Well we are in our temporary house that we affectionately refer to as 'the green house' and the move in went amazingly well thanks to my parents, my brother and his in laws - they were the best helping at the last minute and getting everything in for us - Thank You So Much!

The last few weeks have been busy but things are finally slowing down a little. Our last few days in NE were full of sad goodbyes, runs to places that I will not have immediate access to, and packing. The kids are adjusting great and the house is really pretty much in order we just have to go through the garage and the extra stuff that we are storing at my parents.

I am enjoying the simple things in life...
We took a walk with the stroller and were able to go uptown and get a gift, make a trip to the library, play at the park, and stop to see cousins and I did not feel like I had run a marathon afterward.
We spent a good 1/2 hour at the library and besides about 5 min we had the children's part completely to ourselves which my children loved.
I went to the grocery store (the only one in town:) and in the pouring rain had someone take my groceries to my car and unload them so that I did not have to take the cart back inside?!

I do feel truly blessed and know that God's plans are not always our plans but they are always best!

A couple of weeks ago we had snow in NE, I was defiantly not ready for it but snapped a couple pictures of my pumpkins and gourds and of the beautiful fall tree beside the snowy branches of the evergreen.

Fall is my absolute favorite times of the year. I love all the fall colors and pumpkins. Pumpkin patches are probably one of my favorite places! Anyway, we were visiting Grandma and Papa last weekend and got to go pick some great pumpkins and gourds w/cousins and tomorrow and Friday we have school field trips to the pumpkin patch! I just hope that the weather holds out for us. Kiley also got her birthday present from the boys while there and she was so excited she got a baby doll and Uncle Jasper got her a box of Twinkies (she ate the whole thing in two bits!) she was very pleased and can now add that to her ever increasing list of treats that he has introduced her to.

We have had a busy few weeks here. We have sold our house here (#3 in the last 4 years) and are actually heading to our hometown for a month or two between jobs. We are doing a month to month rent on a little old 3 bedroom house in our tiny hometown - needless to say it will be a big adjustment for us, but one we are looking forward to for the short term and praise God that we did sell here and were able to find someone willing to do month to month renting. This coming week will be busy as we pack yet again.

I was wanting to take a few pictures around the house before we left, but only got a few of the kids outside.

We also had a first for us tonight - we all went out to eat as a family and Eli got to order off the menu. We have eaten out one other time w/my parents and grandparents but never just us at a restaurant. We went to Red Robin and they were very helpful. They have an allergies information book and you can look things up by allergies and it tells you what is ok to eat and what is not. They also put an allergy alert on your ticket and Eli's food came in a yellow basket rather than the typical red one. If eating out is a challenge for anyone you know it is worth a try.

For any of you who read Kara T blog I really was not looking forward to moving Kiley into a big bed b/c I thought that she would give Audrey a run for her money....But tonight was night one and she is out cold. I read her a story and laid her down as always and have not heard a peep since!!! God knew that I did not need a battle tonight.

not the best picture, but they had been wrestling around and at least they were looking

Happy Birthday Kiley!

Friday my baby turned 2 already! Hard to believe. We celebrated on Saturday with some family and she had a lot of fun. Great Grandma Frazee made her an Elmo cake and she loved it, she preferred looking at it and touching the frosting to eating it. I do not think that she is going to be a cake girl she had a muffin again like last year. She loves her new baby dolls (thank you great grandma Frazee and Sanner) Eli gave her one too and she carries all three of them around with her in a gift back. She even tried to convince me this morning that they needed to go to church with her this morning.

Eli, "all ready for bed," as he put it?!

Last weekend we went to see Brian's aunt and had a great time! The kids both enjoy spending time there too. We rode the four wheeler, the motorized tractor, went fishing, rode a carousal, and Eli got introduced to a BB gun. It was Eli's first time fishing and Aunt Betty had the perfect spot - we used hot dogs as bait and caught 5 fish in a little over 30 min! Perfect for a first timer!

Kiley met her match in the ducks - she is holding onto a piece of crust from the bread saying, "No Mine!" while the duck is holding onto her fingers!!