HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

I just left our neighbors, the Laxtons, where we have our annual pizza party / kid send off trick-or-treating Halloween Party.

Pete went off with the kids around the neighborhood with the other Dads and I came home to pass out candy. As I left, I told Julie and Brian and Brian's parents that I didn't think we'd be back for a sleep over tonight!

It was four years ago tonight that our house caught on fire and we spent the night---all 15 of us---with the 7 Laxtons! What great neighbors and what a wonderful family they are! It was fun to see Brain's parents again tonight and laugh about how many hundreds of pancakes Gary made that next morning to feed the 12 kids we had with us and the 3 they had...he and Marie really did make it fun!

On another note, I don't mean to sound like a show off or anything. But, as I'm waiting for trick or treaters, I'm opening the mail AND MY MAMOGRAM CAME BACK NORMAL AND I DON'T HAVE TO GO BACK FOR ANOTHER YEAR!!! Not that I was expecting anything else, but just so you all know.

That means, for any of you that have lost count, that this is the first year in four that I get to wait a year, instead of six months; and more importantly, when I get next years normal results, I will have been 5 years cancer free!!! Now that will be some Halloween celebration!

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY KATE AND RICK

Okay, so I have totally made a mess of this picture---and duplicated the mess, trying to wish my dear sister and brother in law a wonderful and happy 37th wedding anniversary!!! This is a great picture of Rick, but if I could fix it, it's a wonderful picture of the two to them! Yes, they were married before birth...because they both look to be in their mid to late 30's (to these eyes, anyway).
So, Happy, Happy Anniversary you TWO---and may you have many, many more wonderful and fun years together!
We love you both!
Mary and Pete

THANK YOU, RACHEL!!!

Our dear Rachel sent a wonderful box of South Korean treats and goodies a few weeks ago. We are slow to say Thank-you, but we so enjoyed every, thoughtful thing she sent!
Thank you, Thank you, Rachel! We were all so thrilled and had a great time opening that big box and looking at every interesting and unfamiliar and semi-familiar thing you sent!

Our Soccer Girls

Lilly and Jane's soccer games are coming to an end next Saturday morning. As cold and wet as it is getting...that's pretty okay with me. They have had fun, but it's a good time to end and start up again in Spring.
In the meantime, Ben and Alex are practicing twice a week and don't play games until Spring. However, they do have a scrimmage this Wednesday, under the lights at the BIG Soccer Complex. They are really excited!! Hopefully, I'll remember my camera.

The "Other" Homecoming in East Lansing

This was John and friends going off to the homecoming dance the at East Lansing High School the week before. Pasha and friends decided not to go and stayed home --- something to do with the game and the outcome the night before, I think.

A Very Happy Homecoming

Last week-end we had a great week end with JO-Ellen and friends for MSU Homecoming. As many of you know Jo-Ellen was the co-Grand Marshall in the MSU Homecoming Parade and Pete's football team was honored for it's MSU defensive record of the last 65 years...it was quite a week-end!
The attached pictures are some of the high lights. Needless to say, it was a week-end to remember!