christmas with the rat pack

*Six days...November 1...until I will allow Christmas music to infiltrate my earbuds during work. Woohoo!! "Christmas with the Rat Pack", here I come! :)

*Last year Chris' parents gave us a "Family Fun Card" (American Express giftcard). We had a little left and decided to do something fun with the kids yesterday. We started out with breakfast at Carolyn's Cafe. The kids adore the coffee cake. :)

We then headed to a Groupon find at Victoria Gardens. It was basically an interactive ride. The kids loved it! 

Here is the photo provided by the ride. Props were available in case you wanted to dress for the adventure. :)

We were then able to snag a couple of good deals at Old Navy in the form of pants for Cameron. These are SOO hard to find because pants are always too short on him.

*A couple weeks ago I came down with a 48-hour bug. Luckily I only had to miss a couple days of work. I also took a break from working out. The problem is that I'm still on a break from working out because my motivation has disappeared. Not sure when it will return... ;)

*Every year I am saddened that we don't have Hallmark and I'm unable to watch all the Christmas movies. Luckily I get a few in when we visit my in-laws since my MIL saves them all for me. Anyway, I saw this on another blog and thought it was so funny, and so true!

happy 40th

*My MIL bought us a super cool bun maker thing (not sure the name) that makes creating buns for Kendall so much easier and she looks so cute (and older😩).

*This past week has been full of celebrating Chris' 40th birthday. We started it out with dinner with some of our best friends. Chris requested a long time favorite restaurant  near where we went to college, Angelo and Vinci's.

His parents drove down to attend a cross country meet which made it so we could go out on his actual birthday.

*Several days later, the four of us celebrated at Gourmet Pizza. Brando. Yum.

Kind of cool to think that we've been together now almost half his life. Happy birthday to my sweet, unselfish, SUPER funny husband!!!

*Yesterday was a Costco trip. Kendall is NOT a fan of Costco. To sweeten the deal, I let her bring the quad girls along. :)

*Chris and I are watching the entire series of The Office for the third time. How timely that this podcast was just released and I LOVE it!!

recycle

*Cameron is deep into his cross country season. I will only be able to make one of his meets due to when they are and how far they are away, but luckily Chris gets to go to all of them and my parents cheered him on last week.

*I love Halloween and taking the kids out trick-or-treating is always such a highlight, but I'm the worst when it comes to creative costumes. Cam has been a hiker the past few years and this year he'll wear his cycling outfit (or "kit" as the pro's call it). Not very creative! A hat and some black/orange tights will complete Kendall's outfit this year. Not too hard;)

*Costco trip last week. The kids waited several minutes for some cinnamon buns. They reported it was well worth the wait. 

*Friday was an especially draining day at work. Fridays are "IEP days" in which we schedule all of our meetings. While they went really well, being "on" for most of the day is mentally draining and I was so ready to just relax and not have to talk. Several times the thought of my relaxing Saturday morning helped get me through. So while Chris took Cam to a practice, I was in heaven with Kendall drinking my coffee and watching our current TV series we are into, When Calls the Heart. 

When Cam got back, my dad arrived and they left for a bike ride. He stayed a little longer afterward and helped them sort their cans. They each made $16!