Luke's first birthday! part 1

We celebrated our "Pook"'s first birthday on a Tuesday, election day, by having some cake at home. Some of us ate a little more neater than Luke! Luke also had a second party at Great Grandpa Hoyt's house during Thanksgiving, with all his cousins. With the second party, he devoured a cake shaped like a drumstick, from Aunt Katie. "Drumstick" is a nickname he acquired while licking on a drumstick at Grandma's house a few months ago. If I can figure out how to get video from my phone to here, I'll post that too.

Halloween, Fall pictures, Thanksgiving, and house updates!

Look I know this is all out of order, but I'm playing catchup here! Here are some shots from Halloween, our pumpkin patch pictures, and Thanksgiving at Grandpa Hoyt's. It's been a crazy busy time for us. Since the last post, we've celebrated Luke's first birthday, created a John Deere tractor for Halloween (with Grandpa Dan's help!). I helped organize my work's parade float, using Dad's trailer for Veterans Day. The boys had a blast at the parade and we treated our Vet, Gramps to lunch afterwards. Hmmm...I hope I haven't forgotten anything.

Oh yeah! Our Jacksonville house is under contract! We go this weekend to get the rest of our stuff, as the new owners (a married couple--don't know if they have kids) want to be in by Christmas. So now, we're weighing our options...renting vs. owning, trying to find a rent-to-own as we're back to square one, financially. We'll see what God has in store for us. In the meantime, we're still having a blast with Nana and Gramps here and they've been such a blessing during this crazy time in our lives.