Big Changes

So I just wrote like 5 different start lines for this post and nothing sounded right. This picture pretty much explains how we feel! I write with mixed emotions, we finally found a job. Good news... it is a great job which combines Ty's Mental Health and military experience. Bad news... it is Arlington, VA.

Which means we won't be staying in WA. And to clarify even further, because it's all a little confusing! We will be moving a majority of our belongings home and keeping the necessities here. Why? Our goal is to continue looking for similar jobs in the Northwest. Hoping and praying that when the time is right, the right job will present itself and we'll be closer to family again!

While we are sad that we will still be so far away from our friends and family in WA, but we are really excited about the new job. I will wait until I have the go ahead to post more details on the job or if you are just dying to know :) email or call us :)

So once again, you'll have to excuse the spotty posting (as if it always isn't spotty!) as we are once again in a major transition phase. And yes, I guess we've decided that moving across the country every 6 months is fun... yea, crazy I know. But I guess that's how we do it. :)

So for those of you we'll see on the way, YES we are still headed to WA next week and will still be stopping to see a bunch of you and will spend a few weeks in WA before heading back out to VA.

October Visitor of the month: Williamsburg

My mom was visitor of the month for October... we were lucky enough to have her come for Micah and Hallie's birthday weekend. We took one day and drove down to Williamsburg to see all of the sights. It's a charming town full of history and some adorable shops :) We had a great time even though it was freezing! We even got to stop at good old Ikea on our way home to let the kiddo's play and pick up some birthday presents, sadly we missed our meatball dinner by like 5 minutes :(

fish fish...


Plane, plane!




They FINALLY fell asleep after we got them out of the car... I think it may be time for another cross country trip to retrain them to sleep in the car (wish us luck!) I love how they fell asleep in the same direction. T was good enough to push them around outside while mom and I hit a few shops... what a guy! :)

Trick or Treat, give me something good to eat, and if you don't...

Meet Mr. Slick the Magician and Ms. Hop Along his Bunny...

Sad I'm too lazy to get any better pictures of them, they would really look cute out in the yard or somewhere better than this nasty fluorescent lighting AND yes I realize Micah seriously looks like a vampire, but notice he IS holding a wand in his left hand AND no he would not wear a top hat for anything! :)


The church had a great little carnival and Trick-or-Treat so with the youth being in charge of the carnival, we ended up doing the basics, you know... helped set up, helped run ran the cake walk, all while trying to help two 2 year olds enjoy the carnival who were overwhelmed by the madness of it all! I shouldn't complain because it really was fun, just a lot of work! Probably didn't help that their costumes were made the day of, along with treats for the carnival, and picking up last minute things for the carnival, but you know that's just how I do it. :)

Hallie got the hang of trick-or-treating quickly, instead of just taking the candy the adults tried to hand her, she would reach around their hands and start grabbing handfuls out of their bowls. Awesome. Can I keep her?! Micah was a sweety and politely watched as they slid candy into his bag, but boy was he excited about that little bag of Swedish 'Fishies'!

And I'm pretty sure she's staring down the dinosaur in this picture...

We were so burnt out from Friday night that Saturday consisted of an evening Costco run and crashing on Lis and Bobby's couch... it was great!

A VERY unexpected trick-or-treater!

This guy came to see me the other afternoon while the kids were napping... I looked over from my spot on the couch and saw this so-ugly-its-kinda-cute-face staring at me! Strange! I had to snap pictures cause I was pretty sure no one would believe me if I told them, he climbed up the stairs, opened the gate, and even made a leap off the deck after I shut the gate so he couldn't get back up.


And if that's not strange enough, I looked up again today and guess who was back!!! Seriously, he could probably have some of our left over Halloween candy, we've got tons. I'm thinking we should start our own Over the Hedge reality TV series!

ATTENTION all shoe fanatics!

Thanks to Oprah, get 50% off your entire purchase at Payless Shoes today and tomorrow!

http://www.oprah.com/article/oprahshow/20091016-tows-payless

Did someone say sale??? You´d better bet we are on our way to Payless as soon as Hal wakes up from her nap!! Kiddo shoes here we come!

Views from the deck

We were blessed with little bits of serenity amidst the chaos that comes with moving and packing.

a gazillion Japanese Beetles

(all photos taken from our front deck yesterday afternoon)

oooo... chaco!!

My waistline really loves my new favorite snack :)