--Thankfully, we've gotten a break from the rain this past week! We have had beautiful DRY fall weather that has allowed our pool to get underway!! It has been so fun to watch the progress!
--We went to a local farm for some fall festivities this past weekend. It ended up being kind of a flop b/c it was just so muddy there still from all the rain, but fun was still had!
--Later that evening, we had a shoe and stroller cleaning party b/c everything was covered in mud. I think our children had just as much fun cleaning as they did at the farm. ;)
--The girls got their fall school pictures back this week, and I was so happy with how they turned out! Hadley wore her very favorite dress & very favorite necklace for picture day, which made it much more memorable of a picture!
--For the first year of Brady's life, he was still so little that we bathed the girls together and always bathed Brady separately by himself. Once he was big enough, we were bathing all three of them together in the bathtub. So for about a year, I always had all 3 kiddos in the tub at the same time unless Shelby took a shower. Once we moved here, Shelby now has her own bathroom and only takes showers these days. Hadley and Brady each have their own sink/vanity area, but share a bathroom and they are such good little bath buddies! For so long, it was always just the girls in the tub together and it's so weird to think that Shelby's bath days are over!
--We donated our double jogging stroller a few weeks ago. Since we move so often, we are very diligent about continuously purging things we no longer need & I rarely get sentimental about it. But for some reason, this one got me! This stroller helped maintain my sanity on many afternoons with two grumpy girls in those witching hours along the back bay in Biloxi and then to our neighborhood playground when we were living in San Antonio previously for Derek's fellowship. It transported Hadley and Brady to the "bunny trail" in Summerlin and on countless walks to and from school and the park. It's been so good to us through the years. I think part of the reason it was hard for me to say goodbye to this stroller was b/c had we still been living in Las Vegas, we would have kept it as Summerlin was a walkable planned community. And if I'm being honest, I'm still mourning the loss of Summerlin! ;) We of course love our new neighborhood and house, but it's just not the same--it never is though. I'm just still adjusting to our new normal! Hopefully this stroller will find a new life with another sweet family!
--We have our 2nd visitor coming to see us soon, and we're all so excited!!
--The girls wrote thank you notes recently to my parents, and I took pictures of their notes to remember their writing at this stage. Hadley's writing has really taken off in the last couple of weeks, and this is only the 2nd letter she has written to someone entirely independently. I love how much voice Shelby's writing has & how both of their personalities shine through their writing!
And here's a few other random pictures of our life lately!
{Snuggled in her bed reading with Bear}
{"Sleeping" in the laundry basket}
Happy Halloween Eve!!!
