Full Day Equals a Happy Heart

Day 83.

Today WAS SO MUCH FUN!!!!

We had a full day, so I'm just going to jump in.

We started out by going to church and it was a fantastic message this morning about Hope and how our true hope is found in the Lord, but so often people try to put their home in circumstances, but when our circumstances seem hopeless, it causes us to lose our JOY. However, when we put our hope in the Lord, He is with us always, no matter the circumstance and therefore we can have true Joy and find our peace in Him.

After church, we headed to El Paseo for the Golf Cart Parade. We had so much fun! We met Kim, Chris and Mackenzie there. It was wonderful to spend the afternoon with them. We had some great talks and just really enjoyed ourselves and as always, I love watching the kids have so much fun. Alex even called while we were there and we were able to show him some of the parade and talk to him for a little bit.

Here are some pictures from the time at the parade:

          

After the parade, we came home for a little bit. I worked a bit, and the kids read and did their quiet time. Then, Madison and I started prepping her face for her costume since Fall Spectacular was this evening. It was so much fun getting to do Madison's Maleficent Make-Up. We tried one look...we were going for the green faced Maleficent, but decided against it. After she washed her face, we started over again with a clean palate and I think we came out with a great Maleficent look. :) Then, I helped Hudson get ready and we were off to the main event, where we met my parents and we would also be meeting up with Kim, Chris and Mackenzie. 

We all had so much fun. The kids took silly pictures together. They did Trunk or Treat. They did a donut eating contest that was sort of like "bobbing for donuts" but in the air. They also did a cake walk (twice).  It was a GREAT night and the kids really enjoyed themselves, so did the parents and grandparents.