Here Come the Holidays!

Well, it has been a little while since our last post and a lot has gone on so I am just going to make it an extra long post. Last Saturday Lori and her friend ran a HALF MARATHON! She ran the whole thing in spite of a knee that has been bugging her off and on. We all loved driving along beside them as they ran and offering them rides every ten minutes.... but they stayed strong and finished running.

There was a huge wind storm at the finish line and everything was falling apart as Lori finished (or it is quite possible she was running so fast that her tail wind was knocking everything over. I mean, she worked pretty hard for the title Lori Swori, as in, I swore I just saw Lori. I guess they beat everyone else to the finish line....). They were treated to relaxing massages after the race courtesy of a friend and ended up a little sore but she didn't complain much.

We also made a trip to the pumpkin patch to pick out pumpkins. Both of the boys were terrified of the talking statues holding plates of candy. When Lori took the check to pay over by them Brandon screamed in terror thinking she might not make it back.

Brandon stole the pumpkin carving show this year instructing us that, since he couldn't use the knife, it was his job to draw the faces on the pumpkins so we could cut them out. I think they turned out awesome and below you can see Brandon was able to get his own likeness onto the jack-o-lanterns.

On Halloween morning we made orange pumpkin pancakes. Get that camera out of my kitchen!

It was a fun breakfast and Brandon was extremely disappointed to find out after waiting five days, he also had to wait until it got dark to trick or treat.

Bridger kept repeating "I'm scared" every time he even saw the Pooh costume, but we slipped it on him quick after his nap while he was still woozy. After he saw the candy start rolling in it was the last thing on his mind. We did the Trunk or Treat at the church before moving on to Trick or Treating in our neighborhood. Both of the boys loved it and were very polite as their bags filled with candy. Bridger loved talking to everyone when they answered the door and got lots of smiles as people tried to translate his well-intentioned ramblings.

And here is what we consider the biggest news! Below you can see Bridger putting a call in to his stylist. Apparently he wasn't afraid to abandon his girly locks and went ahead and got a trim.

He did great during the haircut and we love his new look. He looks older which is a habit of his lately and we are simultaneously sad and thrilled to see the progress he is making every day.

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We can't wait to see everyone we can during the holidays!