So many things!

We have had a jam-packed week and so have a lot to catch up on!  Finally things are rolling for our house, and we are closing on a new one on Monday!  Praise The Lord for all He has done!  After a few things that need to be done, we will be able to move in.  I'm ready emotionally, but not physically.  Oh well, I know it will happen, so I'm not too worried if all my ducks are not in a row quite yet. 

Here are a few goings on to describe the pictures below.  A trip home, goofy glasses at Kids 4 Truth, and of course, Chick-Fil-A!  Time with friends and family is one of the most important things to me, and we had a special one this week! Got to catch up with our good buddies, the Owens and my friends Sharron and Nancy (not pictured), too!  Besides family!  I don't always remember to take pictures when we are together; but with the holidays coming, I'm sure there will be plenty of opportunities.  Also, I want to say a happy birthday to Aunt Alicia!  Wish we could celebrate together!

A little fuzzy but still cute.  With Levi and Lexi. 

Me and my Libby

Ava loves Maddie because she "yicks me on my face!"

Cabela's - wow!  Ava looking waaay up. 

Thor and Belle

Ava hasn't figured out that the reason we say cheese is so we can get a smile.  It looks like I'm interrupting her.  She was pretty focused on these new toys from Mrs. Sharron.  The kids (and we do, too) always get spoiled by family and friends, and it's been a good chance to point out to them how much they are loved and how relationships with people are important.  

Jack wants to be a hunter like Uncle Brent.  Brent is checking out Jack's new (toy) weapon.  

So cute and fun!  Wednesday was our first special night with goofy glasses and also the store.  The kids did great!  Looking forward to more of these times!

Stopped by our old house and took yet another picture of my favorite tree!  It was so fun to see all the work that's been done there since we left.  And especially great to see friends, Mike and Jan Mignard who I think secretly moved in after we left.  They've done so much work there, and it looks so great.  So fun seeing you all.  Thanks for giving us a tour!!

Uno!

We have been looking forward to starting family game nights when the kids got older and so bought Uno the other day.  Jack won our first round.   

Fall Festival

We had a fall fun festival at our church this past weekend and the kids had a blast.  Hayrides, pumpkin decorating, lots of games and of course candy!  And good food!

This is Jack and his good buddy Noah.  He's pretty fun, and they really love getting together.  And I just think he's adorable.  

Fun with Pets

Jack finished his first reading book Fun with Pets for this year a few weeks ago and is now on his second named Tiptoes.  He really enjoys reading so far, so I'm glad of that.  

New opportunities

We had a couple of fun different things to do the last couple of days.  I signed Jack up for a story time and craft at the elementary school.  It meets once a month and allows Jack to be with kids his age and me...well, I get to be the helper!  The other helper sprained her ankle. Bad for her but good for me.  I miss helping at school!  So that's kind of exciting.  

And then Matt was put on a rotation for speaking at a senior living home, and today was our first time.  The kids got up and sang and said verses, and Matt gave a short talk.  We just had so much fun meeting the people there.  It was a blessing!

We are at home and church mostly, so we welcomed the chance to get out and meet people and hopefully be a blessing.  They sure were to us.  

Fall is here

I love trees!  I used to love the tree in the field by Berean.  God gave me 6 maples at our church here in Fairmont and look how beautiful they are!  I'm thinking fall finally made it to southern Minnesota.  The temperatures have been cold so it actually feels more like winter but I'm happy we still have colors going on.  My favorite thing to do here is to drive around and look at the farms.  It's very beautiful especially with all of the harvesting going on.  Not happy that we had flurries the other day but I'm just trying to ignore that!

A Day at the Farm

How fun and educational it's been to be here in farm country.  We love the farms, and it's so nice for us city folk to learn about them firsthand since we have a few farmers in our church.  This is Farmer Aldo Senne harvesting his corn.  It was a blast!