No Trick or Treaters here

So, no kids came to my house tonight. They never do. I don't know if it's because we are a corner house and they don't know which door to go to, or if they just go to the subdivision across the street. We quit buying candy this year because we have bought it for the past 4 Halloweens and never had any customers besides Dylan. Don't even have him this year, so didn't buy any candy. It's kind of nice not to be bothered with it and it's also kind of sad not to see all the kids in their costumes. So anyway, I am now ready for Thanksgiving, that will be fun. I am also looking forward to being off on Tuesday even though I have to take Pierre to the groomers and Whitney and I have dentist appointments. At least I won't have to get up at 5:00. Gotta go, it's almost 8:25 and I need to go brush my teeth and put on my jammies and crawl into bed. I hope you are happy Mrs. Hanke, I updated.

Dylan moving

I found out that Dylan is moving to Tennessee last Monday. I didn't want to write about it or talk about it, I just wanted to cry about it. Now I am kind of dealing with it. Nina has a great opportunity there ( her mom lives there and is going to pay for her to go to college - a really big deal to Nina ), so I am trying to suck it up and realize that it will be ok. She and Brandon have worked things out where she will bring Dylan up here one weekend a month ( only a 4 hour drive ) and when Brandon gets his license back in the spring he will also drive down there one weekend a month. It's going to suck only seeing him only once a month when I have been used to about 12 days a month, but thank God it's not Oregon. I realize that some people only see their grandkids twice a year, so I guess I am still fortunate. We will just have to have sooo much fun when he is here. So, since this is his last weekend here ( he's moving next Saturday ) I am completely forgetting about the house and boy is it dirty! Instead we will be having fun, although I will have to do the laundry, no getting around that. So far we have went to Hidden Valley Fruit Farm and got pumpkins and did the hayride. He and Brandon will probably just hang out outside riding the bikes and the skateboard a lot today. He will be back on the 2nd also because Nina and Brandon have tickets to a concert and Daryl and I are the babysitters, yay! So, I guess it won't be so bad, harder on Brandon than us. I still hate it, but I am trying to be a grown up. Is it working???? In other news, Whitney has a Halloween dance at PSU Friday night. I am thinking about hanging around for that one, at least for a while, they are so much fun. Thursday when I picked her up for her dentist appt. she came out carrying a big stuffed bear with hearts on it. I asked her where she got it and she said Ricky. Remember the one I said was her fellow, she just didn't know it yet???? I asked her why he gave it to her and she said because Saturday is sweetest day. Well, kudos to Ricky for remembering that, I sure didn't know it. So, I'm thinking the dance will be fun. She and Dave are just friends but he doesn't like Ricky and got a little perturbed about the whole bear thing. He asked her what that was about and she told him Ricky got it for her because sweetest day was in a couple of days and Dave said I don't care and went and sat at a different table. She said he was acting normal later though and ate lunch with her, so apparently he got over it. So anyway, that's all the excitement going on around here, sometimes it's just too much to handle, and sometimes it's just too much fun.

birthday skateboard

So, I made it through bowling and the birthday party with the help of regular doses of Advil. Dylan had asked Brandon for a skateboard for his birthday and was thrilled to get it. Here are some pictures of Brandon showing him the ropes. I think he is a wee bit small for it right now, but he was loving it none the less. I have a feeling they will be doing a lot of this.

sick

Ok, I have felt like total crap since yesterday. My throat hurts so bad, and so does my head and under my eyes. Didn't get much sleep last night. Too bad, so sad, I had to get up and take advil because today is Dylan's birthday party and I have to take Whitney bowling too. I guess I will keep the advil close by today. I am thinking it's just a cold, but I feel so bad. I think they get worse the older I get, like everything else. Oh well, I have to get over it. Mrs. Hanke, I tried to comment to your blog this morning, but the screen kept jumping and wouldn't let me ( weird ) . Anyway, keep an eye on yourself, Brandon had his appendix out when he was 8 ( Daryl had his out at 14) and I remember that his whole belly hurt in addition to the pain on the right side. Anyway, take care of yourself and I hope you feel better, let us know how it is going. I will update later with party pictures, hopefully.

Happy Birthday Pierre!

Happy birthday Pierre, we all love you very much. You have been a loving and loyal little friend for 17 years. There have been many days that you have been my favorite member of my family. I have never once thought of throwing you in the trash or locking you in you room like I have your brother and sister. I hope we get to have a few more years together. I hope you know how much you are loved. Now, let's go eat some ice cream!!

Happy BIrthday Dylan!!!

Ok, I really didn't mean to have 2 of the same pictures on here, but I got impatient and thought it didn't work, so of course I did it again. And of course, I don't know how to take one of them off. Anyway, Happy 4th birthday to Dylan. I love you very much and am so glad that you're a part of our family. Have a wonderful day! We will have his party here on Sunday and I will take some celebration pictures. I asked him what that was on his face above his lip in this picture and his answer was " blue tuff".