Friday night was the last football game of the regular season for the Rock Hill High School Bearcats, and it was another Bearcats victory. Great way to go into the playoffs in a couple of weeks!

Got this picture of Adam and his very proud Papa afterwards.

I have seen so many recipes that sounded fun online lately that I just decided I would start making some. One evening this past week I made Taco Cupcakes. They actually were pretty much tacos, but instead of taco shells, you put them in wonton wrappers in a muffin tin. Yummy.

I had actually never been to the South Carolina State Fair, but yesterday afternoon Lindee & I headed down, because Mallory has been interning at the 250SC pavilion – her first paid internship! The 250SC Commission is a group that is coordinating all of the celebrations in the state leading up to the 250th birthday of our nation. It could not be more up her alley. The display in the pavilion, about the Revolutionary War battles that were fought in SC, was pretty amazing. Mal said their quote is that the revolution started in New England, but it was won in South Carolina :-). The displays were so varied and so interesting. We especially loved the one about women in the Revolutionary War.

After Mallory finished up working we went to another building where they had an exhibit from the Anne Frank House on the USC campus. So, so interesting. I am really wanting to go visit that place soon – Mal has been talking about it all the time she’s been down there. I hope you can enlarge this enough to read it.

Jeff had said he wasn’t decorating for Halloween this year, but then decided to get out just a few things, and now all the boxes have been pulled out, and he is busy as can be. When I went in the kitchen the other morning when I woke up, apparently he had been up working on it during the night, because I almost jumped out of my skin when I glanced up and saw these guys coming out of the microwave 🙂

Friday night was Adam’s final home game of the season. He got in the game a good bit, so it was fun to watch. I got this shot of him out on the field – #45 in the black.

And this one after the game. Being their last game, it was a Black Out. All of the players wore the black sleeves on their arms and/or legs – Adam had one of each :-).

Last week I heard that Clara’s senior banner had been hung up at the stadium, so Thursday evening I agreed to work at the concession stand for the freshmen & JV games so I could get in there to see it. I thought it turned out so cute.

Last week was the all-region golf tournament. Clara played great on the front nine – tied her lowest score of the year – but sort of fell apart on the back nine. Clover’s team still qualified for the Upper State tournament, though, which is where she is today. She didn’t want too many spectators, so we are just waiting for updates as she plays. I got this picture last week – teeing off to kick off the match.

I have not done a single creative thing, I don’t think, since I stopped keeping the grandkids probably four or five years ago. This weekend, though, Jeff has been getting out our Halloween decorations, so when I got home from church today, this meal seemed appropriate to go along with that. And I’d had this recipe saved for years for just such a day as this :-). I thought they turned out pretty cute :-).

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ished this puzzle last night, & I love it. The Yarbroughs gave it to me for Mother’s Day – June picked it out, I understand – but I didn’t start working on it until late in the summer. It is so pretty. I wish the picture had turned out better – the entire light blue part around the outside of the picture of the state flowers is a map, which was a different sort of challenge than putting the flowers together. Great fun.