Moving Day!

We're loading up the truck! I can't believe today is finally here.

Recent Pics

Me and my girl.

We're moving! And we're taking Curie with us...
I think her eyes are turning from blue to green. What do you think?
And how do you get kids to smile like this?
Call in these yay-hoos...

Just a Cutie

... and her brother.

Halloween '09

Nick and I made no attempt at dressing up this year. We are officially old.

I know... It's just wrong to put make-up on a 4 year-old. Cut me some slack; I only do it once per year.
I'm sorry that you missed her expression when she saw her hair in the mirror. It was priceless. "I look just ... like ... TINKERBELL!"
Rigby was a boat. At first he didn't want to wear his costume, but then he figured out that all he had to do was put it on and say "trick or treat" to get his bag filled with candy. This decision was not rocket science. Here, he is modeling it sideways, but you get the idea.

Lookout, Ladies

I love him.

Was It Yesterday This Morning?

Trying to finish, list, and sell our house has been a huge endeavor. When we finally got to the selling phase, all we could really do was wait and pray.

So that's what we've been doing. A lot of waiting and a lot of praying.

Rewind to Labor Day weekend. Nick felt inspired that if we built a particular section of fence along our property line, we would get on offer on our house by Rigby's birthday. Nick got right to work, and the fence was done the following day.

Last week we had our first unexpected showing. The house was less OCD than I like. I was very stressed about the toys on the floor and the unmade beds. I could do nothing about it. But the people liked it! A few days later they scheduled our first second showing. I got to redeem myself. The house was perfect, the lawn was mowed, and there were fresh-baked cookies on the table (and their scent in the air!).

This morning we received and accepted their offer! We are so excited!

Rigby's birthday was yesterday, so my only question is:

Somewhere in the world, was it still yesterday this morning?

The Pumpkin Patch with Grandma

Yesterday we went to a pumpkin patch. I would have thought that implied a pumpkin garden. Oh well... at least it was covered... it was raining pretty hard outside.

They had a hay bale maze that the kids loved. OK, Bethelle loved it. Rigby walked all through it, but he never smiled. He just followed.

Here's Curie in the maze with Grandma. No fair being carried, Curie! You can see the end of the maze!

Our cousin, Joee, was there...

And her brother, Rushy.

Rigby doing "hay angels"...

And Bethelle posing as a scarecrow.

I have recently felt like I have more cute pictures of Bethelle than Rigby, so I followed him around for a while. I got one!