Halloween was always one of my least favorite holidays growing up, but it has turned into a night of celebration for our family, since this Halloween marked two years from the worst day of my life. Two years ago on Halloween is the day that it felt as though all medical professionals (at TCH) had given up hope on Grace's survival as she laid super sick in the CVICU. We were left feeling desperate for God's wisdom, hope, and comfort during such a scary time. He provided all of those things in abundance, a few days later Grace remained super sick, but thanks to the heart and hard work of people at Pfizer and United Healthcare she was on her way to BCH (via a medical flight), where her amazing team would do two more open heart surgeries that would allow Grace to not just survive, but thrive. To say the least, we are beyond grateful to get to dress up and trick-'or-treat together as a whole family!
Abigail was a Pine Cove camp counselor (her counselor from Family Camp this year made her her own special name badge), Andrew was the pilot Luke Skywalker, Grace was Yoda, I was RTD2, and David super a super swirly poop (or something like that).
Bad picture of the trick or treating crew...
Grace loved digging in the sand pit with her buddy Caroline!
The kids playing the mummy game...
Playing the game where you try to get the cookie from your forehead to your mouth without using your hands...
The kids' pumpkins...
Precious friends...
Grace had a Halloween Parade at school on Friday where she was a ladybug (same ladybug costume Abigail wore when she was 3 years old :-).
Grace's costume transformed into a sexy lady bug costume by the time she got to school :-/
The big kids had Field Day at school on Friday...
Abigail with one of her and Andrew's favorite friends at school
One of Andrew's friends at school asked me the question "why is Andrew so weird?" At first I was taken back by such an... odd question, however, when I asked him to help me understand what he meant, he said that Andrew is the only boy he knows that when people are mean to him he doesn't get mad or act mean back. He said that Andrew is the nicest boy that he knows. If that is the definition of weird, then we are grateful to have a weird kid :-).
Abigail with one of her and Andrew's favorite friends at school
One of Andrew's friends at school asked me the question "why is Andrew so weird?" At first I was taken back by such an... odd question, however, when I asked him to help me understand what he meant, he said that Andrew is the only boy he knows that when people are mean to him he doesn't get mad or act mean back. He said that Andrew is the nicest boy that he knows. If that is the definition of weird, then we are grateful to have a weird kid :-).
Hope y'all had a blessed weekend!
A few random pics from the week...
A few random pics from the week...
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