hi there doormat...

love this way of greeting company.

found it here.

have you started looking....

looking at my calendar i've noticed november is approaching rather quickly.

i've noticed holiday things being set out in the stores

and gift ideas being suggested.

have you started looking??

saw these at the company store and thought cute gift idea.

also rec'd a dELiAs book in the mail today
and started getting cute ideas for my daughter.
they have the cutest clothes



these boots are from there as well. Love, love, love them.

brooke is at that "i love the mall" stage and she has a band
meet about 3 hours away this weekend in which the band
teacher said they would make a stop at the mall for something fun.

so this morning before i leave for work brooke says
"mom u don't have to give me money for the mall"

to which i reply
"i know, you just need money for food right??"

what she really was saying or meaning in teenager language was
i need money for the mall!!!

The new, the unknown that change brings....

the husband took a new job in north platte (which is 50 miles away from where we are currently living) and i've had a lot on my mind lately. One thing on my mind is the packing and moving again, since we just moved into a new home in May and will be packing up and doing it all over again come the end of the school year.

Not to mention when we moved and got settled in our home now i swore i'd never move again

because man it's a lot of work! then life happened and my husband rec'd a offer we could not resist just a month after in our new home. Good offer, Bad timing.

my hubby has been wanting to start his new business and finally with the help of another

it has been made possible.(the help of another and the fact that God had the biggest hand in it coming to be) he will start monday and be commuting to work until the end of the kids school year. we decided it be best they finish the school year here.

the second thing on my mind is will they have/make just as good as friends as they've made here over the years of growing up. in my heart i know....Yes! Yes, they will. because they are fun, sweet, lovable children, but i still worry about this for them.

brady and his buddies holding their little friend (who is a lot shorter than the rest) in the air.

brooke and her friends having a good time on the bus ride home after a volleyball game.

brooke and ashley making bubbles and being proud of the fact they can do such a thing.

the thing is i know it will work out for them and i know it will be hard saying bye. but i look at it more as us saying "see ya around" because we are moving, yes, but just down the way and we'll be back to visit often!!

this week brings more of this.....for the kids

football in north platte with the boy
girls traveling for volleyball
(they haven't lost yet)

silliness

"The best things in life are silly"

weekend...

the hubby has guards this weekend in Wyoming (i could cry too!)

and the kids and I will leave for denver here shortly.

hopefully i get feeling better because today i've felt yucky.

but headed out anyway to go visit my brother before he heads

back east. why is it seem like every weekend i have plans my

hubby cannot join because they run the same weekend of drills.

such is life. military life anyway. happy weekend to you.

josh..

mom, aunt rosie, brother jeff (across from aunt rosie), uncle david, and brother josh

brother, josh, is flying in from Maine as we speak!! the kids and i will travel to denver on friday night to go visit him. last seen him in May pictured above. this picture was my last visit to Maine with the passing of my father. so this time it will be good to see him and the conditions are much more comfortable.

Brrr…. cold out.

thinking about putting away the Capri's and sandals.

i love fall most of all. and today it sure feels like it outside.

less days out at the park. more days wrapped up on the sofa

with a good movie, sipping your favorite warm drink.

with your favorite people.

maybe you bake on these chilly days like me.

feeling the warmth of your oven makes me happy.

we baked pumpkin muffins the other day.

i love the smell of pumpkin. the taste of pumpkin.