Here we go again...

Matthew brought the boxes in yesterday. We never even broke them down when we moved in here, we knew we'd need them again soon. So far we haven't packed any of them up. I'm really not sure what I can pack that I won't need before we move. Most of the bookshelf I guess, that's ALWAYS what I start with (I find it a little bit sad that I have this down to a system by now). Hopefully this will be the last move for a while! We would like to design our own house to have built someday, but I think this house will be it until then.
Anyway, here's what my dining room looks like now...


And here's the kids' count-down chain. This was taken yesterday (while Matthew was watching football LOL), there's one less on there now. R kept asking if we were moving today everyday, so we made this to help him understand. It's getting shorter!! :)

Halloween Pictures

Here are some pictures from our night. During the day R and I dropped our cakes off at a friends house and then went to M's school to help with the party and the parade. Then we all came home and tried to have rest time (ha!). We watched a movie and visited with my mom and then SIL, her mom, sister, and little nephew. Then we got ready to head out...

The yearly Halloween picture on the porch.

Walking down the sidewalk to trick-or-treat at our neighbor's house

We went to the kid's carnival that our church puts on and had dinner (hot dogs and cotton candy lol), then we played all the games in the preschool room and saw lots of friends. Here are the kids with their friend E

After we were good and tired from all the fun we headed to Matthew's boss' house so they could see the kids. We ended up hanging out there and chatting while the kids helped hand out candy. They live in the best trick-or-treating neighborhood around and there was a good steady flow of kids coming to the door. Here's one of them waiting for more people...

Then we headed to my dad's house. By this time it was 9, and both kids fell asleep on the way there...


M woke up when we got there though, which was good because my dad dressed up just for them...

We took a picture with R too, just so we could tell him he was there. lol


Can you tell M was totally done with the whole thing? lol

It was a fun night, but very late! We were all so tired when we got home!!

Scrapbook *Saturday*

A day late, but hey, that's life sometimes. :)
Britt has a great new alpha in the shop today, Razzle Dazzle! It's so much fun!
I was working on this LO for a scraplifting challenge at SM when she posted the aplha for us, and it worked so well I had to use it! These pictures are from R's first birthday, he LOVES cake and all things sweet now. :)

credits here

I hope everyone had a good Halloween! We had fun, we didn't get home until 10, and we all crashed right away! I will try to get some pictures and some more about our night on here soon! I haven't even taken my camera out of my purse yet.

Carving Pumpkins & A House Update

We carved our pumpkins on Saturday. This was the first time the kids have done it, and they both thought it was totally gross! R wouldn't touch the insides at all, and M would pull one seed out and then get a baby wipe to clean her hands each time.
They picked a Mickey Mouse stencil, so I did that on our big pumpkin and then R wanted Mickey on his little pumpkin too, so I did just the little Mickey head. M drew a face that I copied onto her little one.
Here's a layout I did of it last night... M took the picture of me, which would explain why my head is cut off. lol
(you can click to make it bigger)

credits here

Our new house is off the same road that we live off of now, and we can see a little bit of it from the road right now (I don't think we'll be able to once he's done building there). Yesterday I was driving home from the grocery store and I noticed that it had been painted! It wasn't painted over the weekend, but it was yesterday morning. So the kids and I drove by it after they were done working for the day to get a better look. It's a little bit darker green than I was thinking it would be (but maybe it was still wet), but I think it will look nice once they get the trim painted white, and it will go well with the door I want to paint red this time.
Less than 3 weeks to go! They're getting all the trim painted inside this week, and I think the counter tops will go in later in the week. Then next week they're doing the floors and carpets, and then just landscaping and it'll be done!
And you know what's so cool? The house we've been renting is on the market. She was planning to take it off the market at the end of this month and just rent it out. Well, she got an offer on it yesterday! How awesome is that timing?!? It just reminds me of how well God has everything planned out. I'm so thankful we were able to be here the whole time we needed to, and now it will be sold just a couple weeks after we move out. We are very blessed!

Some family pictures

We went out today in attempt to get some updated family pictures (our last was taken at Sears when R was 6 months old). We pulled out the tripod and I used the timer on my camera. It was a lot harder than a normal session, but we got a few good ones. After we were done I looked through them on my camera and I was shocked at how little I actually shot, it felt like a lot more! lol

Anyway, here is my very favorite from the shoot... I'm thinking great big canvas with this, I just love it! :)

And some the family might like more...




I did take a few of just the kids, although not as many as I thought I would have. :)


For my family, if there's one (or more) that you like best leave a comment and let me know. :)

9 years ago today...

(see below for Scrapbook Friday)

9 years ago today Matthew and I started dating. We were best friends before we got together, and I'm happy to say he's still my very best friend. :)
We don't really celebrate this anniversary, it's just one we both remember, so I thought I'd do a little post about it. I'd post some pictures, but I think I already posted them on our wedding anniversary back in August. I don't have much on the computer from way back then (back in the days of FILM cameras LOL).

The Bright Side

Check out what Britt has out today! I think this may be one of my new favorites! I'm always drawn to the bright colored pages, so this is right up my ally! Check out The Bright Side, and if you get it this week you get the bonus alpha included in your download. How cute is this kit?!?


Here's a page I did with it...

full credits here

I cannot wait to play more with all the goodies in this one!!