And here is Ryan getting impatient for the sun to go down.
And Connor, all decked out in his glowing necklaces so I could keep track of him in the dark.
Spooky! 
They got TONS of candy tonight and had a great time doing it.
Saturday is another Halloween Party. Then trick-or-treating on Sunday.
For the Halloween Parade, the kindergartners walked with the buddies to parade around the school. Below is Ryan with his buddy, Elias.
And, here is Connor with his buddy Darren.
All the critters did craft projects...
Then Jack Sparrow performed his magic, juggling and tricks.
At mile 12.5, Ed, Connor and Ryan were waiting on the sidelines to cheer me on. I stopped to give high fives before continuing to the finish line.
Then, it was time for the long drive home. Most of the drive home was in rain with lots of lightning. I sure am glad the rain held off until after the race.
We got our bibs and they marked our face and legs with our bib numbers. I guess in case lost our bib and died, they could still identify the body ;\
Here is our group of nine, still unsure what we were in for, although we did expect tears, blood and sweat.
We got to the start line just before it started, so we were at the very back of the line. This was perfectly fine with us, because we didn't want to get trampled going down the first hill.
Then, we were off...
Taking our time not to fall down the first hill...
The first obstacle was crawling on our stomachs in muddy gravel under barb wire. Then we went down and up some nasty hills. The gravel was painful on the arms, but we were still smiling at the first water stop
We stopped for a photo op before going through the boa constrictor.
The boa constrictor was a long tube that we had to crawl through. It was just short enough that I couldn't do it on my hands and knees, I had to crawl on my stomach.
Other obstacles included a 12 foot wall we had to get over, a fence we had to climb, carrying logs, running though mud and a snow blower, lots of steep hills, and more. The worst one was the underwater tunnels. The water was so cold, I could barely breath. I felt like I was couldn't catch my breath because the coldness of the water made my muscles tense up. I decided to skip putting my head under the tunnels since I couldn't breath just walking through the water. I went around the tunnels and continues to climb up the other side on the ropes. Even with the water so cold, I still did the next obstacle, which was a water slide back into the water. 
It was a fun weekend with a fun group of friends. And, of course, we finished the day with the free beer and the orange headband!
I survived the event without too much pain. My arms are sore from crawling through the gravel. My legs are bruised from falling on a rock in the mud. And, my butt muscles are sore from climbing all the hills. Much better off than our Coach, who dislocated his wrist and had to pop it back in place. That just sounded painful!
Here is Ryan hanging out with the girls.
Parents were the drivers for the field trip. Connor, Ryan and Callum (in the picture below) came together in one car. Both Ed and I were too busy with work to join in on this field trip, so these are all photos taken by other parents.
And, here his Connor. Proud of his pumpkin.
The kids learned that pumpkins grow from seeds. When they got back to school, they watched a video to learn about apples. They learned that apples are made in factories, then are put on trees. But, pumpkins grow from seeds, not in factories. Um, ok? The things you learn in school...
The plan is to switch who is on the top bunk every night. Connor wanted to sleep on top first, and Ryan agreed to that. But, after climbing up there, Connor changed his mind and Ryan slept on top. We will see if Connor is brave enough for the top tonight or if the top will be permanently Ryan's.
Then, in the evening, we went to Jump Man Jump for Carleigh's 3rd birthday party.
Isn't this a cute birthday outfit!
Carleigh was all smiles all day.
Everyone had a fun, exhausting day.
We made an appointment for 8am and showed up to a foggy morning in Hollister. We had to wait for the fog to clear before we could jump. So after filling out all the waivers, we headed next door to Ding-a-Ling Cafe to kill some time.
And, here we are all ready to go....
We walked out to the airplane at Hollister Airport.
Ready to go... My life is in Lorenzo's hands now.
When we took off, it was still pretty foggy, but we were cleared to go because the drop zone, which was 7 miles away, was clear. Below is a picture from the airplane showing the layer of fog.
Lorenzo and I were at the back, so we got to watch everyone jump before we made the plunge. It was interesting to watch the other jumpers go out because there were at the door, then all of a sudden you hears a swoosh and they were gone. 
The initial jump out the plane wasn't too scary because I didn't look down. My instructions were to stand at the edge of the door, lean my head against my instructor (so not to get whip lash), grab my shoulder straps (so my arms don't hit anything on the way out), we counted to three, then jumped out. After we cleared the plane, Lorenzo tapped my shoulders to indicate I could open my arms out for free fall. 
And here is Lorenzo and me under our blue parachute. It was a pretty cool ride down in the parachute with all the twists and turns that we did.
For the landing, I was told to keep my legs up so that Lorenzo could land, then he told me when I could put my feet down and I landed on my butt. This picture was taken by Chery's fiance who met us at the landing site to see us land.
Our whole group made it down safe and sound. It was amazing how accurate everyone was in their landing because we all landed right next to the bus that would take us back to the airport.