Catching Up

Halloween: fun times! except it rained horrendously and Ava only made it to about five houses. She was completely happy to come home and hand out candy to all the bigger kids who just decided to get soaked anyway. We were also lucky to have Ava and Audrey's godparents, Steve and Jenny, in town from Durham. She loved that! (so did we). As well, Audrey was dedicated on November 1st at church, so that was an exciting event for all of us.

The girls on Halloween. Every Vaca is a cow the first time...

With godparents Steve and Jenny at Audrey's dedication

Thanksgiving: Jim's entire family came to Carolina from Chicago and Cleveland. All six grandkids had such a great time playing together. We adults also enjoyed one another's company. We took all the kids to the parade downtown on Thanksgiving Day, then had a huge dinner at our house (16 mouths to feed) before sneeking into bed so we could rise early for Black Friday :)

December: The month started off on a sour note, as our hardwoods buckled thanks to water damage we didn't know was occuring. We've been in a war zone for the last week and will remain so for at least another week. The worst is over, as the super loud fans were on 24/7 for six days and they are gone now! Wish us luck on the completion of this job. Thank you, State Farm.

Audrey finally learned how to really crawl this past weekend. She's not fast (yet) but she can get from one end of the room to the other within a minute or two. She's also very curious (no shocker there) and is already pulling herself up to peek into things she can't reach.

The whole fam went up to Blowing Rock yesterday to get our Christmas Tree. We like going to the cut-your-own farms. We learned the hard way that we'll take the 4x4 next year, as minivans don't do so well on muddy farm hills. LOL. We had a great time though. There was even snow on the ground which Ava loved. Now we just have to decorate the darn thing...

Pics are forthcoming of these last two. Jim and I are running a 1/2 marathon Saturday. Wish us luck!