This cat has the life

While we were running around like crazy trying to get the house ready for our company, this is what we find--our cat relaxing in the sun. If only I could be a cat for a day.

Yee-Haw

Cowboy day at preschool. If only we had had little cowboy boots!!

Fire!

That is the only word I heard last night while I was soaking in the tub trying to get this kink out of my back.

I asked Kevin to dry Brynn's hair with the hair dryer mainly (bad parent alert) so that I could lay in the tub for just a few minutes alone since my back has been thumping all week. It was relaxing until I heard Kevin yell, "Get out of the tub. We may have a fire!"

Now, let me tell you this--16 months after we were married, the house we were living in burnt down to the ground. Luckily, Kevin and I were safe, but we lost some very important items that my mom had given me before she died. We know what it feels like to realize we have no toothbrush or underwear. Such a strange feeling.

So, not wanting to get out of the nice, hot bath, but also not wanting to burn to a crisp, I slowly got out of the tub to find out what had happened. Meanwhile, Kevin is running down the hall looking for the fire extinguisher. Like I have any idea where it is! (I probably should though, ha?) Finally, I figure out that my hair dryer caused the outlet to catch fire. The smell of smoke was very potent in our little bathroom. Brynn couldn't understand what was going on. One minute she was getting her hair dried, the next Daddy is running down the hall like a madman yelling for the fire extinguisher. (Looking back, that part is actually funny!) So now we have no electricity to any of our bathrooms since they are all on the same circuit. Tonight it is on to Home Depot to get parts to fix everything in the wall and Target to get me a new hair dryer. If our house makes it in one piece to Kevin's brother's visit next week, I will be really amazed.

Our garden is still going

I can not believe that Kevin picked these vegetables from our garden last night. We definitely shouldn't still have anything coming from our garden in late October except pumpkins. I think this should be it for this year, but if the weather stays warm, who knows!

Fall Pictures

How about that view? This is what I see from my front sidewalk. How blessed am I?

Our wonderful weekend!

This past weekend turned out wonderful. The weather was perfect, especially Friday night when we went to Boo in the Zoo. It was so nice just to walk around with friends and watch Brynn have fun with other kids.

Kevin got to do one of his favorite things in the world on Saturday--cut firewood with his dad. I don't understand why he thinks this is fun, but he does. Plus we picked all of our pumpkins. We ended up with 19. We are kinda surprised, since we planted them a little late.

Sunday, we went to church and then to a friend's house. Brynn got to play with other 3 year olds. She had so much fun and she didn't need us around the whole time. I think the other kids may be why she enjoys school so much--other people her size to play with.

Too bad it was back to work so quickly:-)

Talk about irony

It hasn't rained here, well, for ever. It is so dry here. Not today. Nope, it decides to rain today. I can tell that you think I should be excited. Well, I'm not. We just spent all week scrubbing our carpets in our living/dining room area. We are having our furniture delivered today in said living room. And it is raining. This means that the delivery people will be coming into my home with rain soaked shoes. I just can't believe it. Kevin will cry if he has to clean the carpet again and I really don't want to see a grown man cry.

Tonight we are going to Boo in the Zoo at a local small zoo. And it is raining. Oh, the irony.