Bee Joyful

As we head into the Christmas season, I remembered to post! We had a fun Halloween night. I was the princess again and Rick was my mountain man in lederhosen. :) Atley was a doughnut and Addison was with friends. LOL!  Atley made her costume using a flotie, paint, hot glue gun and pipe cleaners... I turned 50. I don't like it very much. Alex came home from OLD School and it was good to see him. He has made really great friends and had some crazy adventure. He also gained 20 pounds! Rick has missed his first mate, Alex, so the second night Alex was home they prepared the boat and camped out, even though it was only 33 degrees at night. Wonderful Thanksgiving day at Omi and Popops. It was so nice to be together .  Look closely and you can see Addison taking the photo from outside- his reflection. And Rick in the middle.  Addison has been working out a lot! Here he is doing what he calls "pumpkining". G...

October began with TKD testing. Atley tested for her senior blue belt and this was a tough one. I didn't know if she would be able to test but she practiced and practiced and she tested! The forms are very complicated and there is so much to remember. I am impressed with how hard she works and how well she does. A bit nervous walking into test.. Sparring well is also a big part of testing...  She passed!!!! We are studying Flying Creatures this year so I organized a trip for her class to a 700 acre environmental education preserve and they designed a class just for our group! Hands on and very educational. And Melissa and Karl came down for a visit for a few days! Melissa brought tons of her old costume jewlery to share with Atley. And Atley is making a doughnut costume for Halloween. We saw this on YouTube and I thought. "we can do this." Addison's 14!!! His birthday was so fun! Thank you everyone for the car...