Not much going on..

-So last week we had our first case of pink eye. I picked Ethan up from school on Thursday and his eyes were red, swollen, and oozing. So off to the urgent care we went. His eye-drops have worked really well (they should for what we paid for them!) and thankfully no one else has gotten it! So that was exciting and put me in disinfecting mode! I washed everything in sight and used the Clorox sanitizing spray on everything I could!

-The kids have 4 more days of school before Thanksgiving break. We will be going to the farm for a few days. This Friday the 1st grade classes are having a Thanksgiving feast and the family is invited to come. Ethan came home today and was sad he has to be a pilgrim for the feast and not an Indian. Oh the dilemmas of first grade!

-I'm super excited to have my family come here for Christmas! I haven't seen some of them for a year, and I'm ready to love on my nephews and niece!!

-Our connection group is awesome!! We've had a blast getting to know the people in it and we are developing some really great friendships. We had everyone over for dinner this last Sunday just for fun and to hang out. One of the guys smoked a brisket, ribs, steak, and a duck for the meal. Umm... yum! It was fun to just relax. We celebrated a birthday for one of the kids. She turned 3. She and Kaitlyn have a lot of fun playing dress up together. It's not uncommon to have 2 Cinderellas running around the house. We get to spend Friday night babysitting another groups kids so they can go out, and then on Saturday they are babysitting for us. We're going to go to a couple's house and just play boardgames and eat pizza. Fun stuff!

- We finished raking our yard this week. We raked and bagged half our backyard and filled 42 bags. So we decided to burn the rest. It took Jarod and I all afternoon and evening to do the back and then another couple of hours to burn the leaves from the front. But the yard looks so nice now and we are done for the year!

- I love this time of year! Not b/c of shopping or presents (we really don't do much of either) but b/c of the excitement and get togethers. I'm looking forward to Thanksgiving and the Christmas season!