- Having my parents here for my birthday was absolutely wonderful! I took them to the church I attend, we went to a park close to my house, we ate some great food and they got to play with my kids, who they of course fell in love with. They made my birthday very special and I loved having them in my new home.
- My Grandpa Al died sadly and suddenly on Halloween, so I had an impromptu family gathering on the next Friday for the memorial service. The service was very nice and it was so nice to spend some unexpected time with my whole family together. He will be missed, he was a very special guy.
- I got to spend an extended weekend with Zach and it was perfect. It was so great to see him and spend some quality time together. I will post pictures from this weekend sometime this week. He is doing well and recently started a job at Target, for those of you wondering. He is very excited about a cool job opportunity that begins in January and so the seasonal Target job is perfect. We got to do so many fun things, eat lots of good food and cuddle :) I also got to see my sister, Danika, and Zach's brothers and sisters. We had so much fun spending the day up in LA with everyone.
- We have a new kid. A boy who is 22 months old. He is a train wreck. He has the most high pitched scream I have ever heard in my life. It actually hurts your ears to be in the same room. Needless to say our whole house has not gotten a lot of sleep the last week. He definitely needs prayers. He is having a hard time adjusting to our schedule. He is slowly learning how to play. Until yesterday he would flip out if you tried to read him a book, now he will listen and sit on our laps. He is doing better but has a long way to go to settle down.
Happy Thanksgiving early!!! We got our food delivered today so we don't have to make anything we just heat everything up in the oven. We are all very excited for tomorrow. We're going to put on the Thanksgiving Day parade and let the kids sleep in and we all (all the adults too) are going to eat dinner together and watch movies. The kids only get to watch tv once a week on movie night so this is very exciting for them. It will be weird not to be with family, but I look forward to celebrating with the kids. None of the kids even knew what Thanksgiving Day was so we don't think any of them have ever celebrated it before.
Side note: for those of you who know what apple turkeys are..I am making them with the kids tomorrow morning :) I'll try and take a picture to post. I love you all and hope you have great Thanksgivings wherever that may be!!
