Birthday Time in Tennessee!!

This weekend we celebrated Ryan and Audrey's birthday's! Ryan was 11 on the 18th and Audrey turned 2 on the 20th! We had the party at a local farm, which was a big hit with the kids. They had some great activities such as "find the gore in the haystack" Painting and decorating a pumpkin or pottery, a hayride, a trip through the corn maze, (for the bigger kids) and after dark all the kids made smores and roasted marshmallows. It's was nice to have both parties together and clean up only once!

Daily happenings

I am trying to catch up a little on posting photos, again! Next week Audrey will turn 2 and Ryan will turn 11 years old! I am trying to plan two parties, but I think I have this thing figured out and I can't wait!!! Finally, a "girly" party!

Back to the basics

I am so excited Fall is in the air, or at least hanging on my door! Last weekend I managed to pull out my Fall basket for my front door which will probably be the extent of my decor this year. We have had a lot of "life" changes this summer, most were welcomed and needed while others were hard and emotional.

Since being home with Audrey we have experienced many milestones. She is such an amazing addition to our family and what perfect timing! I have chose not to post on my blog most of the summer because I wanted to be with all my children as much as I could, so the computer was put on the back burner. I am now "finally" getting back into the swing of things, but I am not sure how much I will be posting in the coming months.

Before leaving to bring Audrey home, Anthony and I decided to put the house on the market about 3 weeks after we came home, thinking it would take maybe six months to a year to sell... It sold in about 40 days. We are now in a rental house and are building "one more time" and I am not moving again!!!! It's amazing how much stuff we gathered in the 4 years since our last house we built, but this is something we really wanted to do. Our new lot is in a much better location. We are all excited!

Cody has now moved out and left for college. I am still dealing with that. Audrey is really missing him in a bad way, but they do talk on the phone and he is not far from home. :) He has adjusted very well being out on his own and I am very proud of him.

Ryan started the 5th grade this year and loves it. Audrey gets so excited each day to pick him up and especially when we go for ice cream after school.

We have a long Fall Break this year, so we are going to Disney with some friends of ours. Audrey is wearing out the Disney book we gave her. I know she will be so excited to see everything and I can't wait to share that with her. This time we can finally eat with Cinderella!

Last night we had our 6 months post placement report and it went very well. I am looking so forward to the next and last report we will ever have to do! These things stress me out.