Autumn Leaves

It's hard to believe that Halloween is right around the corner! This school year is flying by. Laura has had the opportunity to work as a long-term substitute ART teacher at Churchill and Ross Park Elementary schools. She is enjoying it very much and really likes teaching ART to all the students at both schools. She gets to be creative and also watch the students show their creative sides. She has a few more weeks left and hopes to find another long-term job. Kevin is very busy at school especially with no planning period this trimester. He is teaching in The Dunes for the second year, teaching one e2020 course and 2 Freshman Algebra courses. He has had his first fall PT Conferences already. 

Kevin just finished building  fence for Buddy. It is much nicer than the old white one we had. Buddy has much more room to roam around the yard freely and now we can let him out on his own since he has access to the deck now. I don't know why we didn't think to do this a long time ago!

This has been a great fall so far. Buddy turned 1 on October 6th and Laura celebrated her 30th birthday on October 19th with a great celebration with family and friends! We have been very busy lately and are looking forward to a break in November! 

Have a great and safe Halloween! :)

 Kevin working hard on the finishing Buddy's fence!

 Buddy's new fence

 Look at all the extra room Buddy has to play now!

My beautiful sis-in-law and me at my 30th birthday party!

Dinner Club

Kevin and I have joined a dinner club with Kevin's brother Phil and his wife, Cassie. There are other members as well and it's called "Mouth of the Border." Phil & Cassie have been wanting to start a dinner club for awhile. It's a lot of fun. Each couple or person hosts a dinner and each month is a different theme. 

The first month was in September hosted by Phil & Cassie. The theme was Mexican and we had some yummy food. We had watermelon water, cinnamon churros, Mexican street corn, chicken flautas, and some hot peppers wrapped in bacon. 

This month Kevin and I hosted and the theme was Italian. We had lasagna, anitpasta salad, brushetta, risotto, and tirmisu. Apparently, the big drink in Italy, besides wine, is coke with lime so we had that to drink. 

We are excited for next month's theme. We were talking French. The only stipulation with this dinner club is we cannot use an American theme. This way, we try different kinds of food. 

If you have thought of starting a dinner club, I would encourage you to make it happen. It's a lot of fun trying new foods and socializing. 

Ciao for now! :)