October!

I cannot believe October is almost over and I haven't posted anything...life has been busy trying to adjust to new schedules, new school, new activities, and trying to buy our house. This is just going to be one big consolidated post to catch up so it will be pretty random.

House update: We made an offer at the beginning of September on a house that we thought we would be in A LONG TIME AGO...however, because we were only buying the house and not the pasture next to it, we have had to wait for the county to approve the land to be divided...and WHO KNEW this would be such a nightmare! There really haven't been any problems, just a lot of waiting for people to do their parts to get this done...and I really am not a patient person!

This has been quite a test for me. But the division has finally been approved, the land surveyed and hopefully we will be closing in two weeks. Then on to renovations! This is the other reason I have been neglecting my blog...the home magazines! Carter and I trying to make priority lists...the house needs some TLC, some that can't wait, but I am anxious to get started!

Ok...the photos are a bit random, but definitely things I want to remember!

My kids LOVE to "rock out" and have dance parties in our living room...(grandma, they missed you for this one}. Audrey put on knee pads to do her "TrueDOG" (TobyMac) dance and was SO into it!

What is October without a trip to the pumpkin patch?

My parents have property out in Cove that is lined with plum trees...Almost makes up for them not being here...almost...!

And my favorite place to go play in the fall...EOU! There is a hill that has THE BEST leaves to crunch in and it is incredibly beautiful! We were there right before dark so the lighting wasn't so great...but still fun!

Fall!

What a week it has been. The kids and I have all gone through a round of colds and are finally on the mend. I have had absolutely no energy for the last week and am feeling like quite the slacker...my mountain of laundry waiting to be folded is haunting me...UGH!

On a more positive note the weather has been amazing (up until today anyway), I absolutely love the fall! Audrey and Noah made leaf piles to jump in...Noah is really proud of himself here because he jumped in Audrey's pile before she got a chance, she was not so happy!

Elly has been LOVING her new teacher and they do so many fun things. Over the weekend they had an assignment to make a birds nest that they had to present on Monday. While she was making her nest, Audrey decided to make one of her own...not to sure what kind of nest she was making...I didn't have the heart to tell her what it really looks like!

And Noah spent about a half hour washing and rewashing his truck!