The Lewis Family: November, already?

Well, it's been awhile. Lots of things have been going on since my last post, so I guess I should do a quick recap.

1. Josh and I traveled to Maryville Oct. 16-18th for Homecoming. We got to visit with Caroline, Jeremy, and Jasper on our way up there. We got to catch up with tons of our Maryville friends...oh how I love that place! On the way back to Laurel we stopped in Chattanooga to visit Vic, Charity, and Luke. We were glad we got to see everybody during our quick trip north.

2. Josh's brother Will and his fiancee Brittany got married on October 24th. She was such a beautiful bride, and we are so happy for the two of them!

3. I took the church kids to the Pumpkin Patch on October 25th. We all had a blast, and we really enjoyed carving our pumpkins together.

4. We had the church's Halloween Carnival on October 28th, and boy did it wear me out! It was a great event though, and the kids seemed to really have fun. I can't wait to dress Patton up and take him to it next year. This year we dressed up as a deviled egg...yes, I'm silly, I know.

5. We had new insulation put in the attic on October 22nd, and then we had to have someone patch our ceiling after one of the insulation guys stepped through the living room ceiling. The ceiling was finally finished on October 29th.

6. Josh and I are trying to get the house in order. Our guest rooms (especially the soon-to-be nursery) have become catch-all rooms, so we have some heavy duty cleaning, organizing, and rearranging ahead of us. I went through the nursery's closet this weekend, and I am well on my way to getting that room in some type of order soon.

Whew! The month of October wooped us good, but November promises to be just as hectic. Josh and I are babysitting 3 kids this week (ages 3, 6, and 11) from Tuesday night to Sunday night. They will be staying with us at our house, and I hope it goes well. Their inside dog is also joining us, but she will probably spend most of her time out in the yard (at least until we know her well enough to trust her in our house). My prepping the nursery will be put on hold this week while they visit since the 2 youngest (girls) will be sharing that room while they visit.

Besides our babysitting adventure, Josh and I have a huge to-do list in front of us. We still need to decide on baby bedding, we still need to register, and we have a lot of house projects that need to be done preferably before December gets here. We also have an astounding pile of stuff for a yard sale, but who knows when we will be able to have one. It's overwhelming, but we will make it through.

To end, here's some pictures from the month of October: