For our "autumn" events, the kids and I attended our annual field trip to Schnepf Farms, and then we went to The Enchanted Forest with our friends, Ashley & Dagley. We went to the Skotnick's annual pumpkin carving party, and hung out with our neighbors for Halloween.
This month Matt's Tanzania fundraising committee participated in an already formulated bike event called the Tour De Scottsdale. Between 7 men, they were able to raise $10,000.
We went with Lilly's gymnastics team to Feed My Starving Children. They have several outreach opportunities and activities to build their friendships. The big news: Lilly got her back handspring on her own!
We hosted a neighborhood 'movie night' - serving hot dogs, sodas, chips, popcorn and viewing 'Big Hero 6'. We held our first Missions & Me outreach at Neighborhood Ministries. We filled all our needed positions with 17 families. Both were fantastic events!
Matt started a "plank contest" for our family and a few friends. Through the month we were to 'prepare' by increasing our time of holding a plank each day. Our goal - to hold a plank for 5 minutes. Guess who could hold it for 5 minutes on the first day?? Lilly. It was crazy funny!! We did all make it!!
We've been taking lots of pictures of Sammy this month. We found out in September that she has an enlarged liver, is functioning on only one lung, and has possible cancerous spots. This month she's been throwing up every night, changing her eating habits, losing weight, and aiming outside of her litterbox. She remains very social - comes to school everyday, talks a lot, follows us around, and snuggles. We are totally spoiling her this month - with loving and joyful hearts!
Jodie traded in her flip phone for an iPhone!
