A New Puppy!

After much begging and pleading from our children, Trent and I bought a puppy on Tuesday. We have been looking at breeds that are allergy friendly and found a cute little yorky apso mix. He is very cute and adorable. His name is Tate and the kids picked out his name from many suggestions. He has done very well on the potty training and sleeps well at night. It is like having a baby in the house again and Talia and Tucker LOVE playing with him. I am reading lots of dog training books so that hopefully we can train him well. Wish us luck.

Pumpkin Patch

Talia and Tucker had Thursday and Friday off for Parent Teacher Conferences this week and so we went to the pumpkin patch. I thought that Talia might not want to go and that she might be getting to old but she was very excited. We go to Baggenstos Farms and it is our tradition to go every year at least once sometimes it has been twice for field trips. Talia, Tucker and I went on a hay ride to the pumpkin patch and we picked out the perfect pumpkins. I almost had Tucker talked into a smaller pumpkin but no luck. All I told him is that the bigger the pumpkin the more slimy guts it had but he couldn't resist getting a BIG pumpkin. After we got our pumpkins the kids played in the hay maze, took silly pictures, ran around on big hay bales, and checked out the few farm animals that were there. It was a very fun afternoon and I don't know who had more fun the kids or I.

Pictures of our New House

My sister Sally has requested pictures of our new house and I finally am getting around to taking pictures. We have been working on our yard all summer and have the first phase done. Next summer there are more plans. These pictures are of the first floor. When the Talia's and Tucker's bedrooms are somewhat clean I will post more pictures.

This is the view when you first walk in the front door. Unfortunately you can see the kitchen sink. Luckily the sink is deep so that I can hide the dirty dishes pretty well.


















This the living room and I love having a room in the house that stays somewhat clean for when company visits. My Halloween Decorations are up! Fall is definitely here!










This is the formal dining room. We don't eat in here very much because there is carpet and I am afraid to ruin the carpet. We are hoping to put hardwoods in eventually. I love having my piano is my living room/dining room. It will be better for piano lessons. I am going to start teaching again next week. With soccer and school starting none of my students returned but I have 3 new ones starting next week.















The kitchen is bigger but the amount of cupboard space decreased. I should probably just get rid of some kitchen stuff.



The 2 pictures below are of the family room and notice Trent's favorite thing the room - the big screen TV. Actually it is probably Tucker's and Talia's favorite thing also.






Here are pictures of the backyard. Our yard is quite a bit smaller but we do back to green space which is quite nice. We have no neighbors in the back and it is beautiful!

All I Want For Christmas is My Two Front Teeth!

Say cheese! Tucker recently lost both of his front teeth. He was brave enough to pull them both out all by himself. The tooth fairy brought him extra money for pulling the teeth out by himself. He has another loose tooth on the bottom. Pretty soon he will have a hard chewing with so few teeth.