Little Ladybug

Tonight was the Fun Fest at church! So Anna-Kate and Kristen got dressed up in their costumes and got to go! The girls both seemed to have a lot of fun! They were really cute!

Here's Kristen in her witch costume!

Anna-Kate and Kristen love to give each other kisses!

Here's my little Ladybug!!

She loves this rocker!

I love the wings!!

Playing at Uncle Ryne's game

Every station gave candy and a toy as a prize, but Anna-Kate just kept taking all of the candy, dum dums to be exact!!

I tried to get a good picture with her...

but it's hard getting a good picture of her smiling, even though she smiles all the time!

Here's a video I took of Anna-Kate! The background noise is annoying, I know but her walking around in the tutu is soo cute! She's such a big girl now!

House Update!!

So, this is a little late, sorry! The beginning of the week is always super busy for us! Last weekend we worked extra hard at trying to get things done to be moved in! We are getting so anxious! We started moving some of our things in!! So that makes us want to be moved in even more! Let me just say, that we've not been the most organized movers though! There's just something about moving 5 minutes away that takes all of the seriousness out of packing up!

Here is our game closet! It's in the same closet as the a/c return! So the shelves all had to be cleaned really good! I even lined the bottom shelf for easy cleaning! This was really exciting for us because we LOVE playing games! We've not had the time to play in a while, but hopefully we can pass our love for games on to our children!

Well it's time that I fess up. I've been avoiding saying something about a couple of incidents I've had while working on the house because I didn't want it to keep guests away. A couple of weeks ago, Derek called me outside to look at the flower beds and a little mouse ran across the porch disappeared in our flower beds. And then Sunday I was working late and a little mouse ran across the kitchen floor! So when our neighbors asked us to take this cat that their friend had dropped off I felt like it was just an answer to our problems! She was a stray cat that the previous owner saved from being killed! The only way that I could get Derek to agree to keep the cat was to name her Lady Thatcher, I agreed to call her Lady. So here she is, Lady Thatcher, sitting in our living room. She's been super laid back and even lets Anna-Kate chase her around and pet her!

Here is the new pantry floor, thanks to Derek!! He worked really hard cutting and laying down this vinyl tile!

And here is our bedroom; all painted, trim and everything!! My friend Sara came and helped me prime the walls and then Derek and I worked until 1 in the morning Sunday night to get the rest done!

Here's the new rug we bought for the room!! I think it goes really well!!

Derek's mom worked really hard to clean the kitchen up for us! She even lined our shelves!!

I began to move our office stuff over! I am so excited to show the finished product of this room in the next post!

Well it sure has been a lot of work, but we are finally feeling like we're getting to a point where we will be able to move in very soon! I can't wait to put up an update next week!! I think there are going to be a lot of changes!!

Pumpkin Patch

Yesterday, Derek and I had the day off thanks to our first ever fall break! I spent my day working in Little Rock for Tobi Fairley Interior Design, where I interned this summer. Derek spent the day working on the house (look for an update in the next few days!!) Yesterday was also "Grandparents Day" at Harding Academy. Every year there is a big lunch and all of the student's grandparents are invited to attend. There are activities that go on all day, including a silent auction and Chili Supper that evening. That's where Anna-Kate spent the day with Kristen, Uncle Ryne, Grandma and Granddaddy and GG. She had a lot of fun! When I got home Derek and I met everyone at the school for the Chili supper and then we went to the game. It took about 20 minutes of the game before the girls busy day was evident:

Tuckered out from a long day!

Then today we woke up early (relatively) and went to a pumpkin patch about 30 minutes away!! You could pick your own pumpkin, go through a corn maze, go on a hay ride, eat lunch, visit with some farm animals, pick cotton, or just choose to play on the hay bales! Needless to say, the pumpkin patch was a hit!!

Here's Anna-Kate all ready to go pick a pumpkin!

Kristen decided to get in with her.

"I'd like that pumpkin please"

Kristen found herself a pumpkin

And so did Anna-Kate!

Looking for a pumpkin to pick!

Then we played in the hay...

and went to see the animals! Anna-Kate was trying to get the Llama's attention!

He was a little shy

The goat was a bit friendlier...

Then I was able to sneak in a few pictures...

Off to the hay ride!

Sitting in some cotton! Everyone was pretty sleepy by this point

What a great time we had! Both of the girls were in such great moods, it was really wonderful for us! I hope that we can make it an annual outing! I think the girls will really enjoy it a lot when they are older! My dad was supposed to come to visit today, but he was not able to. We're still not sure if he's going to be able to come tomorrow or just have to make the trip another time. I was looking forward to getting to spend some time with him and to have an extra set of hands around the house! The painting has really taken a back burner this past week, so now I'm in need of some helpers!! Derek and I are working to be able to move in next week. I can't wait to put pictures up of the progress we've made!