We Are Moved In!

Sorry for such the long absence, I just got my internet back today. It is probably a good thing it was gone for a couple days since we have been very busy with our move. We bought a house and are now proud homeowners for the first time! We are so excited! But for tonight I have to say my feet, back, hips, and everything are tired. These past 4-5 days have been grueling! I have probably done my share of "pregnancy no no's" with all that moving entails but we are surviving. I seem to remember the last time we moved I was pregnant then as well. Hmmm. We're going to have to plan that better next time.

I will be sure to post before and after pics as soon as I feel like I can breath again. There are soooo many boxes to unpack!

My little angel

My kids are such a treasure! At the end of a long, stressful, and disappointing day with the house we are trying to buy the kids were finally tucked in. It was time to relax but I just couldn't so I decided to clean the bathroom. I needed something to keep me busy. 

Not too long after do I hear Ethan's little voice at his door saying he has something. I thought for sure it would be something like "I need another drink" or " I need my tiger" or something like that. He tends to try all the tricks to stay up as long as possible. 

So, I open the bedroom door and this sweet little boy of mine has his blanket all wadded up and in his arms ready to hand to me. He holds it up and says, "I get you a sup pize mommy!" He had wrapped one of his treasures up for me. What a SWEETHEART! I love my babies! Thanks Ethan you made my night and Mommy loves you!

November! The good and the bad

This week has been FULL of Ups and downs. I feel like I've been on a roller-coaster all month so far. The downs have all been centered around one thing and that is the house we're trying to buy. It seems like once we get through one hoop we have to jump another one and once that is fixed another one shows up. Come on guys! I am supposed to be hosting Thanksgiving this year. It'll be a little difficult if we don't have a house to do it in! Plus, the appliances are already ordered as well as the carpet and laminate! But enough of that...Things will turn out the way they should, I just wish they would happen a bit more on my schedule. Heavenly Father knows what he's doing though so I guess I should have some more patience.

The Ups however have been fun. I was contacted by a nearby Zumba instructor replying to an ad I put up that her boss was looking for another instructor. I politely responded back saying I was interested, but since the ad was placed I was now pregnant and didn't think her boss would be that interested. To my surprise it was no big deal at all! She said that she too taught while pregnant at one point.

Long story short...I met with the boss for a casual "interview/meet and greet" where she said she was excited about me and suggested I attend some of her other instructor's classes. After I did that I was to get back with her and let her know if it was still something I'd like to consider. So I may just be instructing my own Zumba class in the near future! I am way excited.

The other highlights of the month have just been the simple family things. Nothing huge but highlights nonetheless. This past Monday our little family did our weekly FHE. The kids requested making puppets (I must have started something). So I grabbed a couple paper lunch sacks, some googly eyes from my stash, and some simple construction paper. I cut a couple shapes out for the faces and then traced the kid's hands to make the turkey feathers. It was VERY simple but the kids loved it.

 

Today is also Dan's Birthday! Happy Birthday Daddy! We love you!

The last of The Halloween posts

Halloween is finished! Now I get to take the decorations down and work on packing. But just wanted to share a couple of the last bit of photos I took yesterday for Halloween. Also I didn't want to forget to get a couple shots of Dan and I's pumpkins.
Ethan still went out as Buzz Lightyear for trick or treating but Kiera stuck with the Lion instead of her original Tinkerbell. I got a box of costumes down earlier in the weekend and they just tried them and played in them. So that's where those pictures came from.

Hope everyone had a happy Halloween! Now the trick is for me to stop eating all the leftover candy.

Halloween Trunk or Treat/Carnival

Our church does a Trunk or Treat every year, where we have a little mini party/carnival at the church and then end the night with trick or treating out of the backs of everyone's car trunk in the parking lot. It's a lot of fun, however this year they decided to move the trunk or treat part inside the building and parade the kids from classroom to classroom to do their trick or treating. I personally would have preferred doing it outside like usual since the weather was nice and I think it would have been sooo much less clean-up too. But either way the kids had fun and that's what is important.

Dan is the scoutmaster in our ward and his group was in charge of one of the games. They put together a grave yard scene and built catapults to launch plastic bones and skulls into their graves and such. They did a good job and the kids loved it. For launching the bones the kids each got candy as a prize.
*I do have to insert my two bits though and say that having a scoutmaster as a husband means there is never a shortage of "favors" or projects that I get asked to help on. So that said, the black painted catapult and the gravestone scenery included some of my handywork too. I didn't build the catapult but I helped. And I drew all the gravestones and such on the front panels... just so you all know... :)

And here are some more pictures from the night...

I went dressed as a witch, but never got a picture taken. I'll have to do that this weekend. As for Dan's costume...well lets just say that I never got around to making it, so he lucked out and wore an orange t-shirt that said "this is my costume." Lame I know but what can you do? It has been so busy!

If you look back you'll notice Kiera's "Tinkerbell" costume wasn't quite up to par either. I didn't have the chance to put her hair up or change her shirt underneath to something more fairy like. In fact, I had to dress the kids in the parking lot because we had just came from Sears where I was trying to purchase appliances for our new house. It was a crazy crazy day!

Our carved pumpkins coming soon....

Painting pumpkins for FHE

For Family Home Evening this week the kids got to paint their pumpkins that they picked out at the pumpkin patch at last weeks fieldtrip. They loved it!
I just got out my big box of craft paints, gave them each a bowl full of colors, a paintbrush and let them at it. Pretty soon all the colors ran together and were painted over a couple times but the kids loved it and are proud of them every time we go in and out of the front door.
Now Dan and I just need to get our pumpkins carved. Not sure if that will be happening  but I hope so because I have no clue what to do with 2 giant pumpkins if we don't.

Preschool fieldtrip to the pumpkin patch

I've been slacking on my postings these past couple weeks. It has been crazy over here! WE are in the process of buying a house and I feel like I have been running around like a chicken with its head chopped off getting quotes on appliances, carpeting, laminate, and paint. But today I was finally able to get the appliances taken care of and the order is IN! They should all be here by the 16th. Here's to crossing our fingers....

But other than all that busy hullabaloo we have been having fun too.

For Kiera's preschool we went on a fieldtrip to the pumpkin patch. The kids had lots of fun riding the train, jumping in the bounce house, going on another hayride, and seeing the animals there too. Here are some pictures from that day...

 

Come back soon because I'll be posting more of our fun Halloween activities very soon.