I'm back!

Well...I have been SO busy that I haven't had a chance to sit down and blog about everything. I missed it so much. It really is something I enjoy doing and hope others might enjoy reading. Let's see...where should I pick up?

Thanksgiving....what a wonderful day we had! For some odd reason I wanted to cook a lot this year. I do enjoy cooking and do it often for my family but on Thanksgiving I normally like to just enjoy everyone else's cooking. This year I was ready to cook and try some new things. I made a pumpkin pie cake...YUMMM!!! It was so good. We always go to my Aunt Laura's house and the girls start the preparation of all the food the night before. I made the cake then and decided I would come back the next morning to make the banana pudding and rice casserole. When I got there half of the cake was gone! They all laughed and said "Well, you said we could try it!" Guess I will be making that next year. It was a hit! Kelsey pretty much enjoys all the goodies. She enjoys playing with her cousins more than anything. this year we did let her join the adult Phase 10 table! Yikes that means she is really growing up! It's usually a no kids zone. Kayden and Barrett were looking forward to the deviled eggs the most! They are too funny. I think between the two of them they might have been able to finish an entire tray! I should probably consider making them more than just once a year for those two! The day was great...not only was the food amazing, the company of my family was even better!!

Movin on up!!! Now for the reason I have been SO busy! We are moving!!!! Oh my gosh....after 7 years at my house we are finally moving. This is really bittersweet for me! There have been so many memories there. I guess it has just been the one steady consistent thing in my life for so long. I always knew that no matter what struggles I went through that was still home. It was something I could always count on being there. I do realize that my life has changed so much for the positive in so many ways and our future is so promising that the stability of my family being there is more rewarding than anything! Barrett and I both bought our homes around the same time about 7 years ago. We are renting mine out (thank goodness we found some great people to rent it!) and we are moving into his. It's a little smaller but we have such big plans for it and know it will be much easier to get all the things we want to do to it done if we are living there! This weekend we got all new carpet and it made a huge difference! All the flooring is now new and looks so good. We plan to start closing in our garage and making it our master bedroom. Four bedrooms...I'm sure you can figure out what that means!! =) Everyday this week after work we will be going to the new house and painting. Tonight the kids will put our Christmas tree up. They are so excited and have been patiently waiting for us to make final decisions on the moving process so that they can have a tree! We can move everything in this weekend and get unpacked so that we can host our families Christmas Eve party!