Leah's Blog: October 2007

We took the boys out trick or treating around our apt complex. Jensen was Elmo and Peyton was Tigger. I wanted to give Peyton some whiskers so Jensen had to have something on his face too so we wrote Elmo on his cheeks. They both had a great time. This was Peyton's first time going to the door himself, last year he was too little. He did a great job and was telling everyone "Tank you" and "Buh bye". He could have gone all night long but Jensen got tired after just a half an hour. Here are some pictures:

Jensen -Elmo & Peyton - Tigger

Jensen and his pumpkin

It was windy and a little rainy so we had to bring umbrellas with us. We took them around in a wagon which worked out great.

Peyton couldn't wait to check out all of his candy. He was digging through his bucket after every stop to see what all he had so he was so excited to dump it out all over the floor.

Well, it has certainly been a very busy month and a half. As I mentioned in my last post, we have made a move 2 hours away from our old home to Grand Haven, Michigan. Brian was offered the job on the 7th of September and had to start on the first of October so we had to get ourselves in gear and quick. With lots of help from my wonderful mother-in-law as well as my parents and Lynnette we were able to pull it off. We put together a garage sale in just a few days time and we were so pleased to be able to sell all of our big items that we didn't want to take with us. We also got rid of a lot of toys and other misc things. Boy, you really realize how much junk you accumulate over time when you move. It's crazy. We spent the week after packing up our 4 bedroom 3 floor house. We were able to move all of our stuff into the garage by the last week of September so they could come and clean out the house. Dad and Lynnette came over on the motorcycle on my bday to help us finish packing up.

Lynnette was home for a week in September so I got a chance to spend some time with her and she and Lara actually threw me a surprise party for my 30th birthday. It was lots of fun and I was so glad Net was able to be there.

I had already set up a sister week in Indy with Lynnette and Lara for the last week of September so I went ahead and went down there and Brian and the boys stayed at his mom's house for a week. That weekend he brought over the necessities so that he could live in our new place for the first week of his new job as we were not able to get the help to move until the first weekend of October. On my way home from Indiana I stopped in Grand Haven and stayed there a few days painting walls and doing other misc things that needed to be done to prepare for the move. Brian and I had our first experience in painting and it was an adventure. We are definately not experts but I like how it makes it feel more cozy. Brian swears he will never paint again, we'll see. So the first weekend of October we loaded up a moving truck with the help of my parents and Brian's mom and we made our way over here to Grand Haven. Brian had his new boss from work come over to help us unpack which worked out great. My mother-in-law agreed to stay with us for the first few weeks so we could get set up and that was a huge help. The first week we unpacked, the second week we were in the emergency room and at urgent care with Peyton as he had an ear infection and stomach virus as well as Jensen and myself being sick for a few days that week. So that week was pretty much blown in terms of getting anything done around here. Lara and Bethany and Valerie all came over to visit us that week as well which was great! When Lara was here we went over to a pumpkin farm which was lots of fun.

Last week I was able to get the details taken care of like decorating and other misc things. This past weekend I took my mother in law back home and we went to the annual Fall Party at Ben and Tim Mowat's house. The boys went candy hunting and rolled pumpkins. Finally, to round out the fun weekend we went to my Uncle Darwin's new church for revival services on Sunday.