Monday, November 2, 2009

Ethan's Entourage

This was our 3rd year doing the Walk for Autism. It was hot, as usual, but went smoothly and rather quickly! It was weird not having Aunt Martha there, but we made it through it. :)

The Santoro clan got there early and of course, the Rojas' were late! Mom actually had to hot glue her Nike's together since the bottom was coming apart! That is classic! Finally, everyone was ready to start. We began around 10 am and walked the 3 mile course. I walked with Jenn and everyone kind of drifted apart as the walk went on. Mom took off like a speed demon, while Dad hurt his ankle trying to catch up with her. Miah and Molly fell behind after a while and who knows where Josh and Tia went! They were gone in a flash! It was nice for Josh's co-workers to come out and participate too! There were 30 people in Ethan's Entourage! WOW!! What great people we have in our lives! :)

Mom finished 1st and Jenn and I were right behind them. I felt like I had just finished a marathon! My legs were spent! We were all pretty exhausted and hungry so 17 of us went to Denny's for some grub. It was a great time and we all love being able to participate in something so positive and rewarding. Until next year!

The Start

Ethan is ready!

So is Alex

And Jaxen...

Waiting for the official start

There was a lot of support

And we are off...

Cameron on Miah & Jaydan on Molly

My handsome Evan

Taking pics



Getting ready to head out



Cameron & Bryson---so cute!

Alex

Molly, Miah, Jaydan & Tasha

Tasha and her brood

Madison & her broken arm

The finish line!

Halloween 2009

Miah was here for the weekend, so in traditional Halloween style, we went to the movies to see Saw 6. We have done that for the past few years, so it was a must to do again this year! Jake prepared himself for the flick by watching gory/slasher movies all week so he wouldn't have nightmares from Saw! He's such a little baby! During the movie, he even made me switch him seats so he could be in the middle! In the end, he was ok and said he didn't think he would have bad dreams. :)

We went back to my house to carve pumpkins, eat cupcakes and watch "The Orphan". Molly met us at the house and we just hung out and enjoyed the company and movie. It was a fun Halloween for sure!

Evan's family went over to Eric and Hillary's house to go trick-or-treating in their neighborhood and I thought I would share some pics. They are so cute!


Ethan and Hillary

Aunt Jannice w/Ethan

Alex and Madison

Jaxen was a Tootsie Roll!

Jaydan

Madison is so sassy!

Bryson, Cameron & Jaydan

Bryson, Alex and Jaxen