It's been crazy busy down here in the South. It is hard to believe it is already November and the holidays are right around the corner. October flew by in a blur with the kids' party, hard to believe they are one year older, and sorry folks those pictures are on the camera still.
Jasmine and Nick are working hard at school. We had their first conferences at the end of October and as usual Jasmine is doing well and is quite busy now that she is participating in both the band and choir. In addition to her horse riding once a week, Jasmine has decided to give pitching a chance so we have softball clinics on the weekends. She is excited about all the different things she gets to do, but I think the most exciting thing for her now is moving up a level in her horse lessons...now she is in charge of the tacking her horse and eventually rounding up her horse from the field in the beginning of her lesson. She keeps asking when she gets to lease a horse, but I tell her she needs a job first.
Nick on the other hand had a difficult transition to full day school, but Mr. B tells us after seven weeks of school he has found his groove. He is a social boy and loves to talk so now he sits at an all girls table, but Mr. B tells us he is a helpful guy and helps the girls too. To help with Nick's energy Nick now plays hockey. He has never been on skates before and so learning to skate and play the game at the same time will be a new experience for him. He started on Halloween morning and lasted about 45 minutes before he decided that sitting down was the best way to go, but to his credit every time Nick fell down he got right back up and tried again. His second day went better and Nick was able to stand up on his skates and take a few strides, but he usually ends up down on the ice again. They are learning to push on their skates and use the sticks to balance too. He is really cute on the ice and seems to like it as well. He is looking forward to that day he skates circles around Chris.
The kids are busy and Halloween time was no different. This season is no different when it came to the costume ideas. Jayna wanted to go as candy to get candy, so she got to go as a Hershey bar which was nice. She got to wear her winter coat under the costume to stay warm, and little Tony went as a blue M&M. Nick by far is the easiest, because he wants to be the same thing every year...a repair man or worker. We get to reuse his costume over and over again.
Jasmine on the other hand went out with friends and I have no idea what she ended up going as, but I think she did say this was going to be the last year she went out for candy. We will see.
I am left speechless when it comes to the house...we finally got the electricity on, and thanks to Kevin Herr we are getting the trim done on the house. Chris attempted to trim, but we will just say he is a better plumber and leave it at that. So we are extremely grateful for Kevin for helping us out. Once that is done we can call in the carpet guys, crank up the wirsbo in the floor and put on the finishing touches. There seems to so much to do, but once again Tim aka Old Guy has done so much...putting light fixtures up, assembling fans, outlets, closet lights, and just plain cleaning. Oh and I forgot now he is staining our windows to match the trim FABULOUS!!!!
This is a picture of our Electricians...well you know the dubious question of how many electricians does it take to screw in a light bulb? Here is proof to how many electricians it takes to put in a light switch. Thanks Joel, Justin, and Sager (Chris).
I guess you can say the best part of this addition is the ability to do laundry at my own house again. Take a look at the joyful faces we have at the first load of laundry in my new laundry room!!!! I will never again complain about doing laundry. We still have a long road ahead but the end might be just around the corner.
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