Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

Elena and Sam were both in the high school production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat this year. It took a bit of convincing to get Sam to try out as you can tell from his write up, but he was glad he did it by the end. 

They had a blast performing and the audiences loved it. They both did a great job. Here are "a few" pictures and a couple of short video clips at the end. 

If you want to see the whole thing, you can watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycxl8ZOd1Tg

This was one of the girls' favorite parts to play:

And these were some of Sam's best dance moves. Unfortunately he was way in the back where he was almost impossible to see. He's the one with the wicked dance moves. But if that's not clear enough, he's the one in the back right with jeans and no wig. 

Boundary Waters Trip

I am finally going through and printing off photos from January all the way through October of this year. In doing so, I found several photos (taken by Elena) from the Boundary Waters trip that Seth, Elena and Sam went on with several of the cousins, uncles and Grandma Myhre. They're a little late, but here they are. I don't have much for stories on the trip. They all survived and had a lot of fun!

Elena also happened to catch a video of Sam falling in the lake pretty much as soon as they arrived. She didn't even notice it happening so you can barely see it.

I also never shared any pictures from Sam's summer baseball season. He did a lot of pitching, which was fun to watch.

And as long as I'm on the topic of Sam, he's also mastered the art of making omelets!

October Happenings

We were able to celebrate my dad's birthday with him. Our gift was bringing all the kids over to help clean up the garden and lawn in preparation for winter. Although, in hindsight, it wasn't much of a gift since he ended up paying them for their work....

Their favorite job was blowing the leaves out of the gutters with a leaf blower. Not only did they get to use the leaf blower, they also go to run around on the roof. Win-win!

Elena also gave him this painting. You might have to read it a few times to get it:

And of course, we finished out the month with the Saints Day Costume contest at St. Edward School and Halloween. Now that Elena is in high school, she was not in the Saints Day Costume and she stayed back to hand out candy with her friends rather than trick-or-treating. (They still dressed up, though).

Here are a few pictures:

St. Francis (Reed), St. Anthony (Noah) and Moses(Charlie)

Blessed Stanley Rother and St. George

St. Joseph

"I'm a monster! Raaaawr!!"

Peter Parker (as opposed to Spiderman who would have to wear the mask)

Olivia LOVED trick-or-treating. She giggled with excitement every time someone gave her a piece of candy. It was pretty dang cute.