Until June 30th...

..which is when I get to do it all again but for Eclipse!!

I got to go the the funnest party ever the night New Moon came out. A Law professors wife and daughter invited some of the Law wives over for a little pre party. They went above and beyond! Every nook and cranny had something to do with New Moon. They had different rooms set up for different scenes of the movie..."La Push" room, "Italy" room, "Cullen" room. They had an amazing dinner, red chocolate fountain with everything you can think up to dip in it, games, prizes, quotes, goody bags..you name it they did it. They were so gracious to let us come over and help us all forget about all this craziness of finals going on! I didn't play any of the games because I had read the books so long ago and didn't want to re-read them. So after they gave out all the prizes they had the losers put their names in a bowl for the door prize, guess who one?? Me!! And, it was the best prize of them all (at least that's what I thought). It was a great night.
So after the party, Me and Katrina headed over to meet up with some church friends to see the movie. We had so much fun waiting for it to start. I thought the movie was great! I hated Jacob in the book but now he is starting to grow on me. I was so mad at the end but loved how it just left you hanging...just like the book! Eclipse comes out June 30th and I am already counting down the days!

This is a first for us...

Ever heard of the term Nor'Easter?? Well, we for sure had not until yesterday. A Nor'Easter is the crazy storm we have been dealing with the past two days. It has been raining cats and dogs for 48 hours!! With wind gusts up to 60 miles/hour! I woke up at 5:30 this morning to my phone ringing with a recording telling me Brody's school had been canceled due to the storm and flooded roads. Then to find out Noah's school was canceled too! Are you kidding me? Living in AZ, we never had school canceled, so this was pretty fun for us. We ventured out to the mall today but other than that we have been cooped up in the house for 2 days straight. We are going to go crazy real soon. Oh ya...and Brody's school is canceled tomorrow too!

Here is a few pics from the past 2 days.

Here in VA Beach, rain boots, rain jacket, and umbrellas are a necessity!

If you can't find Ronan..he is sure to be here. Catchin the rain out of the roof gutter.

Off to pre-school. It was crazy windy right here, so she was a little scared to walk to her teachers house.

We went to a neighbors house tonight and this is what happened to Brody's unbrella! We all almost got blown away...we were no match!

My sweet stud muffin turned 6 today!! He has had a great Birthday so far...and more to come! I'll recap his birthday after his party on Saturday.

Stay dry all you VA friends!!

Where did October go?

This month has seriously flown by too fast. October is one of my favorite months so I am sad to see it come to an end. We have been staying busy busy which is good so we don't realize how much we miss our family and friends! We are in full FALL here in VA! I love to see all the different colors on the trees and leaves on the ground. It's been a little warm and humid for this time of year but this week is looking to be chilly and perfect. I am so ready to break out the winter clothes!

We started the month off by delivering our"BOO" treats. We actually got caught but they were very excited to see our pumpkin bars. (my fav fall treat)

I just finished my week of teaching pre-school. We had a fun time making Halloween crafts and and decorating pumpkin rice krispes. These three pre-schoolers are getting so smart!!

The bus stop crowd

I volunteered to do Brody's kindergarten Halloween party, which I must do every year. I love Halloween and I love how kindergartners love any thing you do! Brody's teacher was so nice to let Sadie join right in with the rest of the class. She will start kinder next year so she may end up with Brody's teacher..kinda funny. They did a parade around the school and in the office. They all were so proud of their costumes.

Me and Katrina. She was their helping with her daughters party also. Thanks to her for my costume!!

Noah's Mom has a fun pumpkin carving party every year, since we are not there we decided to have our own. Brody did his 100% by his self! He was pretty proud of it. I tried a new approach by shaving the outside of my pumpkin...it turned into a giant apple.

Sorry for the bad lighting..

And Ta Da!!...
The cutest Iron man, Ariel, and cowboy you have ever seen!

Just check out those wrangler buns!

You are not allowed to trick or treat in our Apt. complex so we headed over to the ward Trunk or Treat. It was our first...and possibly our last. Trick or treating in a neighborhood is waaay more fun! The kids were done in about 15 min.! Though it was really fun to see all our church friends dressed up. We are on the look out for a good neighborhood for next year.

Checkin out the LOOT! We let Ronan eat anything and everything...he has never been so happy.

So that is our October festivities. Can't wait for Thanksgiving!
And...a big shout out to Noah for scoring the second highest grade in his class on his mid term. All those long hours at the library are paying off!

Our visitors!

With pretty much all my family living in AZ my whole life, we never ever had any visitors stay at our house but I always wanted to be able to host a visitor. Now that we are away from family we finally get to play host and hostess! Last week Noah's Mom and sister had a reunion in Mississippi and then drove to stay with their Dad in S.C. The last few days of their trip they drove up to stay with us and we had sooo much fun! The kids were going crazy to having them here! The weather last week was actually really warm and sunny for this time of year (so they tell me) so it was great to be able to get out and enjoy the weather. We headed down to the beach and showed them what V.B. is all about. It was a great beach day! Water was freezing but fabulous weather. We went to Brody's school book fair, pumpkin patch/carnival, colored pumpkins and enjoyed the great company.
Our door is open for the next visitor!!

Testing the waters with Photoshop..

Crossing my fingers...

The new place....

I finally took pictures of the new house. Things are pretty tight here but we are making things work. You just have to be really creative with where to put things! We didn't have a washer and dryer for the first 3 weeks! We didn't bring ours because the other house had them and this one you have to bring your own. Let me just tell you it was not fun...especially when your 4 yr. old still has a bed wetting problem and your 1 yr. old was throwing up for 3 days! BUT...a fabulous family in our ward gave us their old ones! It was the biggest blessing ever. I didn't even know what to say...I was beyond grateful.

Sadie's room
(I was still catching up on laundry at this point if you can't tell)

There is a lot going on in this tiny room.
Laundry room, Pantry, Microwave and toaster room, yr. supply room, hair chair storage, water heater/air conditioning unit.

Dining area. For some reason it just looks odd having a high chair next to a piano...:)

Kitchen

Family room

Master bdrm/office/craft room

Brody and Ronan's room
(this room is actually really big!)

So there has been quite a lot of talk of Noah riding my bike to school. He gets made fun of on a daily basis (which he could care less). But really it's not like it's pink or anything. Since this pic I took the basket off so it's not too bad.
In the back ground is what the apt looks like. They are real cute! Everyone has a porch to keep bikes and what not on. Ours is filled to the max. It looks pretty funny because our neighbors don't have one thing on their porch so we look a little WT.

Brody and Rone being cute.

I went to a hardcore bow making night with some of the student wives. I learned lots of new tricks! They even use a lighter to stop the ends of the ribbon from fraying...who new? I learned how to make these cute pom pom bows. I love them and they are really easy!
Sadie's bangs are coming in nicely. If I slick them down, you really can't even tell they are 1 inch short.

I just got all my Halloween decor all put up! I'm so excited for Halloween! The kids are getting really excited about dressing up. Brody wants to be Iron Man. Sadie wants to be Ariel but I'm trying to talk her into being a dress up we already have. Ronan is being a cowboy....wranglers and all...I get so happy just thinking about him in wranglers and boots!
Have a great week!