HAPPY HALLOWEEN

A crazy thing happened yesterday. Work emailed me that they desperately needed someone to sub at the library last night. I jokingly said Chris was working late and I would do it if I could bring my kids. The guy I work for said he was willing to try. So I loaded the boys in the car and we went to work. They were so well behaved. I was so proud. I couldn't believe it. They had to be virtually silent in the library for over two hours and they were. After about an hour and a half Max got lonely for me so he would walk up and down the isle's with me and push the carts aroung. As for the other two they were content just hanging out reading, doing homework and playing on the computer. I was able to get them mostly caught up before I left which is always good.

Halloween is tonight and that should be fun. We are going to our friends house and having pizza and then heading out for trick or treating. The boys are ready to go. No costumes at school though. That is what they get for going to public school. Oh well, maybe I will be able to afford private someday.

MRS.SIPY

What a week it has been. The kids have been full of one liners this week and it is truly hard to keep up. Jonah came home with his spelling pre-test last night of double letter words such as Letter (leter) Middle (midle) Pretty (perty). Needless to day he did ok but did not catch on to the need for the double letters. As we were reviewing the list we came to a word that did not make sense in his list until it did.....Mississippi....Jonah wrote Mrs. Sipy. I thought that was the greatest thing ever!!!!



Halloween is tomorrow and I am running around last minute trying to get costumes together. Jonah is going to be Harry Potter......again. Max is going to be a dirt bike rider and Christian is going to be the ghost of Babe Ruth! It should be so much fun. I ususally decorate for Halloween but who has time for such frivolities. I just barely finished carving the kids pumpkins last night. Christian's is a seahawk, Jonah's is Harry Potter, and Max's is a dirtbike rider (shocking on all three). That is the only decorating I managed but really we never get any trick or treaters here and we are always gone all evening.



Our friend is in the hospital today having some tests done. They don't really know what is wrong with him so pray for him if you get a chance.

Crazy Dreams

I had an awful night of sleep last night. I woke up several times having various crazy dreams. It must be the pain killers. School was out yesterday because vandals cut chords and slashed tires to our bus fleet. NICE. I took the kids to the aquarium and Madison Park they had a good time but at the end of the day I was exhausted and feeling like I may have over done it. We spent the day with my cousin and her daughter. I am so glad she moved back from Georgia. It has been a long time since I have had any family around. She is someone who has always been there for me and puts a ton of effort into our relationship and I appreciate that! Love ya, Tanya. Not to mention her daughter is adorable and the boys love her. My mom was here for a couple of days last week to take care of me while I was down. I have eaten more cheesecake than I care to admit. My neighbor brought me chocolate chip cookies. I love it. I am just going to spend the day laying on the couch. I rented 8 million movies. I think I will watch pursuit of happiness. It is beautiful outside and I am loving the fall view of the mountains from my windows. It is not often that I get quiet time so I am loving it. Apart from the crazy dreams, plumbing issues and fatigue all is well with the Duvalls. Here are a couple of pics of the boys playing at Madison park. yes, Max's shirt is on backwards.

Pics from my trip

Here our a few pictures of our trip. The first pic is Claire and I making fools of ourselves on the main deck. (unusual) The second is all of us as we left port. The sun was shining and it was beautiful. Finally, the pic with us and the umbrellas was at the Gardens. That was a fun morning that ended with a high tea that was awesome! I was thankful someone took pictures to document at least some of the trip. I am always amazed at how I go out in public and allow myself to be photographed without my hair or makeup done. I was in such a rush to get everything ready and to get on the boat. Who has time for hair and makeup? Clearly not me.

long time, No Blog

It has been a long time since I blogged. Things have been really crazy around here. I have been working everyday at the library and keeping busy with the regular kid stuff going on. I went on a cruise this week with Claire (and friends). Chris stayed home with the boys and did a fantastic job taking care of them! YEAH Chris. Claire and I had a very relaxing time. We went to high tea and spent far too much time in the hot tub drinking champagne! Love it. We spent one afternoon laying around by the pool reading. I am very relaxed and excited to be home. I am happy that my husband is awesome, he did laundry, homework, vaccuumed, and took the kids to Sunday school and baseball without me. He even went to the Gap and bought a girl birthday present for one of the girls in Christians class. I am soooo proud of him. Not that he can't do all those things but more that I appreciated it. Yesterday when I got home he took me to lunch and then we picked up the kids. We had dinner and I receive a foot massage along with tons of hugs and kisses from the kids. I missed them a ton and am happy to be back home, even if it means giving up champagne and hot tubs. I think someone took pictures of us on the trip, I will post them when I get them.