This last Thursday night Olivia was taking the kids to swim practice. It was at 6 p.m. so it was dark and she was turning onto  Tanque Verde road. She looked left and we don't know if the truck that she collided with had his lights off or if he just changed lanes.. either way it sent Livy's car sailing into our neighbors fence. All airbags deployed, glass flew, it was quite the wreck. Luckily a woman who is a nurse was driving home with her son who was icing  his knee so she pulled over and gave Olivia ice for her forehead which had a huge cut. She put a towel on her head to stop from bleeding.  Benjamin was on his way home from work he called Papa and after the police and ambulance and everybody left they were able to give them a blessings. I took Olivia to the ER because of her head wound. Unfortunately we went to one ER sat there for two hours only to find out that they didn't have a plastic surgeon on scene to help with the scar so we went to another ER and sat for an additional 5 hours only to not have a plastic surgeon help us.   It was probably one of the longest nights of my life.We are grateful that everyone was able to walk away from the accident including the other driver so grateful that everybody survived.  So grateful that everyone wore seatbelts. We are sad to lose our car.

Halloween 2019

Holman's costume was a commentary on the ocean. Full of trash and plastic...my activist child.

     

 Anna as Cruella Deville

Parkin as Totoro....a Japanese cartoon character

Olivia as Waldo from Where's Waldo

Bella and her friend Halie dressed as Paul Blart Mall Cop from Season 1 and 2

I love that the new movement is if teenagers bother to dress up and knock on your door, you give them candy. They aren't partying or vandalizing just holding onto childhood a little longer. So happy all my kids were well received. Anna and Parkin went trick or treating with their cousins Dan and Ivy.  Olivia and Morgan chaperoned them until they headed off to a party. Holman also went to a party. Benjamin came home to me in a chair with the dog at my feet and the kitten at my head. He thought I looked really sad. I thought I looked really cozy. I had my preschool performance in the house earlier the whole living room was cleared out and full of folding chairs. There were about 50 parents who came. A quiet night was quite fantastic.