I haven't had much time to post lately and don't have much time now before I run Aaron to pre-school, but here's a quick update on what we've been up to.

We closed on the new house on November 6 and are now excited and nervous about the move. The house is currently being painted and early next week will have new carpet and wood blinds in all the windows. We've done a few of the "fix it" tasks that need to be done, and others will have to wait until after we move in, but the house is in good shape.

Paul is out of town for Woodbadge Training (Boy scout stuff) Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Next week we'll work on moving more of our boxes from one garage to the other and some even inside the house once the carpet is done. Then we get to go to Utah for Thanksgiving! We are leaving on Thanksgiving and staying until the following Wednesday. When we get back we'll do the final push to move and will be in the house early in December.

Once this house is empty we'll probably have the carpets cleaned again...do more touch up painting and then just continue to pray that it sells quickly. We do have people showing it fairly frequently...a few times a week at least, so we are hopeful it won't take too long. Please keep us in your prayers for a good outcome!

Well, I've got to run, Aaron is having a meltdown about Brian turning the TV off. Wish me luck!

Every Monday night we try to have "Family Home Evening" where we spend time together. We start with a song and a prayer, then do a short lesson, then an activity of some sort, then close with another song and prayer and finally dessert. This week we were having some beautiful fall weather and decided to head to Mary Jo Pecham Park. I had made a pasta dish for dinner ( I just finished another session of "Once A Month Cooking" with my mom and sister), so after it was finished baking I threw it into a plastic container and we had a picnic. Once Aaron had eaten 18 bites (we counted of course) and Brian had eaten everything he could get his hands on, we let them play on the playground.

The swings are great, the boys had a lot of fun on the slides, and the Koi pond was a big hit with Brian this time. Aaron noticed the free mini-golf course this time, but we'll do that activity another night.

After playing on the playground we started our "FHE" with our song, prayer, and a lesson from the "Preach My Gospel" book (since all our regular FHE books have been packed already). Aaron helped read some scriptures and it is so adorable to hear his little voice reading. Then we had our activity of ring-around-the-rosie. We closed with our song and prayer and rice krispy treats then went for a walk around the lake before we headed home. Here's some pictures of the fun event. We love October weather!













And one more video...this was taken a week or so ago in our back yard. The kids LOVE the slide they got from Grammy and Grandpa Thomas last year!