Happy Halloween!

We had a great Halloween! This year my 2 little brother-in-laws from Pierre went trick-or-treating with us. Star Wars was the theme this year. Rob was Darth Vader, Dantae - Luke Skywalker, Justus - Yoda, Adriana - Princess Leia, and I was Queen Amidala. Everyone loved that our whole family dressed up, but they especially loved Justus and Adriana! Justus and Adriana were not quite sure how this whole process worked, but once they figured it out, they had a blast. We went to the Sanford Care Center, dorms and this year we even did the door-to-door thing. We got more candy than we know what to do with. Dantae also went to a Halloween party on Thursday night where he got to play games, so I think we are Halloweened out. I hope everyone else had a safe and Happy Halloween!

Here's my little Yoda. This was taken after we were done, so his face paint doesn't look as nice.

The Star Wars Family. The best picture we could get.(not bad for an 8 year old photographer)
Wyatt, Trey, Justus, Dantae & Adriana
Some of the treats.

Random Pics

My ever so cute Redsox fan!
Adriana absolutely loves her big brother. Sometimes I wonder about the spacing between my children, but then sometimes you just don't have a choice. I'm so lucky to have them!

Justus getting ready for the next powerlifting competition.

I thought this picture was so cute. Justus is telling Adriana to say "Cheese"

Grandpa Bob and Grandma Michelle visited this weekend.

Adriana snuggling with Grandma Michelle. It was getting close to nap time.

Onna's well check

I took Adriana to the Dr. today for her 15 month well check. She is actually 16 months 10 days old though. She weighed 22 lbs 6 oz (50%) and measured 32 1/2 inches (90%)! She actually slept through the whole exam. She cried when she got her shots but as soon as I picked her up she went silent. I think that was the easiest well check I've been to. She is so different than my boys, it's amazing!

Potatoes

In a previous post I had talked about Dantae and his gardening skills. Well here are a couple of the potatoes from his garden at Grandma and Grandpa's house.

Conference

Last weekend I presented at the Great Plains Conference on the Teaching of Psychology. Our presentation was "Integrating Research and Teaching: A Teacher and Student Perspective." We were the very first ones to present and I'm very happy to say "I Survived!" Rob was able to attend and we both had a very good time.

This is Dr. Newland and I at the conference.

Little news here

I don't have too much news. Last weekend Dantae had his last soccer game for the season. He did an excellent job and couldn't have made his mom any more proud! He had a great coach that gave them all awards and gift certificates to Dairy Queen for all their hard work. Grandma and Grandpa Smith came to watch his game. After lunch I took Dantae and a friend over to Yankton to drive go-karts. They had a blast!

Dantae and Adriana. Don't grow up so fast.