Wool E. Bull.

All of us at the game just before Mitch got called in.

We got to go down on the field after the game and snap a few pictures.

Thanks so much for staying with us! We had a blast!