Happy Birthday To Me!

Well, I'm 28 AGAIN! Can you believe it?!? I swear I don't seem to be aging at all! :)
Jake and the kids got me an awesome voice recorder so that I can record my lectures! I've wanted one for a while now so I am really excited! Cassie made me brownies (I don't like cake) and Jake is making me dinner...I haven't told him that yet but I'm sure he'll be glad to! I met up with my parents, siblings, husband, cousin, and aunt for lunch today at Chili's. We were way too loud and stayed way too long but it was really fun! Yes, we were "That" table.

Friday we went to a friends house for a Halloween party and had a good time. They go completely overboard and decorate like crazy! They even had a pretty scary spook alley in their garage. The kids loved it (except for Caden...he doesn't do scary). They also have a gazillion dollar electric/digital grand piano that we played on for over an hour. That was Cadens favorite part of the whole night!

Saturday morning I did homework -yuck- and Jake cracked the parent whip and forced our children into cleaning the house...I know, he is so mean ;)
Then we headed up to the cabin and worked on the deck for a few hours. After that we ditched the kids and headed off to another Halloween party! This one was no-kids-allowed so was much much funner! They had hired a fortune teller and a bar tender (open bar!) and we played some pretty hilarious games! Much fun was had by all! Oh, and according to the psychic, Jake is going to have a big career opportunity in Feb. and I am supposed to meet an Amy who will help me in my pursuit of education/career. I'll keep you posted. We also got to hear from some of our dearly departed who were, apparently, standing right behind us! oohhh...spooky! ;)

Sunday morning Jake and I went out to breakfast and then once again headed up to the cabin. We worked on the deck and wished we had designed it not quite so HUGE! (really we will love it when it's finished, but for now it makes us want to swear). We picked our kids up that night and headed home to get ready for another week. We got the kids ready for bed and then we took off to Walmart for a hot and sweaty grocery shopping date...we've been married way too long! ha ha! We take what we can get!

Okay, so I'm a blog slacker...

We are loving the kids new school! It was a smart move and for sure the right thing to do. Cass and Cade are excelling beyond my expectations! We are so glad we made the switch.



Coleton is done with soccer! Extra curricular activities have mellowed out for a bit (sanity returneth!) and we just have piano and scouts. Much more managable then all the juggling we did during the spring and summer!


The cabin is going well and we are cramming in all the work we can before the snow hits and we can't get up there as much. The deck is being built and the water and gas lines are in. Windows and sheetrock were delivered today and we are still waiting on the electric work (hopefully soon). The stairs connecting the 1st and 2nd floors are in and look so beautiful! They turned out awesome!