Crew's First day of kindergarten...

I was so good with keeping our little family blog up to date for a long time but I've fallen so far behind!  So while it would be nearly impossible to go back and post everything, I'm going to try to post some milestones :)....like Crew's first day of kindergarten!!!

Last summer was pure chaos and craziness between moving and all of the renovations we did to the house.  When fall approached I was so nervous for my buddy to start school...had we spent enough quality time together over the summer?  Was he ready?  Was I ready? How would Capri react to him being gone?  I was scared, nervous, excited, happy, sad, stressed, and honestly, kinda depressed that he was going to be gone for almost seven hours everyday.  This kid had been by my side every day for 6.5 years...he's my buddy, my lunch date, my helper, and on and on.  I was scared for him and me...I felt like we would be lost without one another. Well, it turns out we both did pretty good...actually I cried (after he got on the bus and drove away) and he smiled and waved goodbye!  I missed him so much every day for the first month...it was a huge adjustment.  A way bigger adjustment for me than for him.  I still miss him everyday and will never be 100% comfortable for him being gone so long every week day.  Honestly, I hate it but never let him know that.  Crew on the other hand has done excellent!  He loves school...has made many friends...gets excellent grades...and his teacher absolutely loves him and calls him her "rule follower."  I'm also so glad we decided to "hold" him...I think it has made all of the difference.  He's so mature and smart and we are so very proud of him.  Now we are towards the end of the year and he's getting a little burnt out...the days are long 9:00am-3:30pm.  We are counting down the days until spring break and then the end of the year!

Mommy and daddy soooo nervous and big boy soooo excited :). We thought he would want us to take him to school the first day but he wanted to ride the bus!

A lot of my friends had kids starting kindergarten so we all met for breakfast so we could cry together!

The last pic is when he got home from school his first day :)

Pumpkin' Carving!!!

Sooooo need to start updating the blog regularly again!  The best way to get back???  With a little pumpkin carving action :)

Every year we would carve our pumpkins in this very garage...full circle...we're back!!!

So much fun!

My babes!

We moved!!!

Wow, it has been a CRAZY 5 months!!!  I'm so far behind on the blog :(. But here we go....

Back in April we sold our house...in a week...and a cash deal!!  We couldn't be any luckier and thankful but it happened so fast and made for pure insanity!  We had talked to my parents for a couple years about possibly buying their house (that they moved out of in 2008, but kept and rented).  My parents built the house in the late 70's and it's where I was raised my entire life!  The timing happened to work out perfectly and we moved in May back to my childhood home :). Renovations began and haven't stopped, but I'm starting to see the light at the end of the very long tunnel!!

More fall fun in Peninsula...

After we visited Heritage Farms we stopped at Szalay's for their famous roasted corn and then headed to the bike path.

It was perfect fall day!  The river was so pretty.

Crew loves riding his bike in these paths!

Eating the yummy roasted corn!  With lots of butter and salt and pepper of course :)

The BIG swing!!!

Fall at Heritage Farms, Peninsula...

We discovered Heritage Farm kind of by accident a couple years ago in our way to a farmers market in peninsula.  Now we love continuing the tradition and going back every fall with the kiddos :)

Out babes love fall just like their mommy and daddy!

There is so much for the kids to explore!

Sissy lived the enormous tee-pees!

Pumpkin bowling :)

So much fun :)

Pumpkin carving, Scare on the Square, and more!

Fall is my most FAVORITE time of year!  I just wished it lasted about two months longer and then the winter be two months shorter!  We did a lot of different, fun autumn activities :)

Crewsie in Uncle Blake's coat from when he was a little boy :)

Pumpkin carving time!  We have so much fun every year carving our pumpkins and then roasting the seeds!

Munchkin found brothers old monkey costume and HAD to try it on!

Popa with the kids headed to "Scare on the Square" downtown!