We are back

Much has happened obviously this many months away from blogging doesn't mean life stopped. But with month after month of internet issues and life changing, it was pretty much impossible to blog any of it. And the fact that we spent a lot of our time away from blogging and close to family and friends means I don't feel so bad about not blogging about it.  And with the new changes of kindles and new phones and broken phones and newer faster phones, and homeschooling every day I pretty much don't see the computer except when my camera flashes red and says the memory is full. Which is less and less as I broke my favorite lens and am still in mourning about it and started taking pictures with my cell phone.  As I can't seem to blog cell phone photos my blogging has become impossible.  So I don't know if it will stick but this is my attempt to remember those who are still far away and to try and get back into blogging.  Good Luck (to me and my family).  ha ha

 I thought I would start simple and just blog about Halloween. Easy enough right?  Now if I could just remember where the button is to add a photo....

We decided to try and match this year and all be from the Narnia book. I know hair color is off but Avery was Susan, Payton was Peter, Paige was Lucy and Ben was Edward.  We ran out of kids so Mabel had to be Reepicheep the mouse.  By the time we took this picture we had lost half of the fun props that made them who they were.  Avery's bow and arrows and quiver, Paige's vial, Payton's sword (actually all their armor was broken before Halloween) and Mabel's tail.  The kids wanted me to be the White Witch but I couldn't find a weeding dress at the thrift store and was a little too busy to make something.  I felt blessed to find the kids costumes all at the thrift store or the fabric at the thrift store or a friend had Avery's dress.  Avery made Mabel's stuff and Ben and Payton helped me make the shields and swords.  It is SO fun to make your own costume.   I'm not a big Halloween person but this was fun!
Of course having Justin come back after being gone a month was a fun addition to the church party fun.