Christmas Tree Decorating

We spent our Saturday after Thanksgiving setting up and decorating the Christmas tree!  We like to get it up early to make sure we get to enjoy it.  It sure is pretty!

Ashton's standing on a chair.  He's way too big to be lifted now!

Thanksgiving 2018

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving and went to the Hubbards.  Turkey, chicken, stuffing, potatoes, corn, asparagus, sweet potato casserole, rolls and PIE, PIE, PIE!  Grandma Hubbard made the trifecta of pies - pumpkin, apple and pecan.  We ate, napped, played games, and sat in the hot tub.  It was a great day!

Derrik's Birthday Celebration

We celebrated Derrik this week!  We had an early party with the parents and a family dinner the evening of his birthday.  He loved his presents and all the love!

Valencia Marching Band Competition: Valencia, CA

 Competition #4 happened on Thursday.  I volunteered to the ride the bus and be first aid for the night which means following the band around, carrying a large backpack full of supplies.  It was a windy night and during the performance, color guard poles and rifles took flight and hit a few band members in the face.  I passed out one ice pack!  The band earned their highest score of the season - 77.25 and came in 3rd place!  We only needed one more high score to be eligible for championships.  Our trip to the last competition on Saturday was cancelled by the district due to the fires in the area.  We are in negotiation with the band organization to try and attend championships without the last score we needed.  Hopefully, the band will get to attend.
I'm attaching the video of their performance.

Rampage Competition: COC stadium

We attended our third marching competition of the season last night in the COC stadium here in Sana Clarita.  Saugus played their entire show that they had just finished learning on Thursday!  They game in a few points shy of 3rd place in their division and we'll find out next weekend what our chances are of going on to Championships.  Two more competitions to go!

One tired clarinet player

Loved the music bracelets!

Halloween 2018

We had a quiet Halloween this year with no one really interested in dressing up or carving pumpkins.  I decided to make up a few treat bags and make pumpkin bread instead!  The boys were thrilled!

Not a fan of candy, Ash got a Mario
amiibo for his video game!

Before he headed off to school on Halloween
morning, we found a cool light shadow on
Ashton's drum music!