Happy Halloween!

Hope everyone enjoyed any trick-or-treating that they got to do.  For us, it was a relatively quick night because of the cold, but, our ninja, our samurai and our dragon had a great time anyway.

The dragon is going to get you!

Kristen looks way happier now
than she would be a little later as
we walked in the cold air

Gotta love the shoes

Quick catch up on Books...reading with Jaden

For one, I have been enjoying the fact that Jaden and I are spending evenings and quiet times together reading.  We do a couple chapters at a time and it is really good bonding time.  We have read a number of things, but of late, we have been reading this Deltora Quest series by Emily Rodda.  Here are the ones we have read over the last month or so...

The Shifting Sands



City of the Rats


The Lake of Tears

Jude's Halloween Party at School

We had a fun time getting to go with Jude this afternoon to his school.  It was just Jude, Kristen and I.  It was neat to be able to give him undivided attention.  While he has been very excited about being a dragon for Halloween, I think he enjoyed seeing Scooby-Doo, in person, right outside of his classroom.

Another book

The Ultimate Gift by Jim Stovall

My rating: 2 of 5 stars


Saw the movie, so I thought I would read the book...I liked the movie better...which is not the norm. It is a very quick read, which is great and I think there are great things in it, but the story is very simple and if you don't decide to read into it, it could have no impact at all and end up having an old-school, after school special type of feel.

If, however, you think about it with respect to your own legacy as well as how the choices you make impact lives around you...then it can be worthwhile and thought-provoking from that standpoint.