The Big Reveal

Big changes around this casa.  The garage is FINALLY done and it looks amazing!  

Unrecognizable.  

Plus, the house got a much needed  paint job.  

BEFORE

Goodbye old garage door.  It would barely open on it's last days.

AFTER

BEFORE

AFTER

BEFORE

AFTER

We love it.  

This weekend.

The house is being painted.  Here is a sneak peak.  The rest will come soon.  It looks awesome.  It has felt like we have been living in a bubble with all the windows taped up.  I was starting to feel a little claustrophobic.  The light was coming in but I could see out.  Plus, we couldn't go outside with all the hubbub going on.  In the end....so very worth it.    

We made a few trips to the park to get outside.   

Miss Mar slept over Saturday night.  

It is always fun to have her.  

We spent our weekend watching the Disney Nature Movie African Cats.  Jett LOVES it.  Seri was completely quiet the whole time in amazement.  I cried...OFCOURSE.  
It's an amazing story of mother's love.  
Watch it.  You will like it.  

We carved pumpkins tonight.  A tradition with cousins and Auntie and Uncle.  It was freeeezing! 
These are the best pictures I got.  Awful. 

6 days until Halloween.  

Memory Lane.

While looking for a picture for Jett to take for sharing I got lost in years of old pictures.  

Tears.  Lots of tears.

Time.  It sucks.  

  Slow down you two.  You are growing too fast.

Today.

Today is a day I want to remember.

Forever.

Spending time with my little man in the park collecting leaves.  Just the two of us.  Special time.  Seri is at soccer practice and we have some time together.  We held hands and walked around collecting leaves.  His idea.  Love him.  He's Mama's boy.  

He melts my heart.  

As we sat on the bench discussing which trees were our favorites, we heard the church bells ring...one of my favorite sounds, especially when sitting in a beautiful park with my boy.  

May I always remember him as he was today.  

Four.

Forever.

Loved you yesterday. Love you still. Always have. Always will.

Sunday.

Sundays are the best, especially in the fall.  

We worked in the yard.

We did some Halloween Crafts.

 We made yummy cheese zombies for dinner.

Nichole and Ryan visited with their 

beautiful baby girl.  

I loooove babies, especially sweet Avery.  

It was a good day.

Random.

We are all decorated for Halloween.  

I like to keep the kids art projects from years before and hang them up again.  They love to remember when they made them.

  Tai and Seri made Jett a "hula girl" costume out of paper.  Pretty funny and creative.

Back in the beginning of September I bought the kids some sea creatures that grow 600 times their size.  They were cheap and were bought just to help them stay quiet in the grocery store.  (Yes, I do that sometimes.  shhh!)  I thought they would just be a sponge and we would end up just throwing them away.  Oh no.  They started out in a bowl on the table which they outgrew quickly and they currently live in our bathtub and I have to honestly say they are AWESOME.  I don't know what they are made out of but they get HUGE and feel almost real.  

Here they are after one night.

Here is our collection at about 1/2 their full size.

Jett is a tad obsessed with them.  

 My excitement for the week...my shower floor is finished being re-tiled.  Love it.  Anyone who saw it's grossness before knows why I am excited.

Seri brings work home every Friday and we sit down together and go through it.  She tells me all about it and what she is learning about, etc.  We celebrate her accomplishments and talk about things she could work on.  There isn't any school tomorrow so everything came home today.  One of my favorite things to look at is her writing.  She writes the cutest and funniest things and I ADORE her drawings.  

This is a picture from her journal about Jett and her dressing up for Halloween.  She is going to be a witch and it looks exactly like her drawing.  

Jett is going to be a giraffe.  

SOOOOOO cute.  

  My boy continues to draw and create ALL the time.  I honestly can't remember when he has played with his toys unless he brings them to draw with him.  He even draws with a notebook and a pencil in bed before falling asleep.  

He continues to amaze me.

 He made this chick at school this week.  

 A puppet of himself.

Jett has a huge love of giraffes.  Tonight he was reading and writing letters to his giraffes.  They each had their own chair too and they are currently in bed with him.    

I can't believe it is the middle of October already.  It's getting cold.  I love it.  

Happy Fall!