Thankfully getting Invisalign is much easier than getting wire braces put on!
Tate and Eliza both needed to have attachments and buttons put on their teeth first.
When called back, Tate went back for his appointment on his own, but I went back with Eliza.
She was super nervous and anxious, but she did SO GREAT!
They have been handling their Invisalign wearing like champs and taking care of it all so well.
October was the month that my in-laws moved to Wisconsin!
Dreams really do come true!!
We worked hard to get their new home ready and then to get them here.
The Lord literally blessed every single thing!!
Yes, that second photo below is Blake and I driving to Illinois in the middle of the night!
It was a literal race against the road crew the day the moving truck arrived at my in-laws new home.
Blake and I met the moving truck on both ends – in Illinois and here in Wisconsin – and got my in-laws house set up a little bit before they made the trip to their new home!
We had to get that huge truck unloaded before the crew putting in all the driveways and the new road reached us!!
It actually got to be super funny and kept us running around quickly!!
Big families are a good thing – we had such a great crew of helpers as we got everything ready!
We are SO glad to have my in-laws here with us!
I will say it again because I mean it –
Dreams really do come true!!
The end of gardening season happened in October.
I cannot wait for spring!!
These first two photos were the evening after we had laid sod in my in-laws new yard on the most freezing cold day of the year!!
It was SO windy and FREEZING cold!!
Then Tate and I drove home fast and used a flashlight to get the rest of the peppers out of the garden before the freeze got them!
Oh my goodness, the wind was whipping, we couldn’t stop shivering and laughing, but we got it done!!
This photo of Tate was taken with a flash which makes it look like it was not dark outside!
Then just like that we had a warm nice day and pulled out the garden and put it to bed for winter!
We did leave the rest of the onions and carrots in the garden that day, but they eventually were harvested and enjoyed!
It was a fun day – I LOVE being outside!!
This trio of ours, Lane, Tate and Eliza, have been SUCH troopers as we got my in-laws moved here and settled.
They are such JOYFUL, enthusiastic children!!
And they have been left at home a lot. A lot.
This is a shout out to our routines, chores, meal plans, stocked freezers and pantries….ALL the things we do to keep this place running smoothly WORKED.
It just kept on running smoothly because they knew what to do to make that happen!
Thankful for that more than words could say here.
It kept them busy, purposeful, and on track with school!
And they really are each other’s BEST of best friends!!
These photos are of Sunday stuff.
I told you about Sunday’s in my September post – Sundays fill my cup SO full!!!
Sundays also wear Jazzy completely out!
Have you all ever seen the northern lights??
We have several times!!
My hubby is the BEST at keeping track of cool opportunities like this!
We stood on our driveway one night watching the lights.
IT WAS SPECTACULAR!!
Even with all of the travel and crazy of October, we still ate!!
Imagine that!
I just downloaded these photos and it seems to me some good stuff came from our kitchen in October!!
Back in July, right before we had our church’s baptisms in our backyard and pool, we did a little refresh on the bathroom downstairs.
Before pictures would sure help you all see why this still makes me smile!!
We literally worked on this until way too late the night before the baptisms – nothing like waiting until the last minute!
Then my twenty-year old son told me the next morning he felt like he was living in Pinterest – ha, ha!
I was thrilled that I found a print with the song The Blessing on it – it is a song from our daughters wedding!
Let me add these photos I took of the lower level family room!
I cannot remember why I took them, but I will be thankful to have them in my little ole scrapbook here!
I have been slowly but surely getting through this home of ours now that colder weather has been upon us.
I do not feel like there is a method to my madness these days – but at least things are being gone through and deep cleaned!
One morning I dug in this front closet for some reason and then this all happened, ha, ha!
I sucked up a few spiders and cobwebs with the vacuum hose, got rid of things that no longer fit these children of mine, and scrubbed the floor in there – it was a good thing in the end!
We still are having our monthly Hymn Sing at our friend’s home once a month!
It is a favorite of ours and we are so thankful it continues on!!
I see Blake and I had another DATE NIGHT in October!!!
I know there cannot be one this weekend because of travel that will be happening – but SOON!
I promise!!
Blake did meet me at the grocery store over his lunch one day last week – and I called it a date!!
It honestly was really good to be together in the middle of a random day!!
Back in October we had a date in town and then watched the sunset over the river.
FAVORITE!!
Here are a few more of my favorite things!!
Besides everything above these words in this post, I mean!!
And these favorites are in no certain order!
Bible time in a dark quiet house, hot coffee with frothed coconut milk, cuddles with Jazzy, sunshine, my hubby, my slippers, playing music through spotify all the day long, chocolate truffles, diffusing essential oils…..
It is a GOOD life here, friends.
You know I love the sky.
It is just SO pretty ALL the time!!
I look at its beauty and think “God did that JUST FOR US!”
I mean He didn’t have to give us a beautiful sky to look at!!!
Goodness, I hope you notice it and thank the Lord for it too!
October – you were good to us!!!
How fun to look back at a month that felt crazy busy and see the blessings at every turn!!
I think that digital scrapbooking might almost be as fun as making scrapbooks with printed photos was all those years ago!!
Next up, November!
Until then….stay tuned!!!
