Our Life Down by the River: Sandy's Halloween crash

Hurricane Sandy blew in last night trying to crash our Halloween happenings this week. Her wind and rain didn't seem to cause much damage for us (praying for those less fortunate!). We never lost our power and the river shouldn't burst at it's seams everywhere. Just the normal road flooding...and we can handle that A-OK! We were prepared with water, flashlights, batteries, lanterns, full gas tanks, full propane, food/munchies, and a hot fire cooking in the wood stove. My biggest concern at this point is tomorrow's trick or treating...Sandy's still raining on us and the flooding could spook out the fun.

This past weekend was another blur of excitement and fun. Friday night I hit the grocery, then we all hit the couches for movie night. Saturday morning Nick had his last flag football game of the season (unfortunately it was a loss), and Lauren had her last gymnastics of the season.* I was at gymnastics, so pics of the last football game didn't happen.

Check out our cool gymnastics instructors that got all dressed up!

Lauren gets another gold medal!

Nick then had his end of season football party, and we headed home to get a few things done until our neighbor friends showed up for the Shenandoah Farms Halloween party that evening. The kids got dressed up, ate some popcorn and candy, we enjoyed a 2 mile long hayride, and Nick won the Most Original Costume in the Costume Contest! Do you know who Nick is supposed to be?

Chucky and the Scary Witch!

Sunday morning came early because I had to head into work for a few hours. I met up with Ryan and the kids at Nick's end of season baseball party at 11 am. After trophies and thank yous were exchanged, thecoaches, team-players, moms and siblings all played a great game of kickball! It may have been my first kickball game in 20 years, and it was F-U-N!

After playing kickball, the four of us had lunch at Wendy's, then the kids and I headed to Manassas for a birthday party at Pump It Up. This place is awesome fun for kids (and parents). If you don't care to drive to Manassas, I 100% recommend this place. Glow in the dark rooms full of inflatable basketball courts, obstacle courses, and slides. Fun x 100. :) And, their party people do it all for you, while the parents enjoy the fun.

For the record, I beat Nick 2 times in the obstacle course and he beat me 1 time...but only because I hurt my shoulder that last time. I felt a snap...and it still is hurting me. Ouch.