Kyla individually qualified for the state cross country meet! She placed 9th at the big regional meet with a time of 19:50. It was a tough 3 mile course and she gave it her all! Her team came in 4th and narrowly missed qualifying for state. Normally, the top 4 teams advance to the state meet, but because of covid, only the top 3 advance. We are excited to cheer her on next week in Austin!
Halloween was different this year because of the pandemic. All the normal school and church Halloween parties were cancelled and fewer homes participated in trick-or-treating. We didn't buy any costumes this year. I told the kids to come up with costumes on their own. Benny and Lorelei dug through the old costume bin and Evan didn't even want to dress up, but threw something simple together at the last minute. Dan and I took the two youngest out trick-or-treating with their masks on and they had such a fun evening! Evan went trick-or-treating with his best friend that lives next door and the two oldest were out with friends. It sure will be nice when things are back to normal!
At the beginning of October, I was searching for a creepy, gothic, historical fiction book for Halloween and stumbled upon the aurthor Laura Purcell. I read three of her books and really enjoyed them! If you enjoy spine-chilling historical fction that keeps you reading late into the night, these are for you!
