November has been busy

Back in at the beginning of September I took on the Hospitality chair position in the PTA at Kaylin's school. It has kept me busy. The picture I posted of my dad & Kaylin at the Grandparent's Day luncheon was my first event. For November, we had a luncheon to thank the teachers.

A picture of the dessert table. We had SO MANY desserts. I learned my lesson that the 3rd grade parents at Kaylin's school ROCK when it comes to asking them to help with donations.

This is the table full of cold goodies. Lunch meat, cheese, pasta salad, bread, rolls, veggies, etc. We also had a table full of hot foods, but there was never a clear path so that I could take a picture of it. The teachers were very happy and seemed to really enjoy the lunch.

Also in November, we all know is Thanksgiving and both Kaylin and Jonathan's schools had a Thanksgiving lunch that family members could attend. Kaylin's I didn't get any pictures at, as we had some excitement during lunch, which really threw me off my game. In the middle of eating, the fire alarms sounded. Surely, we thought, they wouldn't plan a fire drill in the middle of lunch with an extra 150 people on campus, right? Well, when we said that out loud Kaylin's response was, "ugh, we just had a fire drill yesterday!" Very dramatic like, you do not disturb Leuwerkes when they are eating, FYI! Once she said that, my dad and I knew this was not a drill, so I start thinking someone must have burned some turkey or something. We still don't know what set it off, but I was also helping with this event, so after Papa went home and Kaylin went back to class, I was still around to help with other lunches, and the fire department showed up. I won't voice my concerns that it was 30 minutes after the alarm went off and that they are less than 1 mile from the school. Clearly, we are in big trouble if our house, or the school, which is also in our neighborhood, were to ever *really* catch on fire. My neighbor was volunteering with me and we joked that we will just have to borrow each other's hoses if the need ever arises. So, as you can imagine, I was a bit preoccupied to snap pictures during Kaylin's Thanksgiving luncheon.

Jonathan and Daddy

Mommy and Jonathan

October update

In October there is the annual Alliance Air Show which features the Blue Angels. We live about 1 mile from Alliance airport, so we are treated to the air show for free! This time, we happened to be at the neighborhood park with some friends. One of Jeremy's co-workers asked if his girls could come and play for the day, as both he & his wife had to work and family members that usually watch them when they are both scheduled on a weekend, had something come up. So, his girls came over, they are 6 & 8 so the perfect age for playmates for Kaylin! We had a lot of fun!

Need an idea of just how close/low they flew at times?








Here's a group shot.


All the girls!

And then it was Halloween! This is a house on our street. Halloween is their holiday of choice, they do decorate for Christmas, but Halloween is the holiday they seem to go all out for. I thought about snapping the pic as we were walking by. I wish I would have stopped and snapped a better one. There's always next year, and it seems they are always adding to their display, so next year will be bigger & better.

Kaylin was a witch and Jonathan was a dinosaur. All night long, he kept sticking his hand up like they were claws and saying, "RAWR!"

September photo dump

Clearly, I could never make blogging my profession. I cannot keep up this thing up to date. Here are some of our pictures from September.

Eating lunch with Papa at the Grandparent's Day luncheon.

A random picture we snapped of Jonathan wearing Daddy's hat.

Kaylin celebrated her birthday with a pink castle bounce house.

Here she is opening presents with her friends. She dressed up for her party in a dress, dress up heels, a tiara, a necklace, rings, make-up, the works! She was definitely princess for the day!