November!

My cousin Aaron got married! The wedding was in Indiana...It was a long trip but the kids did great!! The wedding was beautiful and so much fun.

Mika only made it through half of the reception before she fell asleep.. I'm not sure how she was able to sleep since the music was soooo loud!

So we sold our house in early November and found a house to buy. We were so excited about moving and the day before we were supposed to close on both houses we got a call from the bank telling us that the house we were buying was in a high level flood zone. We needed to bring a lot of extra money to closing to purchase flood insurance! This was news to everyone involved including the owners of the house.. Very long story short... A little creek runs behind our "new" house and FEMA designated everyone on the street to be in a high level flood zone..It is not accurate but you have to jump through hoops to get it corrected... So, we are homeless for the moment until they get it fixed. We love the house so much so we are willing to wait.. It could take 30-60 days... we are praying for 30. We have been staying with my parents ande Michaels parents.. Being homeless is starting to take a toll on everyone.

The front of my "new" house

This is the back yard.. looks like a flood zone huh?? There is a creek but there is no water in it plus there is a 10ft retaining wall...FEMA, FEMA, FEMA!!!

October Fun!

Pumpkin carving time!! Kennedy loved getting all the yuck out of the pumpkin.. Mika was grossed out!

Our church had a Fall Festival. We had a great time hanging out with family and friends!

Trick or Treating Fun!!

Mika, Mika, Mika!

Tonight while I was cooking dinner I heard an unusual noise in the bathroom..when I went to take a look... this is what I found!! "Look mommy, I put on make-up like you!" Thankfully it was just play make-up and not mine! Let me just say, I don't wear blue eyeshadow!! After taking a pic. I went to check on dinner and when I came back she had painted her whole face!! She was so cute.. Thank you Mika Moo for always making us laugh!! We love you!!

Family Camping Trip

This weekend we went camping with my family. We went to Cleburne State Park which is near Dinosaur Valley in Glenn Rose. We had the best time! Lots of hiking, biking, playing, laughing and talking! Kennedy in her "happy camper" t-shirt! All the kids having fun playing outside. On Saturday we went to Dinosaur Valley for some hiking and dino fun! Checkin out the map! Family Pic. -Mika is hiding behing me! Real dino print!

On our hiking adventure! We had a hard time getting the kids to wait for us...the farther we got the slower they got...then they decided we needed to take a break...The view from the top was worth it! They were happy to finally get to play in the creek... which by the way we saw a snake like 3 feet from us!!

On Sunday we went hiking again.. This time we took a 2 mile hike (which by the way doesn't sound hard but add 4 kids to the picture then it changes) to the "water spillway". We finally made it to our destination only to find there was no water at the spillway! Oh well, it was still fun... we saw 2 snakes and Jon almost caught one! "the spillway"

The Things They Say

For my own sake I wanted to take a minute to write down a few of the cute things my precious girls have said.. The other day Kennedy was asking me about some dried flowers I had. I was telling her that they were the flowers I carried on my wedding day. She said, "So is this the most important thing in our house?" I said, "No, you and Mika are!" She thought about it for a moment and then said, "Actually mommy, Jesus is the most important and then me and Mika." When Kennedy was 31/2 she started talking about Jesus and heaven...asking several questions such as when was Jesus coming and how were we going to get there...not the easiest task trying to explain these things to a 3 year old... I simply told her that when Jesus came in the clouds we would fly away with Him. She looked at me and said, " but mommy, I don't know how to fly!! We better get a carseat for Mika Moo so she won't fall." Some cute thins Mika has said... when she is sick she has a "rubby" nose and when I paint her fingernails she says, "look at my paintnails!" In the mornings she wants me to "under" her hair, which means curl it! I love it!