The Burdine Running Club

I bought Ella a fleece pullover and a pair of yoga pants the other day and I never would have guessed how important they would be to her. When she saw them she said they looked like the running clothes daddy has and so began the Burdine Running Club as Ella likes to call it. Every since then, Lyle and her have been running every night...well almost everynight....Lyle has had a terrible call schedule lately:( They make a complete lap around the neighborhood and Lyle says she runs all the way...very serious about it. Ella loves it and NEVER lets Lyle forget. I asked her why she likes it so much and she said, "It's just something daddy and I like to do together." It is so funny to watch her head out the door with Lyle for their run. So grown up! Her goal is to run two laps. She tried the other night but only made one.

They always stretch after the big run. I think Luke can sense that he just missed out on something because he is always right in the middle of the stretching routine checking out whats going on. Hopefully, sissy will keep the club going until you can join in Luke...or maybe you and I can start one of our own since I am apparently not included in this one!

A walk in the mountains

It is so beautiful here this time of year. The trees are such beautiful colors. We took the kids up to the mountains yesterday which is only a five minute drive from our house.

They had fun collecting leaves and climbing the big rocks.

Luke thought this was a "BIG" jump and was so proud every time he did it. It was so funny!

Happy Halloween!

Anybody need a good laugh.....because we've got two funny clowns!

With the help of my mom (she made the clown suits, all I did was make Ella's hair), the kids had some pretty cute costumes this year.

To my surprise, Luke kept his hat on all night long!

Ella has been coming up with jokes for about the past two months in preparation for her stint as a clown. She was pretty funny!

Grandma and Papa came down to spend it with us. They manned the house handing out candy to all the kids while Lyle and I along with a neighbor and his son took the kids around the neighborhood.

Ella's loot! By the end of the night she was tilting over holding her heavy pumpkin. She couldn't believe how much she got....we are still eating it.

Had to thrown this one in there because the little guy looks so darn cute. He had PJ day at school so he wore his skeleton PJs. He really likes them in case you can't tell!

Ella's first trophy!

Last Saturday was our last soccer game this season and it was pretty exciting. Not only did Ella play extremely well and make the only goal for her team but she also got a medal and a trophy.

Getting her trophy from Coach Ben

Luke was dying to see what all the excitement was about.

We are so proud of you Ella! You definitely deserve your trophy!

The whole team. They will be together again in the spring season starting in April. It was neat to see how they all really got better at the end.