Weekend Recap - getting ready for Halloween!

Another fun-filled weekend in the books!  We spent this past weekend gearing up for Halloween!  Here's a sneak peak into what we were up to the last couple of days!

Friday we wrapped up Red Ribbon week.  Holden's theme was YOLO - what do you want to be when you grow up?  She wants to be a Certified Dog Trainer (and live in a Tiny House in our backyard!) ;) while Hope is living like a STAR and dressed for the red carpet.  We love theme days around here!

 Friday morning Hope's entire Kindergarten team came together for a fun Halloween fall party!  It was loads of fun!  They made Spooky Hands...

 did the Monster Mash...

 tried to guess what was in the Mystery Boxes (brains, eyeballs, monster teeth, witch fingers, etc.!)

 played candy corn bingo...

 and built monsters out of play-doh!

Spending the morning with this Pumpkin Princess was the perfect start to the weekend!

Mike had a lunch meeting scheduled in town on Friday that was canceled at the last minute.  That totally worked to my advantage!  I love day dates!

It was a wild and crazy Friday night...I had to enlist Mike and his power tools to help me with Holden and Carly's Halloween costume assembly!

My parents came to town and all the kids wanted to spend the night with them (yippee!!!).  Mike and I took full advantage and caught up on Designated Survivor and watched a couple of episodes of Friday Night Lights. #Texasforever

 Saturday morning this girl was kickin' it on the foggy soccer field.

 She scored THREE goals!

 But her best score is having the most amazing big brother in the whole world!  I snapped this at halftime as he was giving her a "pep talk"!

Our Aggies played the New Mexico State Aggies on Saturday evening.  Here's my crew on our way to our favorite place - Kyle Field!  The game was a tad bit boring but there's no place I would rather be on a Saturday night during football season!

 Hope and Kynsley - we've been sitting by Kynsley's parents since before these two were born!

 Last weekend Shelly and I went to a little market in town and I scored this cute t-shirt and vest.  I couldn't wait to wear it to the game!  The vest is light-weight and was perfect for temps still in the 70's.

t-shirt | vest

 On Sunday we grabbed lunch with Dede and Pop Pop before they headed home.  (And, if you're keeping count, yes, we did go to Chuy's twice in three days!)

 Then it was time for the girls to get dressed for a lock-in at their dance studio.  Holden has become quite the make-up master and was helping with Hope's lipstick since I apparently did it wrong. ;)

Meet Snow White and the black crows!  Holden and Carly have wanted to be crows since our trip to San Antonio back in August!  Here's a little backstory...

Since the pool wasn't very crowded where we were, Shelly and I found chairs and let the girls go do all the water slides - as long as they stayed together and checked in with us occasionally.  It wasn't long before we heard "ca-caw, ca-caw" (imagine the sound of a bird).  It was so funny!  We wouldn't necessarily be able to see them but we could always HEAR them!  From that sound, a Halloween costume was born!

We stopped by the pumpkin patch on the way to the lock-in for a few quick pictures!

I think they are the cutest!  And, it's always fun to have an excuse to wear their costumes a day early!

And, that's it!  That's how we spent our weekend!  Hope yours was a good one!

Happy Halloween!!!  May your treat bag be filled with all your favorite candies!

Gig 'em and God bless! 

Holly

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