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OCTOBER!!!!


Okay, so I realize that it isn't October yet, but it is the week on the calendar when October starts and I am just so excited about this month to be that I have to blog about it. . .so much for living in the now, I know.  Yes, there are MANY days with green arrows going through them which means that Andy is out of town, but there are so many orange days and even EIGHT pink days, so I am pretty excited!  Okay, I am extremely excited!  (By the way, pink days are days in October when I will be gone!)

We've got a road trip to Flagstaff coming up on Friday!  The kids and I (with Lesley, thank goodness) will drive down to Flagstaff for the weekend where we will see Pops and GoGo and get to go to one of my cousin's wedding.  Andy will meet us there from Phoenix and then head back to Phoenix in order to fly to Enid.

Then I am taking the kids to the Grand Canyon on Sunday.  I cannot wait for them to see it.  I realize that only Hays and Maggie will probably think it is cool and that Tiki will probably jump off the ledge, but I am excited for the photo opportunities!

Then the following weekend is a four day weekend for the kids, so we are headed to Moab, Utah for a camping trip with two other families who we LOVE!  We are borrowing someone's camper (maybe we'll buy it from them?) and I am driving that thing and the kids (and wonderful Lesley again) to Moab.  Andy will meet us there.  I cannot wait for this trip!  Photo opportunities with all of the arches.  Tons of bike riding.  Camping out.  And laughing with good friends.  Super fun!

Then we have a "quiet" week and a half with no traveling for us (not for Andy, though) and just school and soccer for a while.

Pops will have a birthday. . .wish he could fly out here for it!

Then. . .drum roll, please. . .I get to go to Las Vegas with my mom and my sister-in-law, Jennafer.  OH MY GOODNESS!  I cannot wait!  Jen will be in Vegas with us for four days and mom and I get to stay for eight days!  I am thrilled!  I got to plan the trip and I am so excited to "treat" (just with surprises, I'm not paying) my mom and my sister to the most exciting week ever!  Great food, great shows, great spa day and tons of other surprises that I can't spoil on this post. Stay tuned, though!  YIPEE!

And the kids get BeBe and Daddy (and Lesley) while I am gone.  They'll have the best time without me!  I think we'll all enjoy the break and then be excited to see each other again.  Okay, Dax won't enjoy the break from me, but the majority will!

And then Halloween rounds out the month and the costumes are in the mail.

So, October isn't officially here yet, but I am so excited for it to get here!  Yipee!  I will keep you posted with fun blogs and super pictures as my great month happens!

For those of you Camp Kivu people reading, Andy will be in the following cities in October:
Arizona: Phoenix, Scottsdale, Chandler & Glendale (twice)
Oklahoma: Enid, Edmond & Kingfisher
Ohio: Cleveland & Oberlin

Comments

Ashley Smith said…
He can make a stop in Stillwater, OK too! Just let me know what you would need to know :)
sabrina owens said…
let me know when andy coming to the montgpmery area or troy there a christian school in troy alabama and luverne Crenshaw christian acadmey and i would love catch up with him and meet you in person

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