Thanksgiving School Parties - Nov 16th

Ella and Andrew had Thanksgiving parties in their classes today.  Andrew doesn't really care for pumpkin pie or cornbread muffins....he preferred to read his book.  Ella had a huge potluck and they wrote what they were thankful for on the paper tablecloth. 

I went and saw Breaking Dawn 2, Friday night with a bunch of Dental school wives.  It was a super fun night to be able to spend it with the girls!

Windy Storm - Nov 10th

We had a bit of rain and some wind that knocked a lot of pine needles out of the trees by our garage.  Kaitlyn decided to sweep them all up and wanted a picture of the huge mound.  See, we have proof we have weather destruction here in California too  :)  She's even cold enough to wear a sweatshirt!

Last Soccer Games of the Season - Nov 10th

Ella played her third game in the playoff's.  They lost the game so they don't continue on.  But Ella scored the only goal we made, almost by accident.  She went to kick the ball into the goal and it bounced off of an opposing team member's shoe and went into the goal.  The ref gave Ella the credit for the goal since she was the last member on out team to touch the ball.  That was her first goal!  :)

Andrew played his last game of the season too.  It was a tie 0-0.  So he counts that one as a win!  :)  He had many close calls where the ball almost went in.  It is so fun to watch the kids play soccer!  I am already excited for next season.

Ella - Running for Commissioner of Grounds - Nov 6th

Ella ran for Commissioner of Grounds on Election day.  She did well on her speech.  Although she didn't win, she gets to go to the student council meetings each month.  The meetings take place in her classroom, so she's excited she doesn't even have to leave and she can eat her lunch at her own desk.  :)  She will have another chance to run for a wider variety of offices next year as a 5th grader.

THE soccer game - Nov 3rd

Ella went to the playoff's in her division.  Her team won, 5-2.  They have another game on Tuesday night and another next Saturday.  She came close three times to making a goal!  She plays super aggressively when she is a forward.  Unfortunately, Andrew's soccer game was overlapping Ella's game, so I was only able to go to Andrew's.  He played a team that was undefeated, which has some real powerhouse players on it (one of which is Andrew Alva-his best buddy).  It was THE game we have been gearing up for all season.  We WON!  The score was 2-1 and Andrew scored one of our goals!  I think their team was surprised that they had to work so hard.  They usually clobber the opposing teams winning with many goals, but we came out strong.  It was so intense, I didn't sit down the whole game.  I wish I would have taken some video or pictures of the game, but it was to exciting to sit still. I did take this video at the end, but it's sideways... Andrew is the second guy out of the tunnel.  We went to In N' Out for lunch afterwards to celebrate, even splurging on chocolate shakes! 

Halloween - Oct 31st

Andrew and some of his buddies.

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Oak Mesa Elementary has a costume theme for Halloween.  This year's theme was "what I want to be when I grow up."  Ella was a veterinarian and Andrew was a dentist.  Ramona Middle school doesn't have dressing up at school, so Kaitlyn wasn't able to put on her costume until after school.  In the evening, we went to our friends house to carve pumpkins and eat dinner.  We also went trick or treating in their neighborhood.  They sure got a lot of candy! 

Ward Halloween Party - Oct 26th

The ward had a Halloween party on the 26th.  There was a chili cook off complete with corn bread and desserts, games, haunted house and a costume contest.  I was thrilled to be able to borrow one doctor costume from a friend and turned it into Ella (veterinarian) and Andrew's (dentist) costumes.  Kaitlyn is a rainbow, and she wore one of her dance costumes.  I didn't have to buy anything for all three!