This year we decided to cut down a tree on our own property. It made us laugh but, it looks great in our house. It might even be our favorite Christmas tree so far in our 10 Christmas married. The tree was located on the edge of our property and needed to be cut down anyway at some point.
Sean cutting down the tree.
The finished product!
This is mostly for the grandparents...it might be boring to all others. But, we think she's cute! Sorry about the super cheesy talking to Eliza... and Ethan is potty training to sorry about his underwear.
I am blessed... for many reasons. I am blessed to have great family and great friends. My Sean arranged for us to get way for my birthday. My mom came up to watch the boys for most of the time. Also, Gil watched the boys for a few hours, then Lisa. Then the Pettersons watched the boys on Sunday afternoon. We weren't sure where we were going to go as of Tuesday evening. Then Rich and Elaine suggested we go to Cannon Beach were they were already going for the weekend. What a great idea. I am only bummed for one thing... we didn't get a picture with our friends. Cannon Beach is a beautiful place and the Ocean Lodge is a great place to stay. We were able to leave the window open and hear the crashing of the wave and keep warm by the fire. What a great place to relax. Hard to leave it.
This is a picture of the place where we stayed.
These are views from our room.
Us on the beach.
On the deck off our room.
A great gift from friends.
These are a few fo the pictures from Halloween. We took the kids tick-or-treating with our friends the Nelsons & Rosenaus & 2 of the Lessley clan's cousins. It ws wet but, the kids had a great time.
This year was different than our tradition. We went on a wednesday andwithout the Halls or the Johnsons. On our scheduled Sunday Lucas was too sick to go. This year we got to go with Ali & her friend Graham.We all had a great time. We got to enjoy lots of extra stuff because it was during the week like the play area for the kids and the hay maze. Here are pics of our time there. 
As we get closer to completion of our remodel it is hard to believe how far this place has come. We are 99.9% done. The before and after pictures don't even give enough of a contrast. Here is a preview... I will take more picture really soon and post them. We are so thankful for all of the many hours some of our friends have given to us to help us finish this up.
I went another month with 0 posts. Not that I have a huge following but, I try to keep friends and family up to date on pictures at the very least.
September in review...
Ethan turned 3
Lucas started Kindergarten
Started fall ladies Bible study (we are studying Esther and Ruth... I am loving it)
Started home fellowship group
Micah turned 5
The boys had a small birthday party
Lucas turned 6
I am planning our ladies retreat for church so hopefully after that then life will settle down a little bit and get back to normal.
So please make do with these pictures.
