Weekend to Remember

Todd and I ran away this weekend - to a Family Life marriage conference. The conference material was OK, but the time with my husband was GREAT! This is the only picture we took during the weekend. This was our Saturday night date at The Blue Fish.

Colton and Football

Oh, Colton loves to play football! This season was sweet as he had the chance to play with several TCS friends and for some fantastic coaches. Amanda Jenkins sent me these pictures that she took at one of the games. This top picture is my favorite as it captures Colton with his friend Dylan.

November

We spent a fun afternoon at the Houston Zoo. Holden really like the carousel.

Connor and friends photobombed Dr. Mr. Scholl's school picture.

Praise for Connor

Our school uses Sycamore Education as an online school management and student information system. There is one part of this program called Pass-A-Note and I think it is generally used to let teachers inform parents if there has been a discipline issue at school. But apparently it can be used for other purposes. I received this last week. It made me very proud of Connor!

You've received a Pass-A-Note from Lindsey Scholl at Trinity Classical School.

Subject:  Discipline Log Created

Student: Rapp Connor Violation: Exemplary Behavior Description: I really appreciated how Connor helped me with set up for Creative Writing yesterday. All the students will help when asked, but Connor and another student took ownership of helping me and did not sit down until the room was set up. Resolution: Please give him my thanks! He did a good job representing the House of Maxwell and TCS.

Halloween 2015

We aren't big Halloween people. But every year we find something fun to do as a family. We spent most of the day at home working on school projects, but we raided the costume box for something to wear so that we could get $3 burritos at Chipotle for dinner tonght.

Such a cute picture of the kids eating at the counter.

On Friday evening our four big boys went to a Trunk or Treat event with some friends. Hunter, Carter and Colton opted out of costumes, but Connor and his buddy Tyler were all about it! They wore clone trooper costumes...that were probably size 5T. But these skinny boys squeezed into them and totally rocked the outfits. Here they are with Emery on the way to the event.

Just a little too tight. Ha! Three quarter length sleeves...and pants.

Here is the whole Rappbuck gang! (Rapps + Harbucks): Ellie, Carter, Trevor, Hunter, Tyler, Connor, some boy we don't know, Collins, Colton, and Emery.

The Littles

Just some cute pictures of the Rapp little ones.

In the past month...

I did some baking. Look at this! When I cracked the eggs they formed a smiley face.

We got a new car. It is a used car, but new to us. Our Toyota Sienna minivan had served us well for 10+ years, but when another driver hit the side of the van the insurance company decided it was not worth fixing.

Star Wars fun at Five Below.

Inflatable fun at...? I can't remember.

GBC's evening of Dancing Under the Stars included lots of yummy barbecue.

Collins and Holden had their first visit to a pediatric dentist. They sat still and enjoyed the experience.

At a birthday party for a friend, Connor taught Noah and Caleb some new Star Wars facts.