Halloween 2026

We kicked off Halloween the week before when our church had their fall festival. All 4 of us volunteered so I didn't really take any pictures, but someone shared one of Sophie with her friends:

The fun continued at school because it was red ribbon week, so Sophie had dress up days every day. Sadie even dressed up for soccer - their "family" did a Dr. Seuss theme and the freshman were the things:

Sophie's friends did a secret Boo where they all surprised each other:

It was so fun having Halloween fall on a Saturday! We almost ran out of time to carve pumpkins but thankfully Sophie did that day so we could put it out that night:

Only she would put make up on it & with a bow. Ha!

Sophie left earlier because her group always meets for an early party & then heads out together. Sadie volunteered with our church at a trunk or treat that afternoon so at least we got one quick picture together before they headed out:

Her & a friend wanted to be football players - I was thinking she would want to be a Longhorn and that would be super easy because we already have a Longhorn jersey, but that would have been too easy. Instead, she wanted to be Josh Allen:

This group goes together every year, but they have definitely broken up into couples or smaller groups:

We partied at Dana's house until the girls took off:

Thankfully a few moms sent me pictures throughout the night:

They even ran into their Spanish teacher:

Meanwhile, Sadie was at home because she decided to skip trick or treating this year. At the last minute she decided to be a black cat (because we had to figure out something quickly, with what we had at home!) and she went to a party later that night:

It was kind of a chill night for Bryan & I. After we stopped by our party earlier with Sophie, we came back, watched football, visited with neighbors & handed out candy. In a surprising twist, Sadie came home from her late-night party earlier than Sophie - she ended not coming home at all & crashing at a friend's house. It was a fun Halloween, but you know me - I am already moving on to the next holiday! I don't have a Christmas tree up yet, but the girls do have their Christmas sheets on their bed & they have been wearing their Christmas pajamas - it.s never too early for Christmas in our house!

Pink Out Rivalry Volleyball Game vs. Cobb

Last night, Sophie ended her 7th grade volleyball season with our last game against our rivalry school, Cobb. It also happened to be Pink Out:

It was definitely the loudest & most crowded I have ever seen our gym! Sophie used to play club volleyball with several of the Cobb girls, so we know a ton of Cobb families, which makes it extra fun:

And there is a group of girls that all go to church together, so a few of their leaders came from BLUE & KLife:

They were so excited to have an extra cheering section for them! This group of girls did awesome this year & were undefeated:

Afterwards, a whole group of them went to Raising Cane's to celebrate from both schools:

Sophie had so much fun and it's kind of bittersweet for the season to end, but they have their first cross country meet tonight & basketball tryouts start next week. Let's keep it going Lady Gators!

Pink Out Rivalry Football Game vs. Cobb

Last week, our football teams celebrated pink out against our rivalry school, Cobb! Not only was it a beautiful evening, but we have a lot of friends at Cobb, so it was an extra fun night:

The girls got these pink football jerseys for camp this summer & they looked so cute in them again for this game. Can you tell they were excited?!

It was so fun watching them interact with the other cheerleaders since so many of them know each other:

and with all of our friends in the student section also:

I even asked if I could have a few pictures with Sophie since I had a jersey too & they turned out so cute:

We even had a surprise visitor, Sean, who is one of the leaders of our youth group. The girls are always excited to see him:

It's hard to believe we only have 1 regular season game left & then hopefully playoffs!

Life Lately - October

It's been such a fun month I couldn't wait until the end to share some of our pictures. Since it is fall, we have been baking & making all of our fun fall treats. Between KLife & sleepovers, we love baking around here starting with s'mores pops for football season:

Pumpkin & white chocolate chip cookies:

Of course, we have to make our own donuts since we are gf, so we had to make pumpkin this month:

Pizza dip:

and new this year, we tried making Peeps Popcorn:

And don't even get me started on the amount of candy we have consumed already!

One night we had K-Life at our house when the girls heard the ice cream truck. It didn't matter that I had already provided drinks & snacks, they ran out there as quickly as they could:

This past weekend was the ultimate KLife event that both of my girls loved - the Progressive Riot! Sadie went the past 3 years, but it is only for middle school so this year it was all about Sophie & her friends. We drop them off at 8:00 Friday night & pick them up at 7:00 Saturday morning. They don't slow down or sleep at all, instead they went to Andretti's, Ninja Nation, Slick City & Urban Air:

We've also been busy with NCL. I volunteered on behalf of NCL & our PTA with the Frisco Threads closet:

The girls volunteered with Miracle League Cheer again:

And Sophie's class met to make Love Pacs & then got Chiller Bee afterwards:

Sophie is still busy with volleyball and cheer for a few more weeks. She was excited to be invited back to Pink for walk to school day:

Our social butterfly has had several birthday parties lately:

including one at TCU's volleyball game & they had such a fun night:

Sadie on the other hand has been busy with sports & school. I didn't really post about this, but she just came off of an injury. She got hurt a few weeks ago in her soccer game & I guess I didn't realize how bad it was because when she ran in her XC meet a few days later, she made it worse. I could tell she was hurt because she slowed down & had tears during the race. By the time she finished her race, she lost it - she collapsed to the ground and cried. Their school doctor put her in a boot & was worried about a stress fracture in her foot. After several x-rays & an MRI, they didn't find anything & basically we concluded she had a stress injury due to overuse since she was running about 20 miles a week & playing soccer 20 hours a week. Needless to say, she took a few weeks off in a walking boot, but she has gradually returned to normal activity, however she missed the last few cross country meets. She just went to cheer on her teammates instead:

Last week she got invited to an FC Dallas game after practice:

Finally, one of those nights Sophie was a birthday party, Sadie invited a few friends to the Rooftop Movie Theater in Downtown Fort Worth to watch a movie - Scream 1! She hasn't really watched horror movies before, so it was kind of a fun introduction to a classic film I watched when I was in high school:

It's been a fun month, and we still have 2 weeks to go until Halloween!