Halloween 2017, etc....

 The end of October has been good (if chilly).  But we did have a warm streak in the middle of the month.  I headed up to Minneapolis for a 3 day conference for work, which was great!

 Meanwhile, these two hoodlums enjoyed a Cubs playoff game!

 And Isaac got to go to Hattie's birthday party!

 Uncle Josh adopted the sweetest dog on the planet!  Emily is a 5 year old border collie mix and she is too sweet for words!

 The boys absolutely love her!

 Halloween involved a little DIY work this year.  Noah really wanted to be Iron Fist, so we had to come up with our own mask (as he's not a famous one you can find easily).

 Turned out pretty good!

He had an evening event at school and then a karate party, so plenty of opportunities to wear his costume!

 We got our pumpkins carved too.  Isaac went with a "silly" face.

 Noah opted for an "Iron Fist" design and Sam chose a poke ball design.

 Isaac had his classroom party at preschool, he was thrilled to show his ninja moves!

 His class sang some cute songs with Mrs. Adrienne.

 Despite the chill, we put our pumpkins out for the neighbors (and the squirrels) to enjoy!

 Group costume shot!  Sam was an adorable narwhal!

 Perfect selfie of me and my adoring husband.  He was not a fan of the cold.

 Sam started up gymnastics, he is in the 7-10 year old boy class, so that means working on the big equipment.  Hard to see, but he's on the high bar over there in his dark red pants.  He loves it!

 Isaac had to test out daddy's glasses just for a minute.

This past weekend, Noah had his karate tournament.  This time, he was with the red belt group and did sparring.

He also did his bo form.

And self defense!

We were super proud of his effort.  He ended up with two 3rd place trophies for form and self defense.  Way to go dude!

 Now, we head into the holiday season!  Of course we had to kick things off with matching Christmas jammies!  Cannot wait to spend the holidays with these goons in our new home!