Well, all of Regan's hard work has come to this one moment...her black belt test! She was a little nervous and a little excited, especially since she has had a hurt foot for the past 7 months. She had to break 4 boards (all different kicks), break a board with her hand, remember all of her routines, and pass the fighting.
10 kids got to take the test
Isn't she cute?! She had to wait almost a week for the results to come in to see if she passed. SHE PASSED! She is getting her BLACK belt!!! She was one of the 8 kids who had passing scores. We are so proud of her. Now she waits again for all of the paperwork to get back form Korea.
Look at these two! They matched and didn't even plan it.
Like father like son
The kids made some Halloween sugar cookies. We didn't realize that it had been about a year since we had made cookies together!
Even Shadow got in on the action...flour on a black dog. HAHA!
Daddy took her to dance class this time. Ever since, all I have heard is how much Lauren looks like her daddy! :)
Hudson, and well most of the kids, prefer Scout over Shadow. He's just so floppy for a dog. So cute
It dropped down to 78 on Halloween and this girl looked cold! Come to find out later that day that she was just trying to hide part of her costume. She had me fooled ;)
So thankful for little surprises in the mail to make holidays fun (and for a husband who loves to cook!)
And the Halloween fun begins! Yes, we still dress up, and the kids have to know on the bedroom doors to get candy from us :)
Evie from Descendants 2
A Roman Soldier
Disney's Elena of Avalor
Uma from Descendants 2
Nick Wilde from Zootopia
The original Mr. Incredible outfit
Obi-Wan Kenobi
mixed opinions...either Toothless from How to Train a Dragon or a bat
Hudson's birthday is the day after Halloween, November 1. It happened to fall on a Wednesday this year and so we were waiting until the weekend to celebrate with a party. He was so excited that he got a package on his birthday and a present from Katherine.
He got E.T., which he said was scary, but really funny. His favorite part is when the little girl screams and then E.T. screams.
His local fruit cake on his real birthday!
Jonathan and I managed to squeeze in a date. WE explored a new area of town and found a delicious Indian restaurant.
Katherine now gets bussed to soccer practice every week. I asked if I could come this week to watch. She was so excited! I miss getting to see her practice every week.
This place was waaaaay out there! It was literally in the middle of nowhere (if that's possible for where we live)
The fields were awesome though! They put a lot of effort into making it a good place for the kids to play.
Look closely...there is another girl on Katherine's team now!
Hudson's Spiderman cake for his party!
we are trying to get the dogs used to a leash. They are still young. They actually do really good off a leash when there are no distractions around, but if school is out and the city is hopping, then all bets are off :)
Katherine found this bug on our balcony. It's an interesting little guy.
Here they are examining it. :)
Lauren's rollercoaster.
We've been working on his room this week. He wanted a picture of his megaphones before he parted ways with them :) He's quite the sentimentalist, but I'm glad we are starting to get some order back in his room!
These two girls have been Ayi's little helpers this week. They have decided that they want to learn how to cook it all.
Yes, this is Katherine's favorite...cooking the fish. :)
