Spooky Cafe time

For the last couple of years

my mom has made a Spooky Cafe

The kids look forward to

just as much as the adults

We even decorate the kitchen

Trying to make it as spooky as possible.

 We added some new types of food.  The ones that are hand written were written by Julia (our host student)

 

Once we all had our bellies nice and full from Spooky Cafe, it was time to carve the pumpkins.  This year Erin was not wanting to participate in it.

 Hard at work

 Jenny with her masterpiece

 Steven finishing his

 Monika

 This was Julia's first time carving a pumpkin.  Found out she is an artist too and a good one.  She free handed drew the bat, ghost and boo on her pumpkin.

 Katie

 Trisha

 Found a Dinosaur Egg

Found out that it is an mushroom that you can eat.

No Thank You.

Erin give Julia a ride in the woods on the go cart.  Was Julia's first time doing this.

 Monika playing with her 2nd Cousin Ethan

Cousins

 Erin giving Monika a ride

 Julia and Erin hanging out in the woods

 Jenny driving mom around, she isn't afraid to put the pedal to the metal

 Katie being smart and dressing warm

 My dad giving the kids a ride

 Julia and Erin

Julia driving the go kart for the first time.  She said she 

enjoyed it but got cold

 Sunday it snowed up at my parents

This is my foot on Monday.  Saturday while playing in the woods I was on a log and slipped off.  I had hiking boots on which probably saved my foot.  I didn't have much pain at all just stiffness.  Monday the bruising was getting worse as the swelling was too.  People were telling me to go get it checked out to make sure no fracture.  I complied and found out no fracture or sprain but deep tissue traumatic injury to the foot, ankle and lower calf and was taken off work for a week.  I had specific orders for the next 48 hours to do minimum walking on it.  I rented a bunch of movies to keep my planted on the couch with my foot elevated.  That was very hard to do as I normally stubborn and keep going on my business.  I knew I really needed to listen to the doctor because I am missing 5 days worth of work and unfortunately not being paid.  

The last couple of days, I have been on my feet more.  The swollen has gone down some, the bruising has stopped spreading.  It does ache more now as the swelling goes down. I have been saying many prayers and trying to not do full use of it.  I go back to the doctor on Monday and pray he will give me the ok to go back to work on Tuesday.