Fall activities

I am so sorry that I haven't blogged in a month! I have been super busy with our house painting. Here are some pictures to catch up from the last month. A few weeks ago we took Kaden to a local pumpkin farm to get our pumpkins. It was a lot of fun! There was a hay ride, goats to feed, two corn mazes, a slide, and a ton of pumpkins to choose from. Here are some pics from the farm...

On the hay ride

Jeremy's employer had an appreciation night and we all got to go to the new arena and watch a hockey game. Jeremy and Kaden have never been to a hockey game so they were pretty excited. Here are the two boys...

Kaden getting the "guts" out of the pumpkin

Kaden as Storm Shadow from G.I. Joe

Doesn't he look super mean?Hope everyone has a great weekend! My mom and I will be painting our laundry room....and then I think that we are done with what we need to do. Hopefully we will be moving into our house within the next three weeks!!!

Another fun filled weekend

This weekend started off by having a rehearsal for one of my best friends who was getting married. I was her matron of honor. Then Saturday all of us girls went and got our hair done and got all prettied up for the wedding. We had such a blast at the reception! It was one of the funnest receptions that I have ever been to.

The bride and I
The Mr. and Mrs.

The best man and I

Sunday morning Jeremy and I took Kaden to a local festival. He had so much fun!

The rock climbing wall

Climbing up to go down the slide

Here is what our house looks like today. I still am in shock how fast it is going! The drywall is in now and I think that paint and siding may be next on the agenda.

Hope everyone has a fantastic week!

Progress

So here is the progression on our house. I just cannot believe how fast it is going up! Earlier today Jeremy and I went to check everything out and we used a ladder to get down to the basement. There are four areas that I want to have in the basement...a playroom, a game room/bar area, a family room and some storage. I think that we have figured out where we want each of these areas to be. We are just so excited!!! Here is what the house looked like last Friday. The last picture is what it looks like today.

Back of the house

And today...with the SOLD sign in front of it! So excited!!!

Hope everyone has a great week! :o)

Fun Times

Last week we had a lot of fun going to numerous events at our local fair. Last Saturday was the Rough Truck Challenge. This was our first year going to this and I doubt that we will go again next year. It didn't keep Kaden's interest for very long. I didn't even get a pictures of it. Oops. Then on Wednesday night we went to the Clashing Combines show. This is a demolition derby for combines. It was awesome! Before that, though, we played games and rode rides. Here is one of Kaden's favorites. I swear that he could jump forever.

This was probably Kaden's next favorite thing to do....shoot the arrows at balloons.

The Super Slide was fun too!

Here is one picture of the combines (sorry, kind of dark)

Thursday night was the Demolition Derby. We all loved this!

Then this past Saturday we went out to dinner for my birthday with my Mom, stepdad, my brother, sister-in-law and my two nieces. We had such a good time! Here is Kaden, Hanah and I blowing out my candle on top of my cookie.

Kaden and I

The family

Hope everyone is having a great week! :o)

We are Building!

So instead of buying a house we have decided to build one! We are very excited to say the least...and the best part is that we will be in it before Christmas!!! I have been telling Jeremy that I wanted to have our next house by Christmas and we really will. I can't tell you how excited I am to have a dishwasher and a mantle to hang stockings on! Jeremy and I haven't ever had a dishwasher. I had one growing up, but our apartment or our house did not have one. It is the little things that I get excited about. Our new neighborhood has lots of kids and our house is on the last street in the subdivision so there shouldn't be much traffic. We are back in the corner on an outside lot which means that we won't have any neighbors behind us. There is just a big field. We are meeting with the builder tonight to get some questions answered. Today is only day 3 and here is the progress so far...

Day 1

Excavator dug out basement

Kaden "surfing" down the slope
Having fun on the dirt mounds

He climbed all the way to the top of this mound

Day 2

Pouring footers

Day 3

Putting up forms for basement walls

This afternoon the guys were supposed to pour the cement into the forms. I just can't believe how much has happened in three days. I sure hope that they keep making this much progress in the days to come. Hope everyone is having a great week! :o)

First Day of School

Today was Kaden's first day of preschool. Luckily he was very excited to go. There are three boys that are in his class this year that were also in it last year. Two of them are his really good buddies. All summer he has been asking about Cayden and Cole so today he finally got to play with them. Here are a few pictures of him before he left for school...

This is my favorite! He looks so grown up.

Cheese...

And a funny face...

He can't wait to go back tomorrow. That is always a good thing in my book. Hope you all have a great week! :o)

Random Ramblings and Pics

So I have been horrible at posting lately. Since selling our house we have moved in with my Mom and stepfather. It has been quite an adjustment for us all...but it has been going very well. I know that when we leave we are all going to have to readjust...especially my Mom and Kaden. They are loving spending so much time together. And actually I think that my stepdad will miss Bentley. We are actively looking for a house to buy, but we are having no luck. We are kind of being picky because we want a house that we can grow with. None of us want to move again in the next 5 years. I can't believe how stressful moving is. We actually are talking with a builder on Friday night to see if building is a possibility.

In baby news, we are trying I guess. Well...we aren't stopping anything, so when it happens it happens. I am not stressing out about getting pregnant right now because we have so much else going on with finding a house...but if I am not pregnant by the end of the year I think that I will be bummed. Hopefully our time will be soon.

Here are some random pics from the last few weeks...

Kaden going tubing for the first time. He LOVED it!

Abi and Kaden tubing

Relaxing in the boat waiting to go tubing again