Columbia, SC with the Savages (and Sam's bday!)

Sam has been busy this season with lots of interviews around the region for residency programs in Family Med! It is excited to see all the potential places we could possibly be going to next. I haven't been to any of his interviews so far but we have some great friends in Columbia, SC so for his interview at USC, we decided to make a weekend out of it and go for a visit! Jeff and Emily were our good friends out at BYU and with selling pest control and it's been way too many years since we've seen them! They let us come stay at their house for a couple nights and showed us the ropes of their fun city! Jeff is a professor at USC and they now have 4 kids. It was SO fun to catch up with them and let our kids play together! Their girls are about the same age as our kids so it was a win-win for all! On Sam's birthday, we drove down and they found a babysitter for us to go out for a double date at an amazing restaurant in town called Motor Supply. Fun birthday dinner with great company! Then the next day, Sam and I drove around the city and took a look at some of the neighborhoods just in case we ended up matching there! Wanted to see what housing was like. The kids were SO tired and both of them passed out. It was a nice little morning nap for them. Haha! We headed back and hung out at their house for the afternoon. They live on 9 acres of land, so it was fun watching the kids explore a little. We went out Sunday night with the residents (typically in interviews, they take them out for dinner the night before) and Jeff and Emily were SO nice to put our kids to bed for us. Then Sam's interview was the next day. Thank you SO MUCH to Jeff and Emily!! We are so lucky to have such wonderful friends! It was such a fun weekend and I know it won't be the last we see of each other, now that they are down in our region of the country. ;)

Randoms from October

Sunrise run with my girls in the country..

We found a cool park in Johnson City with a train for Marshall, and a stage that seemed so perfectly fitting for Ivy. hehe:

Family Date Night later that evening:

Washing both cars:

Texans game! Represent:

Visiting with the horses behind our house:

Tumbling gym with friends:

5-year-old fashion:

Magnatile creations.. Kids built a Dunkin Donuts all by themselves, complete with drivethrough. haha! On other days, Dad helped build an airport and a pirate ship with boat dock. I was pretty impressed:

Bays Mountain finally all colorful!

Leaf gathering playdate:

Halloween nails:

Park fun and milkshakes with our besties:

Gavin's birthday party at Putt-putt! These boys were hilarious:

Spirit week at Ivy's school! Every day was a different theme. First day was "mismatch day" and the second day was "dress like a book character day" so she went as Pinkalicious, with even her face pink! The other days were wear funny socks and something else that I can't remember but it wasnt as involved. Friday was dress like a cowboy/cowgirl day. Love that cute girl and how excited she gets for stuff like this!

Mom's Club Halloween Party

Just a few pictures from our get-together with friends for a Halloween Party! Kids dressed up, had a cupcake walk (that Ivy won cupcakes in!) and trick-or-treated to some decorated cardboard box houses. Fun (and a little crazy) night! 

Halloween!

We've never been ones to do coordinating costumes so here is your Dragon and Rainbow Princess Barbie. haha! Trick-or-Treating was a BIG success this year. Both my kids were old enough to stay up a little later and actually walk from house to house! We live in a fairly hilly neighborhood, though, so I knew we'd still need the stroller for Marshall. Loved this view (pic on the right) of the mountains and freeway in the distance. We were at the top part of the hills in the neighborhood. The weather was perfect. Our neighborhood doesnt have many trick-or-treaters so every house was giving my kids multiple pieces of GOOD candy! Not the cheap, gross kind. Love our neighbors! We had so much at the end that Sam decided to have a candy draft between the 4 of us so we all got exactly what we wanted out of our loot pile! haha!