Preparing for Our New Home

Next weekend, in between Thanksgiving and Christmas, we are moving out of our current home and into a new home. We'll be creating an apartment in the basement and Rob's parents will be coming to live with us. In addition, we have to clean up, paint and shampoo carpets in our current home as we plan to rent this out for a few years before selling it. It's crazy how much we have to do, but so far, it's all going very smoothly. One hour after putting our "For Rent" sign up, we got a call. So we're hoping for a signed lease from that family so we can breath easier knowing this house is getting paid for. We have a lot of things to do in the new home to get ready to move in, mostly with making it safe for the boys. We need door alarms, locks, gates etc for Chance. We have a walk through on Monday, settlement Friday and moving Saturday. Oh, and I'm hosting a baby shower Saturday morning for a friend at church! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Here are a few pics of the new house I took with my phone.

Cannon's All Grown Up

I don't know about you, but I just can't believe how quickly my kids seem to be growing up... literally before my eyes. Colin went from being a baby to being a toddler overnight it seemed! Now Cannon, he is so much older than 3! He's so much fun and so SMART! He just wants to understand and be a part of everything. It really is fun to experience things all over again through his eyes.

Falling for Halloween Time

Fall and Halloween have been so much fun this year. Between pumpkin patch trips and trick or treating, the kids were kept busy for weeks!

Cannon's preschool had a field trip to Old McDonald's Farm. And Chance's kindergarten class had a field trip to Ridgefield Farm. Mommy went on Cannon's field trip and Daddy went on Chance's! Both trips included corn mazes, lessons on pumpkins, petting zoos, play time, a hay ride, and of course, picking out a pumpkin.

Now Trick or Treating was a TOTAL blast! In my day, there was one day a year to trick or treat. Now it seems like everyone has their own plan. There's trick or treating at the mall, at the outlets, at the senior center, in the neighborhood the weekend before, on the day of Halloween.... it never ended! We decided to do trick or treating at Somerford Assisted Living the week before and then in our neighborhood on the Saturday before Halloween. It was so much fun! Chance and Cannon walked up to the doors and were so polite. Colin went along for the ride! And Cannon's preschool had a costume parade. Here he is with his best bud Dominic and his little girlfriend Annabella.