October was busy. We had several house projects to finish up but had several other things on the calendar as we weren't planning to still be building!
Here we are at Rusty's cousin's wedding. It was at Reiman Gardens and was beautiful!
Mom, Hillary, Holly, and I took the kiddos to Thomas the Train in Boone.
October also marks Race for the Cure. Holly and I went with Jen and her family to help celebrate Jen's mom! Tosh's family was unable to come but we were celebrating her as well!
October 31st, we got moved into our house! Gabe brought the boys over and he helped Rusty finish up some jobs. Holly brought Maddox up and we took the three boys trick-or-treating. Was tons of fun to have them all there to help get us settled into our new home!
To celebrate moving out of the apartment (finally!) and to thank everyone that helped with the house, we had a builder's party in November. Holly helped cook food and the kids loved the caramel apple bar.
We finished the year with several Thanksgiving and Christmas celebrations in November and December. Hope you all were as blessed as we were this year and wishing you a blessed 2009!
August started with me heading to a wedding. We had hoped to be moved into our house by this time but had to move to a temporary apartment instead (one we will not miss!). Rusty stayed home to work at the house while I went to Ottumwa for the wedding. Shortly after, it was back to school time and the hours spent working on the house were crunched... Made for a stressful fall! We missed ALL of the ISU football games this year, although I'm not sure we really "missed" out on too much!
Labor Day weekend was spent painting the house. Mom, Holly, and myself painted the entire house in about a day and a half! They were a HUGE help!!
In September, my cousin Amy, her husband Jeff, and their little boy Drew came up from Oklahoma to put our kitchen cabinets in. We absolutely LOVE our cabinets and we were so fortunate to have them be able to come up and do it for us. We love these guys!
Gabe put in nearly as many hours to the house as Rusty did. Here they are working late into the night. I think they worked on flooring until 4 am this night! Crazy boys!
