Whirlwind

Well, we just finished Thanksgiving, Christmas is yet to come and I'm already exhausted. October was a busy month with Tyler's birthday and Halloween, not to mention the fires.

Halloween was very busy this year. Many parties to attend and many costumes to choose from. It was very difficult for both kids to decide what to be... Marley really wanted to be Hannah Montana, but finally decided on a Bratz Bat. Tyler on the other hand wanted to be a green Power Ranger, but ended up wearing his Batman costume from last year, that was easy for me!

Ah, now the So Cal fires. We made it through the "Santiago/Irvine" fires unscathed... It got close, but not too close. I think the closest it came was w/in a mile of us (by the old ET Marine base) but it ravaged the canyons. At night it was really spooky. The sky was glowing this weird orange color and the moon was yellow. The day wasn't much better as you could really see the horrible smoke and ash. Everything was covered in ash. Windows had to be kept closed and the smell was horrible. The kids were out of school for most of the week because of poor air quality.

In November we (The Schrunks & The Hoskinsons) had the combo birthday party of Tyler and Conner at Chuck E. Cheese's. It was really cute. I think this was the first time they actually had a birthday party where it was their friends, not ours. The boys invited their classmates and it turned out really well. They were thrilled and we were glad it was over! :)

And finally, Turkey Day! Once again Marilyn and Roger hosted the big event. There were 18 of us in all, the highlight being Nick's cousin James and his super speedy Shelby Mustang. We are very proud of James. He is active duty Navy and has been to the Middle East a handful of times. Now, his pride and joy is his new Shelby Mustang. I'm not a car person, don't know much about cars, but I do know a cool car when I see one, and that was one cool car. All the kids were giddy. James took everyone for a ride and from what I'm told, blew their socks off. My nephew Dylan even went to go look for the skid marks that the car made. Dinner of course was delish and kids had a blast. They were so hopped up on dessert and the company of many friends that we didn't get out of their till VERY late.

Now, the countdown of Christmas...