October 2012

Well our little family is undergoing some big changes in recent months! To start our kiddos are growing leaps and bounds. Willow is now 10.5 months old and has decided to wean herself which means I'm a free woman! It's sad to think that season of life is done and gone but there are good things about it too :) She's got five teeth, need I say more! Barrett has officially potty trained... or should I say he's well on his way to potty trained. Hooray! It was a tough ride but phew, we are making it to the other side of it. Lincoln just turned five years old on the 21st!! Seriously these kids are growing up, up, up! They are so amazing and joyful. Lincoln is reading and enjoying the fun of "reading" books to his siblings. It's still a new thing so we are just taking one day at a time and making the best of our reading lessons. Home school is going really well, better than I ever expected our first "real" year. Lincoln and Barrett are having lots of fun learning about everything and are reaaally loving history, science and all of the random little games that I find for them. We're definitely keeping it fun and trying to keep things as fresh each day as possible to prevent the monotony of school.  So far so good :)

Okay onto the BIG changes, as if our children growing before our eyes isn't enough we've put an offer in on a new house!! It's bigger, has a great home school space and it's right on the bay. Actually it's tucked into a nice little alcove where Levi will be able to take the kids duck hunting, salmon fishing and canoeing in the backyard! It's seriously amazing but it's definitely not ours yet. We're still praying and waiting and would appreciate your prayers with us! It's a short sale property which means all rules are off from what I've heard. We've heard horror stories of people thinking they've finalized the sale and then it goes to someone else or the bank deciding to foreclose and opening it back up for new offers etc.. It's been pretty stressful but we're just taking it in stride praying for peace and that we'll be able to thank the Lord for providing even if we don't get this place.

Another BIG change is that we've moved church's! We felt the Lord leading us to join another fellowship at the end of the summer and we've been so blessed by His never failing guidance and His wonderful plan. It's a perfect fit for our family and while we truly miss our friends from our "old" church we are thankful that God made our transition so smooth and that in this small community we can't help but run into our buddies! It's like our church family doubled in size!

Well we're getting ready for elections... ug ;) And Thanksgiving around here! I've been working on some decor for our Thanksgiving since this will be my first year to host it and I'm excited! I thought I'd share some of the printables I've made so far. Feel free to use these for your own thanksgiving celebration! Enjoy!

The colors and Pattern

Banner Printable

A little silverware case - idea from here

 12x12 sign