Starting Early

My parents came up and we went to see "A Christmas Carol" at the high school. It did seem a bit early for this play, but the music got us into the holiday spirit. The kids did a great job! (and Brady saw the owner of the StrikeZone - the baseball facility we recently joined - and walked all the way around to talk to him which was nice/surprising to see).

Ed said people weren't allowed to take pictures, but all I heard was video ;)

Strykers

Very proud of the team and how much they improved this season. Go Strykers!

Pumpkin faces

I love Halloween. I LOVE pumpkins. Sure wish it would have stayed 80 degrees, but it worked out well (at least for me!) for Ed to carve the pumpkins while we fixed/ate dinner tonight. The boys looked at some pictures and gave their final requests. Ed did a great job!

Not sure why Brady thought this was such a great pose with his pumpkin. . .whatever :)

Where's the Beef?

Ed's company's fall event this year was having a tent/party (they even competed in the contest on Sunday) at the American Royal BBQ - we had never been before and it was a lot of fun. The food was amazing - they took 18th in the Brisket contest.

A Little "Before and after"

As we (slowly) settle into our new house and get "our stuff" arranged, it starts to feel more like home.  For 10 years though, this was our home (before and after) and we really loved living there (except for a few major things - like our small backyard and some neighbors :).

Here is the "before" - this is what it looked like when we bought the house. Amazingly enough we saw through the navy exterior trim and teal walls with wallpaper borders! Ed started painting the navy trim white immediately and our neighbors stopped by to thank us.

Mauve carpet and teal paint (with red brick) - enough said

Ed extended the flower beds and improved the looks a ton shortly after we moved in, which I quickly filled up. This must have been the first spring - bare beds, but lots of tulips :)

And here's a couple pics of the "after" - we changed our carpet to neutral right before we moved out, which I totally understood, but it didn't quite feel like "our" house after that which I think made it a little easier to leave.

Too bad I can't find the "before" shot of the kitchen - Ed put in a new floor, we tore down the "half" wall between the kitchen and dining room and put in new appliances (except for fridge). This was Brady sorting out his cards as my mom and I were cleaning the morning we left. The comment I hear most from Brady is he misses our kitchen - strange, but true.

Oh the places you will go!

The boys started school today - 1 1/2 weeks after they would have started if we hadn't moved. It was weird to start later than so many other kids in town, but nice as well.



I hope they have a great day. We went to Back-to-School night Monday and took their school supplies and met their teachers. I am really excited for them - their teachers seem great.  (The neighbor girl, who we have spent quite a bit of time with, is also in Brett's class which was a nice surprise.)

Brett's teacher - Mrs. Sudac

Brady's teacher - Miss Thompson

They were excited to find out they had lockers. So cute!

Very excited to get this school year kicked off so the kiddos can make lots of new friends. 1st and 3rd grade here we come! :)

Visits from the Tooth Fairy

Brett's smiles has changed a lot this week - 2 teeth lost in 4 days! The tooth fairy had to come visit grandma's Tuesday night and she will be paying us a visit again tonight. He lost the second one just as I was getting ready to turn his light off tonight. What timing!