Halloween

We carved our pumpkins only a couple days before Halloween, so they wouldn't rot in the heat.

We had a ward Halloween party that night, so the kids got to try on their costumes. Damon and Miles had been wearing theirs already. Theirs were store-bought, since it's easier to buy superhero costumes than to make them.

Olivia also wanted to be a superhero, but nothing fits her, so Amber made this Supergirl outfit. Carmen wanted to be a Christmas elf, so Amber whipped this one up as well.

The Halloween party was a lot of fun, and we even decorated our trunk this year for the trunk-or-treat. The Flash and Batman enjoyed showing off their running skills on the costume runway.

On Halloween night, Amber and the kids went trick-or-treating with some friends from the ward, while I stayed and manned the candy bowl.

 Everyone seemed very pleased with their haul when they got back.

Wings over Houston

Continuing our tradition, we went to the Wings over Houston air show this year.

We got there and set up some chairs, then took turns checking out the exhibits while the first flying acts got started.

The show hasn't changed much over the years, but it was impressive as always. There were some stunt flyers, and vintage aircraft.

The kids liked the P-40 with the painted-on mouth.

Finally it was time for the modern fighters.

After a long day, the kids were ready for the grand finale.

The final act was the Navy's Blue Angels. We saw them two and four years ago, too, so I'll keep the pictures to a minimum.

As always, they did some very impressive formation flying and different tricks and passes.

It's hard to capture in pictures, but very fun to watch.

Eventually, it was time to fly off into the sunset. Until next time.

Miles videos

Miles loves to read books, and if nobody is reading to him, he will pretend to read them himself.

He also loves being The Flash.

Bingo

Saturday night was the elementary school's annual bingo fundraiser. They held it at the high school this year to give everyone more room, and it's a good thing they did because this was the first year I brought three kids.

It took a while, but eventually everyone got a bingo and won baked goods, except for me (but I got to shout "bingo" for Damon who won while he was in the bathroom). We didn't win any raffle baskets, but the kids had a good time.