The Russo's

The weather is getting cooler and it is feeling like fall! Most of our Saturday mornings have been at the soccer field. Hudson has a few games left. They took team and individual pictures.   We went to Sugar Fest at the museum two weeks ago. They both enjoyed cotton candy for the first time. I realized why they haven't had it before- it gets everywhere! They got to pet a rabbit and a cow. Gianna liked washing the clothes and hanging them on the line. We decorated around the house with pumpkins and scarecrows. Gianna helped pick out the pumpkins. Hudson helped put the stuff out. Then, Gianna was trying to eat the decorations! My blue eyed babies playing outside  Josh made a fire last night and we roasted hot dogs. Hudson loves a fire! I'm glad it's cooler and he and his Daddy get to do that together.    

I gathered up videos from the past month to share. Enjoy!    Hudson scoring a goal!   Gianna singing All Aboard the choo choo train      Hudson and Gianna singing and dancing to the Veggie Tales theme song   Gianna prays over her food and before bed Hudson and Gianna were playing with the dream lite in the dark and I "caught" them singing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. It's dark, so you just have to listen :)

I went on a girl's trip with my sisters and some friends to Florida. We stayed in Blue Mountain Beach, which is about 20 minutes east of Destin. It's off the beaten path on Highway 30A.   This area is full of mom & pop shops and not commercialized. It was a really cool place with lots of small communities that offer eating and shopping within walking distance of  where you stay. We ate in Seaside a couple times.    They have a row of old Streamline campers turned into food trucks. It had lots of places to sit outside and eat.      People ride bikes to get around. (we wanted to rent bikes, but didn't get around to it)   We could not have asked for better weather! It was sunny with clear skies, the mornings and nights were cool.   It got pretty warm during the day and the water wasn't too cold. Before we went out to eat and most of us were wearing jewelry from Ella James :)  We ...

The soccer games have started. They only played one so far, last week was rained out. They have 8 players on the team, so they rotate in and out. Josh is the assistant coach and had to do more than his share of helping. Our team is all boys, but it is a co-ed league. Some of the kids cried when something didn't go their way. At one time 4 of our boys were crying!  Hudson didn't cry, which I was glad about. He smiled the whole time he was on the field. He is not very aggressive about getting the ball. He did better at the practice last week.  His team scored some goals, but they don't keep score. It was fun to watch them trying to figure out what to do. It is a little confusing if you have never played before. She doesn't look happy, but she was cheering for Hudson.

Hudson's school had a lunch for Grandparents Day on the 6th. Papa, Nana and Nana B were able to attend. They had lunch and then the kids performed some songs.    They made a craft for their grandparents " Grandparents hold our hands for a while, but hold our hearts forever."  Hudson is blessed to have godly grandparents who are involved in his life and love him. Here is the class performing some of the songs:    

Hudson did the Zoo Zoom race again this year. It was supposed to be a half mile run, but somehow it was a mile. Along the way kids were getting tired and crying. Hudson wanted to stop, but Josh helped him to keep going.    Emerie was one of the ones crying Leilynn moving fast   Josh decided to run the 5K after the fun run.  Watching Josh and the runners come through So proud of our runners!  All the racers  We walked through the zoo for a little bit after the race. Gianna loved the monkeys and they came right up to the glass.   Muddy Mayhem  Two weeks later, Josh did another race with some co-workers. It was an adventure run with obstacles, water, sand and mud.   Before the race    We could only see the end of the race that had a slide and some planks to walk over.  It took about an hour for them to do it. They had fun and want to get more pe...