Montalvo Travel Blog: October 2016

Monday, October 31, 2016

Lakehouse: Halloween in Austin

We came to Austin for a beloved Montalvo holiday: Halloween!

Halloween photo! Rene is Jack Sparrow (Pirates of the Caribbean), Honey is a 1900s rich lady (inspired by Downton Abby), Tippy is Elizabeth Bennett (Pride and Prejudice with Zombies), Bailey is a Valor Pokemon Trainer, Stephen is Marty McFly (Back to the Future), Ginger is a Mystic Pokemon Trainer, Henry is a Ninja Turtle, Melanie and Adam are Air Force pilots (Top Gun style), Tamvie is pink Batman, Sophia is Mal (Disney Descendants), Finley is Anna (Frozen), and Lukas is Foxy (Friday Night at Freddy's)

Because we visited during the school year, we got to witness our nieces' and nephews' after school activities.

Lukas (8) and Sophia (11) are practicing hard at karate.

Adam calls this "riot gear"

Finley (5) loves her soccer team

and Bailey (14) continues playing tuba. Now in high school, he gets to be part of the school marching band.

Bailey is the one in the center.

We were able to travel to San Antonio for his regional competition.

Their choreography is amazing- walking, skipping, bending, leaning, twirling!

They placed in the top three of their region, and will get to continue to state competition levels!

Other fun for the week- getting good deals at a city-wide yard sale.

Melanie gave us a tour of their favorite fancy used furniture store.

We all picked favorite items.

Ginger worked hard on a craft project this trip: making Pokemon Go trainer costumes for herself and for Bailey.

Best friend Tamvie from across the street came along trick-or-treating! Ginger and Bailey pretend to throw pokeballs.

At home, there are two new dogs in the family. The Dehlers got a new puppy, a Spinoni Italiano named Goose. Then the Montalvos adopted Goose's grandmother, and got a special deal since the breeders are done with sharing her genes. Honey named her Coco.