Halloween:0

So, I went for a walk with the girls tonight. We went and "Boo"ed some of our neighbors, by anonymously leaving treats on their door step with a note. I think that idea is so fun, whoever started such shenanigans is a genius. Lana loved going around the neighborhood and seeing all the pumpkins, ghosts, witches and grim reapers(well not the grim reapers) She calls them pirates and she doesn't like them very much. Lana is good at singing the Pirate song from "Pirates of the Carribean" I heard her sing it several times during our little walk.
Pirates makes me think of a funny story. So, my piano teacher's husband won a bunch of Halloween decorations and Lana came with me to a lesson and they have this big life size skeleton pirate. Well she didn't feel to comfortable with the pirate around so she sat on my lap the whole lesson. The story get's better. Later that day we went to Grandpa Clayton's Suprise 60th Birthday Party. My mother-in-law Maureen and my sister in law Erin had some entertainment come. It was some woman dressed up like Elvira (spelling) and the grim reaper who Lana was convinced was the same pirate from the piano lesson earlier that day coming to get her. I didn't get to stick around for the entertainment, Lana and I went inside and watched Ariel, one of her new favorite shows and tried to take our mind off the pirate in the yard. Kids are so great!

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Alright Already!

Alright already! I am going to try keeping up a blog not only for friends and family, but mainly for myself as a reminder that I am living and participating in this human experience. I am not a good journal keeper and I struggle to keep in contact. But, it is something I want to do and want to be good at so I am going to give it a try. Come along for the ride if you want too. Disclaimer: The thoughts and views posted here are that of my own and do not express the thoughts and views of other. Even though you might be a victim of what I put on here. Sorry honey:) and my girls if I embarrass you that is not the intent.
I am going to spew. Life is interesting, it is interesting because we are not alone. Our experience here is not one dimensional. Our choices and decisions effect/affect those around us for the good, bad or indifferent. So many things in history have brought us to the point we are at and each time we make a decision/choice it can open up something new, close down something else, but our decisions narrow us or expand us so we are expanding and narrowing all at the same time. Not to mention our own personal limitations or abilities that we come pre-wired with. What a roller-coaster I sometimes feel like I am on. I feel like I am coasting sometimes and other times it feels like ROLLING!!! I love roller-coasters even though they sometimes scare me I ultimately love them and as soon as I get off I want to get back on and go again. Life totally feels like that some times. Eric and I along with my brother in law Larry and sister in laws Emily and Erin hiked into Revis Ranch. I couldn't help but in non-talking hiking moments think about how hiking is like life. Sometimes it is a down hill coast, sometimes it is an uphill battle and sometimes we fall, sometimes the trail is really rocky, sometimes the view is senic and the trail is easy breezy, sometimes we get wacked in a face with a branch, we turn an ankel, we get sweaty, tired, wore out, blisters, sometimes we are energized and sing as we go, some give up and don't finish, I am a finisher and a pusher I discovered. I sometimes don't enjoy every part of the hike but there are some great spots, some memorable experience, sometimes I want to stop and rest or quit or turn around and go back but inevitably I push through and finish. I love my family and friends and look forward to all of the fun, easy breezy, memorable, senic moments as well as the trails, obstacles, hard work and sweat that makes up this lifes experiences.