Baby Playgroup

A couple of months ago we started a baby playgroup for Jacob and his friends. It is so fun to see him and his little buddies play together. This month we met at the pumpkin patch and although it was almost impossible to grab a good shot of all six kiddos we had a good time. My friend Randi brought hot cider and pumpkin/chocolate chip muffins, we took a hay ride, and the kids ran through the pumpkins for quite a while, it was such a fun Fall day.

State Fair 2010

This year I decided to brave the fair with the kids ON A WEEKEND...dumbest idea ever!!! The high point was that my parents were there to meet up with me and the kids after the Baylor/Tech game. We were there for a couple of hours and saw one exhibit which was perfect for my kiddos because it was a horse riding exhibition and they were mesmerized. I can't say that I have any real desire to go back to the fair in the near future although I hear it is much better on the weekdays with experienced "fair goers" so maybe I will try it again next year with the right chaperons ;) I think my poor parents were as traumatized as I was. At least another memory was made.

**for the record my mom and I were both there, but my camera died before I could prove it with a picture

Pumpkin Patch

Today we had our first trip of the season to the Pumpkin Patch with Claire's playgroup. The weather was perfect and actually felt like Fall. Claire and Jacob both enjoyed having a little freedom to run.

Claire was not in the posing mood, but I was so glad that I captured a few shots of her exploring and playing. I think one of my favorite shots was of her twirling in the pumpkins.

Jacob just stole my heart in his overalls crawling over pumpkins. I am so in love with this little guy. His favorite part was definitely the hay ride, once I let him stand up and look over the side he started squealing and bouncing.

So It Begins...

Well the day has come...the photographer will be here in an hour and our house will be listed by this afternoon. The chaos of having our house on the market starts today. I have such mixed feeling right now. I truly believe we are making the right decision to try and move to a home that is a bit smaller with a much bigger yard, but I am finding out that I am a little more attached to this house than I thought. For the first time since we moved in four years ago it looks "perfect". My kids have only known this place to be their home and they are comfortable here. I know that it will not be easy to keep the house straight and clean for showings that could happen at any time, but I know that it will be easier now than in a year or so when we (Lord willing) have another baby.
For two years we have wanted to move, but now that the time is here for it to become a reality I am nervous. There are so many unknowns, and that is uncomfortable. I actually believe that this is going to be another huge season of growth for our family and for me personally. There are life lessons to be learned right now and that usually happens when you are being stretched. I know that I need to "keep my eye on the prize", but I know myself well enough to know that I will probably process through that with a bad attitude every once in a while so I will apologize in advance and do my best to keep my bad attitude under control ;)
I have to say that there is NO WAY that I would be able to make it through this without my AMAZING husband leading our family through this. He is helpful and positive and altogether wonderful!!
So I will keep you posted on our progress. We would love your prayers during this time. Specifically we would love for this whole process to go smoothly and quickly; I need patience and supernatural cleaning/organization skills; we would love for our kids to be able to be flexible and peaceful as we have our home on the market and have to leave our home at any moment and that when the time comes they will be ok with having a new home.