We are finally moved and settled! Well, for the most part anyways! We have been here in the new house since the end of September and just love it! There is so much more space to spread out. We just love everything about it! Which is good, because we picked everything out! The boys love the space that they have and actually spend a lot more time playing with toys and such since they are so much more easily accessible. Directly across the street is the neighborhood playground so that gets used a lot. I love having it so close. I can let them go over there while I am unloading groceries and such for a few minutes. It is nothing to just go over there when we get home for 5-10 minutes. I am really loving the new appliances as well! But what we really love is how 'liveable' our house is. It is just set up in a way that works so well for our family. There were so many plans that we looked at that were gorgeous, but when you really got looking at them, they just didn't make sense for a growing family.
Moving all went pretty well and we got settled relatively quickly. We still have a few things to get like a dining room table, and some occasional chairs and such, but they just will wait for a bit. I am kind of burned out of spending money! For a few weeks there it seemed like we were shelling out money left and right for furniture, TVs, blinds, etc. Not to mention movers, storage units and stuff like that! There is some decorating that could be done yet and the garage needs some attention yet, but we can fit both cars in, so I figure that is good for now!
We love the new neighborhood. There are a ton of kids here. Especially 3 year old boys! I can't wait until next summer already when they are all playing at the park or the pool.
Besides the move, life still carried on this month! The week of the move, we had some really sad news. Our 12 year old kitty Martini had to be put down. That was pretty awful for all of us. We have never had to do anything like that before. This past summer we knew he didn't look very well and was losing weight really fast. We attributed it to his increasing age and the fact that he was stressed from moving. But it got pretty bad so I took him to the vet to find out that his Kidneys were failing and it was pretty bad. They said there was really nothing we could do at this point. So we had to make the horrible decision to have him put down. The kids took it much better then expected, but were still understandably sad. They still ask questions alot and Easton thinks he is sleeping under our bed no matter how many times I tell him he is not coming home.
Also a week after the move, Justin had to head out of town for work for a few days, but the boys and I managed to hold down the fort here at home.
We just finished up the flag football season for the year. This year he moved up to the next age division and it was pretty obvious that our boys were less experienced in the age group! But they still had fun and Justin loves to help out. And they look pretty adorable in their NFL jerseys!
Halloween lasted a week around here as always. We had parties at both schools, trick or treating at work, a subdivision party and then normal trick or treating!
We are now getting anxious for the holidays! I can't believe that it is almost Thanksgiving! It is time to start decorating and shopping!! The boys love everything about Christmas and the holidays, so it is hard not to get excited when you see them just light up with excitement!
(I have added pictures to the Moving and new house album and Fall 2012).
