*Fall



What a scrumptious past two days I have had. We have truly had some beautiful fall weather here and I have enjoyed every second of it. I feel like a butterfly that has finally left the cocoon. These past two months have been trying....physically and emotionally.

The kids started school:

Ariel is a sophomore, cheering, running cross country and is vice president of FCA.

Joey is in 2nd Grade and LOVES his teacher (and if I may say so myself, I LOVE her too). Joey has joined Cub Scouts and is VERY excited to get a uniform and he has decided that he may try to play basketball this year.

Corey is in Pre-K and goes to the elementary school with Joey. I take them every morning and they ride the bus home together in the afternoons. Corey has loved school wholeheartedly and was really upset when he had to miss a couple days due to a cold. His only dislike is when he has to be told it is time to get up from nap...ha ha. (And in case you are wondering, I have my sad, lonely, "my kids are growing too fast" moments, but for the most part, I have adjusted just fine as well).

The puppies, Layla and Beaux, are growing like weeds. They are almost 5 months old and FULL of energy (which I am not). They love to go for rides in the van and every day at 3:30pm, Layla stands in the living room window knowing that the bus is about to be here with the kids on it.

Joe's hand is healing up well. He is no longer in constant pain, but still does not have feeling in his finger or the side of his hand. The doctor did say that it could be about 6 months or so before he begins to feel anything. We hold out lots of hope still.



I had a follow up MRI for the spinal tumor and had (what I think is) wonderful news! The tumor has NOT grown in size but it has increased in signal??!! (Whatever that means). I will be discussing everything with my doctor at my next appointment and will pass along whatever he says. It has been a difficult time for me though, pain-wise. For whatever reason, it has been very rough here these last few weeks. I am thinking that maybe, at the very least, Joe and I should really consider buying a new bed. Maaaaybe it will help even a little.

Then, we had a nice gas leak here at the house. So, long story short.....our bird died, we have had no gas for a couple weeks (which makes cooking VERY interesting) and we will be tearing up our front yard and replacing all of the line in ground and also replacing what comes in to and under the house. Fun Fun Fun times =)

Right now I am SO SO SO looking forward to my Shelly and Eddie visiting for a couple of days next week. They are coming sans kiddos and we are farming ours out to my wonderful parents for a couple of the days they are here. This will be THE FIRST time we will have adult only time with our BFF's for longer than an evening out to dinner. *Sigh* We  are so excited that we don't even know what to do with ourselves. I do know that Eddie's plans are to go home with quite a few more tattoos though =)

That brings me to my very important order of business........WEDDING.......a tad shy of 9 months!!! Eeeeeek!!! It hit me like a lightning bolt last night. I guess now is when I bombard Joe with all of my hundreds of ideas on ten different decisions to be made at one time. Thankfully, most of the BIG things have been settled. The wedding blog link is here, if you would like to see more details. 

I hope everyone has a wonderful start to the Fall Season~