Happy Halloween from Hogwarts!!

Lauren had her first public performance as a flutist (flautist). The BMS 6th-grade band put on an exhibition tonight. It was really amazing to hear just how much they have learned. Essentially everyone playing (and there were a lot of kids in the band) just began learning a couple months ago. They already knew a bunch of songs, which sounded great, especially considering it was the first time all of them had played together as a single group. Of course Lauren sounded better than anyone else there, but what else would you expect?

It was a beautiful crisp clear evening tonight so we had a fire after church and made s’mores. A few stories were told:

The girls each had their last game of the season today. Unfortunately, they were at the exact same time on different courts. Jake and I got quite the workout running back and forth between the games to catch all the action. Here are some team photos I shot after the game:

Jake and Lauren were so excited to try to put this 3D puzzle together. It actually took several hours, and Beth decided to join us once she saw how fun it was.

I think this is a really cool art project we invented for my birthday. We got three of the colored little impression toys (these things but plastic). Then we took them apart and moved some of the pins around from toy to toy to make three really cool designs. Lauren wanted a yin-yang symbols, while Jake and Beth both wanted their first initial. As far as I know, this is a totally unique art form we invented:

Abby is all ready for Halloween. She’s no spider this year; instead she’s dressed up as princess. Beth was so excited to bring her over and get some pictures of her taken (she’s having her birthday party by the pool later today):