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October 2022 - Carls Jr Birthday Party

We spent my birthday at basketball games, Dean's baptism, and Rowley's Red Barn Fall Festival.  We had delicious farm-fresh sourdough bread and cheese, apple cider donuts, and apple cider slushies. 



Liam celebrated his 5th birthday at Carls Jr, which he has been planning for about 9 months.  He wanted a Monster Truck cake and invited Lily, Wesley, and all his friends from preschool.  He asked for "Liam" pancakes for breakfast on his birthday.  He got a Duplo fire truck, glow in the dark outer space puzzle, rocket ship coloring book, rocket ship sheets, Duplo playhouse, and some new Little Blue Truck and rocket ship books.  He loves to go to preschool, read books (he is an AMAZING reader), do puzzles, and wrestle.  I come home from work almost every day to a new picture of him, me, and "baby sissy" going in a rocket ship to the moon.  Kyle asked if he could come and Liam said no 😂.





We had fun pumpkin carving / painting and watching Hocus Pocus 2 with the Beagleys.





We still decorate the front door as "Frank" every year and make homemade witches brew.  For Halloween we dressed up as Chuck and Wilson from Cast Away, a scarecrow, Deadpool, a skeleton, a cowboy, and a dragon.  Nathan was excited about all of the skeletons and pumpkins and would shout for joy when he saw either of them out and about during the month of October.  




Random photo dump:






Alexa's Mama cat, Apollo, died on 10/28 after battling illness for several days.  Alexa was gone at school when it happened and she was really sad.

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