Nick got home from his Dallas trip about midnight last night, in time to see Gunnar's "Silver Thrashers" team play in the 3rd/4th grade championship game at U of I's Kibbie Dome this afternoon. The Thrashers played Lewiston, the only team that ever beat them (twice!). First they had lost 31-0, then 31-12, and today they improved even more so that it came down to the last minute where they fell an exciting 14-13. Gunnar loved playing this season.
After Gunnar's game we attended the Fall Carnival, where Nick scared everyone with his Lucha Libre mask, and I did my best to pretend I didn't know him. He did win honorable mention in the adult costume competition, though!! Signe's classmate Bekah Belschner joins our family picture, because she and Signe used one of Nick's old T-shirts to become the Siamese twins Britney and Whitney. They had lots of fun putting their costume together after school a couple days this week. And Karsten is an Alabama football player, probably 5 years after Gunnar first wore it for Halloween.
Next I took 4 kids trick-or-treating in the dumping rain (they didn't mind a bit), while Nick and Gunnar went to the WSU-Stanford game after the Driskills gave Nick tickets this afternoon. It is 10:40 pm and they are still there; both my big and little boy are going to be exhausted tomorrow, I think. But last I heard the Cougars were beating Pac-12 leading Stanford 22-20, so it is an exciting game to be at - rain or no rain!!