Happy Halloween!

We had a great time trick or treating tonight. Erin came over to go trick or treating with Tyler in our neighborhood - they got lots of good treats, which is surprising since Tyler kept telling everyone to smell his feet!

Casey objects to being Yoda

Now that's a little better!

Super girl, Erin with Super dog, Penny

Super girl and Super ghoul

Neighbors Isabelle and Will with Tyler

Trick or treating next door

2007 Buddy Walk

Today was the annual Buddy Walk at Saluda Shoals. It was a beautiful day for the walk, and we all had a great time! Thanks to everyone who helped support my "special buddy" Erin!

Nancy, Nadene, Erin and me

Erin shows off her baseball - "Go Tribe" - says Mommy

Department Picnic

Today we had our "whenever we get around to having one" department picnic at the park in town. We had a great time socializing with my co-workers and their families and enjoyed a great lunch with shrimp and fried chicken! Nadene joined us since she helped us rent the shelter and to bring Erin by to thank us for our Buddy Walk donations.

Amy, Scott, and Ruth

Bert and Brenda

Rita and Dale

Stan, Beth, and Erin

Liyueh

Carrie and Jeff

Tyrone, Mae, and TyMaya

Nadene and Nancy

Casey and Tommy

Erin and me

Jamie and Tyler

Tyler, Anastasia, and Lena (can't spell the dog's name!)

TyMaya is serious about swinging!

Anastasia and Tyler having fun on the slide

Erin flying down the slide after a running start

Flashback to Flashdance

My last of 3 posts in one day. Nadene and I went to the 80's monster bash in Charleston Saturday night and got to travel back in time to our high school days. We decided to go the preppy route since we actually had clothes that kind of fit the bill for it. We pulled out the old hot rollers and hair spray and all of the bright makeup. We were wondering if everyone would be dressing up - we didn't have a thing to worry about! The people attending the concert were as entertaining as the acts performing. Speaking of the acts, they were Naked Eyes, Tommy Tutone, Cutting Crew, A Flock of Seagulls, The Romantics, and Survivor. Enjoy the freak show!

Girls night out!

Nadene tailgating

Me tailgating

Rough crew

Rougher crew

Flashdance

and more Flashdance

Cyndi with friends from work

Probably . . .

ZZTop girls

Madonna girls

I ain't afraid of no ghost!

Should have been too young to get in!!!!

The people behind us

Smurfette

Prince and Boy George

Cyndi's shoe

Me and Cyndi

Liam's Soccer Game

I was down in Charleston for the weekend with Nadene to go to a concert Saturday night and was able to go see Liam play soccer at one of his games Saturday morning. Things have changed since my boys played in the beginning - it was a lot of fun watching the kids at that age again. They were all so cute! Liam is really starting to get into it - I even got to see him score a goal today!

Liam chasing the ball

Liam kicking the ball

Coach Michael and Liam

Boys and their Toys

I have a lot to blog, so I am breaking it up into three different posts. The first entry is from Jamie and Tommy's trip to Maryland for the Red Bull Moto X of Nations. It is like the Olympics for dirt bike racing. They went the weekend of September 22. Over 30 nations participated and the United States won (of coarse!)

Jamie and James taking it in

Racing up the hill

Racing down the hill

Tommy, Justin, and Joshua

Getting air

Racing to get air

Group shot

My Sesame Street Personality

I took a Sesame Street personality test that was on Jamie's friend Ray's blog on this site and here are my results:

Kermit the Frog

You scored 54% Organization, 53% abstract, and 72% extroverted!

This test measured 3 variables.

First, this test measured how organized you are. Some muppets like Cookie Monster make big messes, while others like Bert are quite anal about things being clean.

Second, this test measured if you prefer a concrete or an abstract viewpoint. For the purposes of this test, concrete people are considered to gravitate more to mathematical and logical approaches, whereas abstract people are more the dreamers and artistic type.

Third, this test measured if you are more of an introvert or an extrovert. By definition, an introvert concentrates more on herself and an extrovert focuses more on others. In this test an introvert was somebody that either tends to spend more time alone or thinks more about herself.

You are mostly organized, both concrete and abstract, and more extroverted.
Here is why are you Kermit the Frog.

You are both somewhat organized. You have a good idea where you put things and you probably keep your place reasonably clean. You aren't totally obsessed with neatness though. Kermit is also reasonably tidy. He'll even dress up for interviews. You both are sometimes concrete and sometimes abstract thinkers. Kermit spends a lot of his time as a reporter collecting facts, but he is also the author of the dreamy song "The Rainbow Connection." You have a good balance in your life. You know when to be logical at times, but you also aren't afraid to explore your dreams and desires... within limits of course.You are both extroverts. Kermit gets along with everyone. Sure a few folks annoy him, but that's just because they are annoying. Kermit likes to meet new people when he does his job as a street reporter. You definitely enjoy the company of others, and you don't have problems meeting new people... in fact you probably look forward to it. You are willing to take charge when necessary or work as part of a team.

Oh, and in case you were wondering, Kermit starred on Sesame Street years before The Muppet Show.

The other possible characters are

Oscar the Grouch
Big Bird
Snuffleupagus
Ernie
Elmo
Cookie Monster
Grover
The Count
Guy Smiley
Bert