Fall Traditions

Last Sunday we had our annual Halloween Dinner with my family. My mom's been doing it for over 20 years. It's a fun tradition where we all order 3 courses of food that have been named different things (ie: cat vomit... which is really disgusting and my mom was particularly gross this year). The fun part is that the utinsels, napkin, and drink are all included in the menu. I was fortunate enough to get one utinsel with each course this time. I think my favorite memory was when my brother got a plate of peas, a knife and a napkin ... and no drink. He hates peas.

All the cousins in the costume before dinner

We also celebrated Chris's birthday.

Last week we also went to my brother Matthew's last game (before playoffs anyway). Matthew played the whole game and did awesome. He got the 2nd touchdown of the game ... right after I turned my camera off. So no pics of that unfortunately. It was fun to see him play. It made Jeff miss reffing even more ... although he didn't miss working with sloppy crews. He says the officials that night were horrible with their mechanics. Fortunately, they didn't make bad calls and affect the game however. Skyline beat Murray 59 to 35.

Last Friday my mom and sisters and I had our annual lunch at Gardner Village. It was a lot of fun to be away from kids and be able to carry on a complete conversation without interruption. I'm glad we all live so close to each other and can get together so often - even if it is with the kids sometimes.