Halloween has come and gone. I did get the costumes done and everybody was happy.
Ressa, of course, destroyed her costume during trick or treating. All the beads popped off as people stepped on the skirt, the gathers became flat, and the dirt was everywhere. Of course her only memory is of being a beautiful bride for one day. She has, however, decided that she will never again be anything beautiful on Halloween. She is used to getting compliments on her "spook" factor, and that just didn't happen this year. New on the adgenda for next year: The Fairy of Death! We will see if this holds steady or not.
Foster held true to his skeleton costume. I found one that looked like an x-ray had been taken. He was extremely happy with his choice. I had joked with him that we should just buy him a speedo and outline his real bones with glow in the dark paint, but he didn't appreciate that so much.
Cyanne LOVED being Alice, and was even more excited when people knew who she was without telling them. We went to our friend's house, and Gharrett knew right away who she was. She had a gret time posing for pictures with all her guns drawn and her sword on her back.
Ammon was undecided on what to be until we went to Target to look for a costume. "Bumblebee" from Transformers popped out at him. He was posessed to be him for the night. He loved his costume so much he wore it, day and night, for 4 days. I finally wrangled it off him to wash. He really got into the Halloween spirit this year. He spent the week before and after dressing up in all the old costumes. He likes the "Storm Trooper" and "Peter Pan" ones a lot. He is a funny little man!
Thanksgiving was fun as well. The Holstes were unable to make it over this year. Instead they stayed home to pack for their upcoming move to Logan, Ut. We are so very sad to see them move so far away! It was a semi-sad holiday without them here.
The great part of the holiday was that another family we are great friends with didn't have plans. Heather mentioned to me at the gym that they weren't going to have family around either this year so we started planning on getting our families together. It was SO much fun! We split up the dinner-- both making our favorite parts, and we hosted at our house. It was fantastic! Her 4 kids are right inbetween our kids in age, and everybody gets along SO well. We had dinner, played games, rocked out on RockBand, stuffed ourselves with Heather's fantastic desserts, and laughed all night. It was really a perfect Thanksgiving!
I have news for a change. No... I'm not pregnant-- hee hee. I decided it was time for a bit of a change and started looking for a job a little over a month ago. I was getting shot down everywhere- even WalMart and Target. Really it was probably for the best. On a whim I decided to try calling all the local health clubs to see what I had to do to be an aqua aerobics instructor... afterall my background is in the water industry. Turns out it wasn't that hard.
As soon as the LA Fitness regional manager contacted me I had an interview and audition set up. I took 3 days to prep by going to a couple diffrent instructor's classes and came across an amazing instructor, Carol. She was a HUGE help and looked over my routine and told me what she would tweak. Then on the day of my audition she and a friend of hers played the part of my students. They made it so much easier! I was envisioning having to pretend to teach to a bunch of gohsts. I was hired the same day, despite nearly falling in the pool while demonstrating, and have been working for 3 weeks now. I get some heckling from some of the older people, but for the most part all my feedback has been positive. I finally me my regional manager face-to-face, and she said she had been hearing good things about my class. That was very welcome news. The best part is that I get free day care for Ammon through the gym day care! He loves to go there, and the girls that work in there are fantastic with him. It is just the distraction I've been looking for!
Nate is happy to be working closer to home. He seems to be enjoying Temecula Valley Toyota. The family that owns the store is amazing! The daughter works with Cyanne on her soccer and is a truly special person. She is all about sharing her wealth of knowledge and experience to help kids. She was a starter for San Diego State, so she has lots of experience. Cyanne just adores her too.
On the soccer front our recreation season is over. FINALLY! It was a long and tedious season due to some team issues, but in the end we finally won one game. I think that the parents were more excited than the girls. Right when I got excited about the season ending Cyanne was invited to practice with the younger club team. She knows most of the girls from school and just couldn't pass up the opportunity to keep her skills up. Coach Victor says there should be a club team for her to play on in the next 6 months. I'm hoping he is right as Cyanne is so addicted to it.
Well, other than that nothing huge has happened. I'm hoping that the year finishes off well, and that the start to the new year is good.
Happy Holidays to you all... incase I forget later!
