Monster Mash

We had a wonderful time Saturday at the Landfall Halloween Party! We met our great friends and former neighbors, the Grants, there to celebrate! The boys were excited to get dressed as their favorite Star Wars characters. Jackson was Anakin Skywalker and Austin went as a Clone Trooper (which must've been popular choice as there were 3 other Clone Troopers there!). We enjoyed crafts, a DJ, an Indiana Jones Snake Pit room, a huge balloon drop, and a Fear Factor Exhibit with various "brains, eyeballs, bloody fingers" and any other body part you can imagine (all fake of course!). The highlight of the party, though, was the hayride which we all LOVED, especially due to the beautiful sunny 80 degree weather! It was definitely a nice kickoff to the upcoming week of Halloween fun.

Race Day!

Well, three of the four Durst family members raced this past Saturday at the YMCA. Jackson and Austin ran in a kids 1 mile fun run and did quite well. Jackson finished in 10 minutes 29 seconds and Austin was right behind him at 10 minutes 40 seconds (not bad for his first time running a full mile!). I ran an 8K that according to the brochure included a little trail running! Hmmmm...... Factor in a torrential downpour and windstorm the night before and you have yourself a bona fide MUD RUN. Needless to say, I was covered (there will be no pictures posted of that! Not pretty!). Luckily, we all three ended up with PR's (that's a personal record to you non-runners) that day!!!

Another Busy Weekend!

Well, I did finally take out the camera to capture some pictures, but not many! We had another busy, fun weekend. We started Friday off with off-season swim practice for both of the boys. They swam their hearts out for an hour Friday night and I definitely could tell by how much they ate afterward! Then Saturday, Austin had 2 soccer games (he scored 4 goals in the second game) and did some fall planting around the yard. Saturday nights have become "Family Movie Night" and it was Jackson's turn to choose. We all enjoyed big bowls of popcorn as we watched High School Musical 2 (we're trying to catch up on our HSM before the newest movie comes out). Sunday we got up and went to church (our boys LOVE our new church home) and out for brunch at Landfall. The boys love to go to Landfall to eat, especially brunch. They always use their best manners (shocking, I know) and definitely get their bellies filled (are you seeing a trend with eating around here? I can barely keep groceries in the house). Then off to a very fun bowling birthday party. Our sweet friend Jenna invited both boys to come and what a treat. It was their first time bowling and they both loved it. It will definitely be new outing for us to enjoy. Later, we were off to Jackson's running club, which thankfully ended up cancelled. I was wondering how he was going to run with that belly full of food from the party.

Here are a few pictures from the weekend.

Goofball Austin and Jackson before swim practice (Check out Austin's ears!)

Austin before soccer practice

Jackson's liking the look of this ball!