Lil' Dean Fam

This year I was in charge of running our neighborhood Christmas activity.  We did the Walk to Bethlehem and it was a lot of fun. 

This year I was in charge of our neighborhood carnival.  We had bounce houses, face painting, music, brats, hot dogs, popcorn, cotton candy, and a lot of fun!   Me & Jen Vietti Me & Jenn Allen Me & Jen Reese  Ryan Evan & Tanner Me & Jen Bacher

Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The  solar eclipse of August 21, 2017  was a total eclipse visible within a band across the entire  contiguous United States , passing from the  Pacific  to the  Atlantic  coasts. As a partial  solar eclipse , it was visible on land from  Nunavut  in  northern Canada  to as far south as northern  South America . In northwestern  Europe  and Africa, it was partially visible in the late evening. In  Asia  it was visible only at the eastern extremity, the  Chukchi Peninsula . Video of the eclipse second contact in  Simpsonville, South Carolina . Crowd reaction is heard on audio. Prior to this event, no solar eclipse had been visible across the entire contiguous United States since  June 8, 1918 ; not since the  February 1979 eclipse  had a total eclipse been visible from anywhere in the main...

 Our Neighborhood has an evening of sharing and a live nativity each year.  We love going because it is a great way to hear the story of Jesus' birth through song.  The boys love the hot chocolate.  We bundled up tight and braved the cold to enjoy this tradition again.

With Halloween on a Monday this year, my kids celebrated for about a week!  Ryan attended two parties, we had a neighborhood carnival, Red Ribbon Week, Pumpkin Carving with family, and then... the actual Halloween Day!  Whew!   Evan dressed as a character from Five Nights at Freddy's (a video game) called Balloon Boy.   Ryan dressed as Ash Ketchum, the Pokemon trainer from the Pokemon series (cartoon, cards, games, books, etc.)  I threw on a witch hat and boa and some red lipstick and everyone thought I was dressed  up!  ;) I watched Evan parade around his school, and then later came back to help with his class party! The boys trick-or-treated with a group of friends this year but I had to go check out what our neighbors had done with their Pirate's Cove.  Colin and I handed out candy.  We gave out a lot this year, probably more than we ever have in this neighborhood, or ever!  ...