We had an AWESOME Halloween! Jim and Jess and the boys came to stay with us and we all went trick-or-treating! We even stuffed the puppies into their Halloween hoodies and took them with us! We all decided last minute that we should be dressed up too so Mav scrounged around for some Army attire for Jess and me. Jim had brought a pair of scrubs and a HAZMAT suit, so he shared his scrubs with Mav and he donned the suit. I think we all looked pretty good! My dad stayed behind at the house and handed out candy to all the trick-or-treaters. The boys (Preston and Nate-not Mav and Jim!) brought home quite a haul!
Mav and I had a blast at the pumpkin carving party! Mav of course had to have the biggest pumpkin he could find at the farmer's market! He bought it regardless of my promise that I WASN'T going to help him scrape it out! We all carved pumpkins and then took them outside to see what they looked like in the dark with candles. We had a lot of pumpkins out there and they all looked so cool!! I tried to get a few good pictures of them in dark with my awesome camera and in the process learned that I really needed to buy a tripod. (hint hint Mav!)
So we had a few different things going on tonight...Mav decided to work on hanging up our new ceiling fans and replacing the horrible brass/gold spotlight above our fireplace. The new fans are way more our style and the track light is 100% better than what was there. Now, I just need to figure out how I am going to decorate my now in-the-spotlight mantel...
Tomorrow night Mav and I are headed to a pumpkin carving party!!! I decided to bring Halloween sugar cookies. I didn't have a whole lot of time to do any fancy decorating but they were fun to make and they tasted so good!
Yes, I KNOW, we actually bought Halloween clothes for our dogs...I couldn't resist! I saw these puppy hoodies at Pamida and they were even on sale! Grover and Duncan didn't seem to mind wearing them so they are going to be all dressed up for Halloween this year! :)
Mav and I completed our profile pages last night! We are really happy with how they turned out! We hope that we accomplished our goal of representing our lives together and that it told the story of all the things we enjoy and value together. I took them to be printed at Staples last night and then my mom will hand deliver the copies to Julie today! We are both ecstatic to finally have our profile/life snapshot available to birthparents out there looking to make an adoption plan. Let the excitement/waiting :) begin...
Mav has been working on building us a mantel shelf for our fireplace and last night he finished it and placed it above the fireplace. It looks soooo awesome and he did an amazing job! We found the design on the internet (mission style - our fav) and he built it from a picture he printed off. He is so talented and I am so lucky to get to put his beautiful woodworking pieces around our house!
On Saturday Mav and I went to Papa's Pumpkin Patch with our friends. It was gorgeous out there and they had tons of pumpkins! They had all sorts of fun stuff for the kids to play on and Mav and I had a fun time picking out a pumpkin. I love the fall season!
Check out this massive cloud from the storm that went south of Beulah last night. It didn't storm here much at all; just some distant thunder and lightening. But as it got darker last night you could see that this was a pretty wicked storm.
Mav and I had our final meeting yesterday in Bismarck with Julie. We have a few things to wrap up over the phone but we are finished with our home study portion of the process!!! We are soooooo excited! We need to finish our profile pages, which is a very daunting but also exciting task. These pages will represent us and aide the birth mother in choosing a family. We are so ready for this point in the process! :)
My fabulous husband planned (with the help of my mom and Jess!!) an awesome SURPRISE birthday party for me last week! I can't believe he kept such a good secret! He took me out for a steak dinner while everyone arrived and when we got home I was so shocked to see all my friends and family there in my house! Jess made me the cutest birthday cakes (of course with my all time favorite cake) and we had a ton of other goodies to eat. I had such a fun time visiting with everyone and was humbled by the gesture of love from my friends and family!
