catching up

so the month of october continued on its whirlwind pace with me in & out on recruitment trips, deer season (yeah...we both filled out tags), Liz visiting, elk season and halloween festivities and finishing up the addition - YES, it's done! Wahoo!

grace seemed to have another vertical growth spurt but is still skinny-minny as they come...oh what I wouldn't give for her metabolism! she is talkin mroe and more...and seems to have kicked into the terrible-two's a bit early with the oh-so-fun tantrums that accompany. this weekend has been especially fun with the tantrums, a cold she shared with mom (& auntie Liz it sounds like) and a possible tooth. what fun for us, huh??!!

last week Grace got to spend 4 days with grammy Barb while chuck and I went elk hunting with my dad and mark s. it was a fun camping trip (the first time they ever let a girl go) and we saw lots of country (dad and I walked all the way to Oregon)...but no elk. that was pretty disappointing, but the way it goes. maybe next year...

so i alluded to it - yes, the addition is done! chuck's folks came over for a weekend and we worked like crazy while we had their help to hang the doors, get all the trim in (thankfully to match the rest of the house we only had to do floorboard trim) and hang the window treatments. the city of colton did an inspection and gave us an official occupancy permit and the bank did their final sign-off...so we are DONE! while chuck and I still have some little details that we want to wrap up, the big things are done and we can live with the details. it's amazing how cramped we felt in our house before the addition and now that it's done and we've moved some furniture around - how sparce things feel. ahhh...the chance to accumulate more "stuff" :-)

for halloween grace was a lovebug and had fun at the party at daycare. it ended up windy and a bit rainy and since she was already fighting a cold, we opted not to go trick-or-treating, and instead she got to "treat" all the kids who came by - which was by far the biggest group we've had in 4 years, all thanks to them knowing we're grace's parents (and not just the "new" neighbors).

more to come as november takes shape - we're looking forward to having some friends visit and stay for Apple Cup, I have some much needed and anticipated time off, thanksgiving (which is one of my favorites), and what is supposed to be my final trip of the year! phew!

until the next update...