October highlights

Hopefully this is not what I'm turning into... one of those people who writes on their blog only bi-monthly. I have so much to share, but so little time! Yet, I find that when I post updates there's little variance from month to month as far as what we have going on. What is wrong with this picture?

Anyway, in October we were busy finishing up football and working on sign-ups for lacrosse. Justin's poor team had a horrible record - I don't even want to repeat it here in writing. He played well, though, especially in the last game. Hoping that next year in JV will be better for him because hopefully the coaches will be able to weed out some of the more lackadaisical players on the team. Here are some awesome shots of him by the team's photographer... In case you can't tell, he's #21.

  
 

Justin (#21) and some of his teammates
Eric got a job at Old Navy and loves it. He loves making money, and doesn't mind that he's one of only about 2 male store employees (hmmm... I wonder why that is?). His room still looks like a tornado went through it but if you look in the closet his T-shirts are neatly and uniformly folded. Well, at least that's one thing he'll be pre-trained for in the Service. Speaking of the Navy, he's finalizing some paperwork and we're hoping he will wrap that all up soon so we know when he will be shipping out to boot camp (or whatever the Navy calls it).

October was Halloween! I went to "Spooky BUNCO" dressed as a Beverly Hills Housewife. Here I am with my friend Barbara, who was our ZUMBA instructor...

Chanel purse-check! Über high heel platform pumps-check!
Starbucks-check! Purse puppy-check! Sunglasses-check!
In this photo you couldn't see, but I also had various designer-store
shopping bags. This was a fun costume.
Left to right: Kimberly/Witch1, Monica/Katy Perry; Garden Gnome; Julie/Blackmail;
Barbara/ZUMBA; Kathy/Pink Lady; Kristin/Nerd Girl; Witch2; Stacey/Ladybug;
Jen (me)/Beverly Hills Housewife; Michelle/Little Miss Muffet
 

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