It's October!
I love decorating our house for different holidays throughout the year!
The Ghostbusters visited us again!
And a witch left her broomstick and hat behind!
Our lighting had a creepy effect...
And at night it got even spookier!
We started off the month of October with a
USSSA Fall Classic Baseball Tournament.
Out at 2nd! Hooray!
Ryan pitched the entire game and threw a no hitter!
Had he not hit a kid in the last inning, it would have been a perfect game!
We won the B bracket!
We played 10U since there was not a 9U Division!
For Fall Break we decided to go to California!
Knott's Berry Farm was a lot of fun!
This ride was CRAZY!
Phew! We survived...
So we treated ourselves to a Boysenberry Funnel Cake!
The boys rode the swinging ship alone...
While Freddy and I took a break and watched.
They rode "Silver Bullet" about a half dozen times!
We had such a fun day together!
We also went to Universal Studios with Vic and Sujey!
Scooby greeted us near the entrance.
This mummy did as well!
We "ding dong ditched" a Minions house!
They were nice about it!
Ryan and Beetlejuice compared tongue lengths...
and Evan got his picture with his favorite Director's Autograph!
The boys each hung out with some Simpson's Characters...
Tada!
And watched the Jabbawockeez Dancers Perform...
Then...it was time for Horror Nights!
There were lots of scary mazes to walk through!
Then we went on the Spooky Tram ride...
The boys loved it!
It was a fun way to get into the Halloween spirit!
We had to stop by Corner Cottage while we were in Burbank...
And Don Cucos too...
Lastly, Bob's was another must...and 10 lbs later we were ready to head home!
But before we flew home, Ryan went to the USC Game with Daddy...
And Evan and I went to lunch with Tiffani, William & Summer!
It is always nice to have visitors!
Especially long time friends like Tiffany and her daughter, Natalie!
We took them to Vertuccio Farms for some Fall Fun!
It was warm out that day, but we made the best of it!
We also had fun with Natalie at home...
she got a kick out of this dancing mummy!
We played in our 1st 9U Tournament of the Season.
It was called Halloween Scream.
In Game #1 vs the Chandler Blaze,
Ryan pitched well for 2 innings!
Strikeout! Woohoo!
This video was a few seconds too long, so I had to insert a link instead of the video.
It was a really nice 2 RBI Double to Left Center for Ryguy!
We won this one 19 - 1!
In Game #2, versus the AZ Venom,
Ryan had a hard hit Single to Center!
This ball was hard hit to right,
but Ryan made a nice throw home to keep the runners from advancing!
We won this one 15 - 5!
Game #3 was versus the AZ Toros for the Championship!
Ryan caught this little lineout!
He requested I say a special one liner when he did something well...
"Atta Way"! He did, so I did! Ha ha!
Ryan Tripled his last time up!
We won this one 18 - 5!
Champs!
Another ring added to the collection!
Great job Stars!
We had a guest author attend the boys school!
We got a book autographed for the boys!
We were Boo'd on Game Day! Fight On Trojans!
For something different, I decided to get an "oil slick" treatment done to my hair!
There are 5 colors...
Red, Purple, Yellow, Green & Pink!
Now that Evan is in 6th Grade,
he gets to attend the Middle School Dance!
His friend, Quinn told him he was going as Doc Brown,
so Evan surprised him and went as Marty McFly!
He had a great time!
I can't believe how fast time is going!
From 1985 to 2016, all in one night! Great Scott!
The weekend before Halloween was filled with lots of Fall fun!
We visited Schnepf Farms during their Pumpkin Festival.
Our favorite thing there is probably the Spooky Train Ride!
Then we gathered our annual "Boo!" Gifts...
And set out to deliver them!
The day before Halloween, we had Ryan's team over for a Pumpkin Carving Party!
We played Bingo...
And afterwards...
Started Carving!
Evan made Donald "Trumpkin"!
Then everyone went for a swim!
One of the Dad's created an awesome "Stars" Pumpkin, so we got all of the boys together for a picture (minus Amare who had taken off for the night already)! It was a great time!
Since Middle School Students had their dance, their Halloween Day at school is just a normal one.
Evan was a good sport and helped Ryan out with his makeup!
Introducing Ryan!
The scary (but goofy as always) clown!
The 3rd graders got to dress up and enjoy an end of the day Halloween Party!
They Raced Spiders...
Decorated and ate Pumpkin Pancakes...
Spit Pumpkin Seeds for Distance...
Among other fun games!
Ryan was able to wear his mask and lug around his chainsaw on Halloween Night!
Evan decided to dress up as "The Joker"!
Then, he BECAME him!
Evan went Trick o' Treating with Quinn,
while Ryan went with myself and friends!
He looked like a jailbird without the mask! Ha ha!
