Halloween Inside Out 2

We were recruited to join the Junginger's Porch Light Party staff again this year.  Inside Out 2 was the theme, so we got some interesting characters to play.  Joy was Nostalgia, Brett was Deep Dark Secret, and Bryce and Griffin were Mind Cops.  Brett didn't have to struggle to get the time off to join the party since he was "retired" in between his jobs.

Brett was the Deep Dark Secret and he was partnered with Embarrassment at a table to get kids to share some stories, or sometimes rat out their fellow trick or treaters.

Griffin was one of the Mind Cops and was stationed to let kids take shots with balls and try to make baskets with their dreams written on balls.

 

The Porch Light Party Staff.

Griffin and Bryce as Mind Cops, maybe Bryce's mustache was supposed to be a side burn?

Our family of four, representing.

The intimidating Deep Dark Secret...

Joy played Nostalgia, and fine one she made as she ran the Memory game station.

After the porch light party finished we took in the Mickey Mouse Halloween house.

Pre-Halloween Events

The girls get their wish, a week of line dancing for PE class at the co-op.

Leia fully stretched out in Joy's lap while she charts.

Bryce gives a presentation at ICC with a Star Wars reference...is anyone surprised?

Griffin, Valerie, and Chloe lead an ICC activity.

Joy flings her clothes into the closet, see how it stuck?

Wrecker, feeling a little better after getting started on steroids, wants to do a black cat Halloween picture with the pumpkins, right?

Bryce begins his Christmas painting project.

A fancy dinner for the family.

Discussing Axis and Allies strategy, Brett and Griffin.

Qi'ra curls up next Griffin as he sleeps til noon.

Golf day, here we come!

Griffin filled the role of sideline throw-in and got good distance on his throws.

Hustling toward the action while Jayden guards Christian.

Pickleball with the Heatewole family at Graceda.

Unstoppable duo of Seth and Brett.

Bryce harvests some pomegranate arils for our consumption.

Griffin presents his video project.

 

Brett's Retirement Party

The Hospitalist group was having a hard time with Brett leaving, so when they were going to have a going away party, they decided to turn it into a retirement party.  This caused some interesting comments about Brett being too young to retire, which is true.  But then he rolled with it and said that he was retiring from hospital medicine.  The transition begins, but he had to say goodbye first.  He was blessed to get a send off from some of his retired former partners as well as a few nurses, case manager, and current partners.  Griffin took the opportunity to produce a short video of the party for an ICC project--what a great job he did of editing and putting things together.  But then Bryce and Griffin (along with Jake) were stuck walking around the hospital and visiting the nursing floors to say goodbye and deliver some Sconza pumpkin spice almonds and chocolate coated fruit.  Funny thing was that right before the party, Brett got word that one of the insurance companies wasn't going to credential Brett until December, so it was unclear when he was going to be able to start his new job of helping to see county patients who have been on a long waiting list.  But when you have people who know people and know how to communicate well (Joy), that speed bump was quickly smoothed over with a well written, timely email.  The approval came through the very next day.

Andie's lightsabers were a hit--we all brought them together for a picture.

Andrea, Mike, Lucy, Tom, Lyn, Dan, Brett, Andie, Kris.

The hospitalist crew circa 2007 (missing Pete, Darius and Upinder).

Lyz and Lee came back for the party too!

Joy made time on her busy Monday to come over for the party.

Benham and Hui, some dear partners I will miss.

Andrea, Lucy, and Andie did a great job dressing up for the Star Wars theme.  Somehow Brett packed a Biker Scout helmet for the occasion.

Masks off!

Goodbye after 21 years and 2.5 months!

 

Sports, Cats, School, and other Oct events

I gotta drink all of this?  Not sure how this is going to go.

Pomegranate season, thanks for doing the hard work, Bryce!

Griffin presents his video from Brett's Retirement party

Garrett's team made their first visit to Michigan and he got to see Grandma and Gramps.

Griffin handles the cameras for church service.

Brett shakes it up with announcements at Family Life peer ministry at church.

Undefeated Dad power:  Seth and Brett.

Griffin and Jude team up in pickle ball.

Jake and Bryce take on the Dad team.

Wrecker slips in between the pillows, reclaiming territory he lost during his illness.

Qi'ra picks Mom's lap to grace.

Poppy and Grammy came to Griffin's soccer game.

Wrecker finds a spot to park on Joy's lap.

Some delicious home made pizzas!

Qi'ra gives Wrecker the stink eye watching him eat his special soft food.

Brett passes out the 10/40 window leaders' names to pray for at Home Group.

First person Brett saw after he left the hospital for the last time as a hospitalist--Adam Ariza!

Whiffle ball as the PE sport in the Co-op.

Philippians discussion class.

Jonathan and Griffin lead a section at ICC.

Qi'ra picked a lap during school--Griffin.

Meanwhile Wrecker knew he could slow down Bryce by sitting on the keyboard.

Oh, somebody got in trouble for eating someone else's food and banished himself.

Mom gives Bryce bigger hugs.

The undefeated dad pickle ball team.

ICC Intern Team with fall colors:  did Dawson and Charlotte really not have jeans?

Dinner at the Bloomer's in Ohio--ICC team.

Another 9 hole golfing adventure.

Griffin tees off.

Joy putts from the lip of the green.

Bryce and Joy walk with their light weight bags to find their balls.

Basketball PE class on the newly surfaced court.

ICC presentations.

Griffin is relied on to do the throw-ins for his soccer team.

Then hustled back to make sure the high scoring Christian is bottled up.