House Progress

Mimi has been anxious to see pictures, so I took some even though it is not anywhere near "finished." I do have to say that I am proud of my new floors. I put down a faux wood floor in the office and extended it out into the living area sort of creating a hall way area to the back door and extending the office space.

The kitchen cabinets are kind of a strange orangey color and there were only two colors that seemed like they would look good with them... blue or red. I decided to go with red, fearing that the blue might feel too country.

This is one of my favorite things about the house... the two sided fireplace. We are using the small room behind the living room as a toy room. I think it will grow well with the kids. The space in the fireplace for wood works well to hold a tv (we had one there for a few days) so they can play video games and stuff when they get a little older. Right now it's full of junk!

Leaf Bath

The boys set up their hole full of leaves to give their favorite stuffed animal a "leaf bath" tonight. They are both very attached to the Webkinz animals and play with them every day. Lincoln knows which ones are his and takes them with him most everywhere. I have enjoyed listening to him tell "Country Sausage" and "Monkey Monkey" stories and carry on complete conversations with them.

"Jack"son in a Box

I couldn't pass up the picture when he climbed into a box to help me unpack. Look at that face... he KNOWS he's being cute!

We had a very productive day today. The kids were very well behaved and I was able to make a lot of progress on the house. Jackson follows me everywhere I go saying, "me! me! me!" He wants to help with everything. I've been trying to find boxes that we can work on together.

Our Halloween

Halloween was not quite as we planned. The ward had a chili cookoff before the carnival and trunk or treat festivities so we didn't want to get the costumes dirty during dinner. Poor Lincoln never got to put his costume on as he lost his chili and had to go home. Jackson and I stayed for the fun, but I didn't get any pictures. Here he is trying his costume on a week or two earlier.