When your arm is broke, and you can't go camp. Who you gonna call?

Aidan, when you fractured your humerus and the doctor said we had to limit your movement and physical activity for like a million years, I knew that we couldn't go on the fall Hiking Laser Bears trip.

But, that didn't mean we couldn't go on a dudes trip!

So, when your arm is broke..and you can't go camp... Who you gonna call?

Pops and me!  That's right! We had a fun dudes trip to Fort Worth instead- and it was a blast!

We ate burritos. 

We went to a comic book store.

We took a great hike through a butterfly garden and to a waterfall...

...where shoes got wet, rocks got thrown, hills got climbed, stones got skipped, and a nice young girl asked you your name (and you later told us that made you blush).

We went back to the hotel where we swam and hot tubbed in their indoor pool, and made funny beards and wigs and faces in the (soap? (hopefully??)) foam that emerged from the hot tub's bubblers.

We dined on some delicious burgers.

We made our way to the concert hall, where we - all three of us together ... you in the middle- watched and laughed and got a little scared and proved that WE aren't afraid of no ghosts!

We kept you up WAY past your bedtime, but we had a blast doing it. You, me, and pops. Laughing and having fun way into the evening hours.

To top it all off we met with Uncle Dana, Aunt Mendi, and Grayson for breakfast the next morning, before we headed home and on to the next adventure.

This is HALLOWEEN - 2018 Edition

It is no secret, kiddos, that we LOVE Halloween! 

We love dressing up in costume (and y'all don't necessarily wait for October to make that happen!). We love candy! We love trick or treating. We love getting in the spoooooky spirit and decorating. We love walking around getting candy with our neighbors. We love carving pumpkins and toasting seeds. 

So, when it was time for this Halloween, there was definitely some magic in the air!

Julia, you went as Princess Elsa from Frozen!

Aidan, you followed your newest obsession and went as a GHOSTBUSTER!

 On the day of, we packed your lunches up nice:

And I headed off for a Weird day at work dressed as our favorite summer obsession, Weird Al! You kids loved the costume, but were iffy on my mustache. Toby barked at me because he didn't recognize me!

Mommy wasn't going to dress up, but then we made her a costume at the last second, and went as the subject of one of our recent movie nights: A NEWSIE!

The rainy weather cleared, our teams were assembled, and we headed down the hill to collect the Long sisters and miss Ana for trick-or-treating!

And off y'all went...running door to door...not being daunted by an empty house, or spooky electronic ghost  (which Aidan gladly "Busted"). 

As darkness settled in, and the candy baskets got rather full...and as your tummies got fuller and slightly more upset from too much candy consumption.... we called a close to this 2018 eve of ghouls and goblins and chocolate....

And...if you look back on the day and the month leading up to it....there was certainly a BIG spark of MAGIC!