Flaget Halloween Madness

On Friday we had an all-school Halloween party. By that time I was already partied out. Thursday we had a party for the students who met their reading goal. Friday for lunch we had pizza because our class won the Box Tops contest. That afternoon all the students in the school put on their costumes and paraded around the school. After that they got all sugared up and played games. It was madness and the day seemed to take forever. However, it was fun to dress up and see the kids in their costumes. Here is a class picture and then one of me and the other 4th grade teacher.

RAM Camp

Two weekends ago Aaron and I took 6 youth with us to a leadership retreat at Indiana Wesleyan. Friday night we had pizza and an evening session. Our speaker was a youth pastor from Fishers, Indiana. Saturday we went to the high ropes course followed by some paintballing. That night we had another session and then we went to watch IWU's FNL(it's a comedy show). We traveled home after a church service and lunch in Baldwin that Sunday morning. The weekend was very enjoyable. Aaron and I both enjoyed not having to be in charge of anything but to just be a part of it with our students. Here are a few pictures from our weekend:
It was absolutely freezing at the ropes course!
After all the students went, Aaron decided to try it. He did the higher course which is 30 ft. high.

Paintballing

Let the record show...

Since Megan's plate is plenty full with teaching and taking care of me, I'm filling in to officially inform everyone of our night of bowling Saturday night. My parents were in town and we thought we'd head over to the V.U. lanes and bowl a couple games. Megan would like everyone to know that she not only beat me in the first game 164-156, but set a new personal best in doing so.

The record has now shown.

Home #4

It's a little hard to believe that we are officially living in home #4 of our marriage. We haven't even been married three years yet! You do the math. :) Aaron says the next time we move it will be because we are buying the house. Unless of course we get a new head pastor and we get kicked out of the parsonage. We're hoping that doesn't happen! :) We moved in on September 19. I was pleasently surprised how fast we unpacked. My parents came down this past weekend. My mom helped me decorate the whole house. It was wonderful to get it all done! We even put out my fall decorations. I wanted to wait until the house was finished before I posted pictures. Thanks to mom and dad it is officially ready...

The front
We have a nice porch and swing...however the view is a little different from the last house!
Side view
We have a two car garage which has been really nice!
Backyard
We've downsized in that area but Lexi doesn't seem to mind it too much. She has done really well since we've moved here.
Coming in the back door you enter into the laundry room.
Kitchen
Dining Room
Living Room Let's continue upstairs...
Bedroom There are two rooms that are connected so we decided to remove the door and make both our bedroom. Here's part two of the bedroom.
Bathroom-The bathroom on the first floor is being remodeled. I will post a picture when that is complete.
Guest Bedroom
We have a fourth bedroom but that is currently being used for storage. It's not pretty enough to take pictures. Neither is the basement! :) When I first saw the house after the last renters moved out, I was pretty nervous about moving in here. It was so dirty and really didn't look nice at all. Not to brag, but it is now a beautiful home and we are loving it. Plus, we now have a dishwasher! :)