CAMERON'S ROOM MAKEOVER

During the summer while Megan & Alex were here we did some re-decorating of the kids rooms. All of the kids helped in someway, but Megan and I did most of the painting......(because I had no patience with the painting part and got stressed out every time someone else picked up a brush or roller!)

So, we started Cameron's room back in July and finally it is now complete (for the most part). He keeps adding more posters as he finds them and is still looking for a Kung Fu Panda II poster to add to the wall. For now, though, we are complete.

Here's the "work in progress" back in July.....

Getting rid of the chalkboard that we painted on the wall.....


Hmmm......which color of brown to chose???.....

The finished room -- the door signs -- the middle one says......"DO NOT COME IN!!! If you're Frank, Grey, Adam or Jacinda come in. If you're not four of these names Knock. If I do not answer don't go in. Thank you."......

Try not to notice the DIRTY windows.....

The bathroom got a make-over also.....

Another room complete -- for now. Cameron is very happy and very comfortable! We also got him a queen size bed so that lots of people can come visit -- Cameron will be getting kicked out of his room if anyone needs a bed!!! :)

THANKSGIVING FEAST

Last week both Rena and Cameron celebrated the holiday with a Thanksgiving Feast in their classrooms.

Rena's was on Tuesday and was just with her class. We set-up the food inside and then ate outside......

Cameron's feast was on Wednesday and was fun, but a little crazy. His class had their feast in the cafeteria with 4 other 3rd grade classrooms. There was a ton of food and A LOT of people there to eat it.

Before food -- Adam & Cameron "we're so hungry".....

Ahhh.....finally we made it through the line and are happy again.....

Now, the kids are out on Thanksgiving break. They have the whole week off of school. We have no big plans other than to hang around the house and relax with Grandma and Grandpa Keyes!

RANDOM PICS

As I was going through my phone and camera the other day I came across a few random pictures from the last month or so --

One Saturday night both Rena and Maleah went to a birthday party so Jeff & I took Cameron over to K-1 Sports to do some racing. Unfortunately they do the adults and kids in separate races so we didn't get to race with him, but he had a great time.....

Maleah is a little monkey.....

Cameron went to a birthday party at a pumpkin patch so Maleah and I played around when we went to pick him up.....

Adam, Liam and Cameron.....

Liam, Cameron, Davis (the birthday boy) and Adam.....

Maleah after her last soccer game. She really gave it her all that day -- her face was still bright red 20 minutes after the game to prove it.....

Silly Maleah with her funny glasses that she got from treasure box at school......

Rena with her black cat ears on Halloween.....

This is one of Rena's art projects at school. I like how her monster likes to fly her to Washington.....

THE SAN DIEGO ZOO

On Tuesday I got to go with Rena's class on a field trip to the San Diego Zoo. I was in-charge of these four girls -- Rena, Katie, Ashlyn and Emma.....

Rena and Ashlyn.....

In the petting zoo -- Rena LOVED this spot.....


Katie, Emma and Rena.....

Rena riding on top of the double-decker bus. I kept trying to take a picture of her with animals behind, but she kept posing and blocking the animals! :)

Me and part of my group (and part of another group).....

And after this......it was back to the bus for a fun (not really) ride home! :) It was a fun day, though!

TRICK OR TREAT

After all of the fun at school, we came home and got cleaned up and ready for trick-or-treating.

This year we had a Ninja, a witch and a black cat......

We went over to our neighbor's house, Jason & Hale's, for a pre-trick-or-treating dinner and some treats (before going out for more treats).

Time to trick-or-treat!!!

Jacinda, Maleah and Gabby......

Rena and Jacinda......

Cameron and Greyson......

The group trick-or-treating at our house --

After we hit all the houses in our neighborhood we came back home to count our treasures! Rena ended up with 128 pieces, Cameron with 106 and Maleah with 103. Not too bad! BUT, tell me how out of all of that candy no one got junior mints??? NOT one box of junior mints......and I even checked Greyson's, Jacinda's and Gabby's bags before they left! Very disappointing (for me, no one else cared!) :)

Just what Rena needed right before bed -- pure sugar poured from a pixie stik right down her throat! :) I guess it was a good way to end the night!