Static Silence

Ack . . . I didn't realize I've been so MIA.  Let's see . . . B&K have been sick.  Twice.  Tim has been sick.  Twice.  And now I'm working on the sickies . . . just before the most wonderful time of the year!  Ugh.  Poor Bennett -- not only did he go through a round of meds for a double ear infection, but he had to go on a 2nd antibiotic after his "pink medicine" ran out.  And said 2nd meds gave him a nasty case of the hives (a week into the round of meds).  Then last Friday his BFF at school threw sand in his eyes.  Let's just say he's had a rough few weeks. 

Admid all the sickies we've attended two birthday parties (at more germ factories), we've been busy getting ready for our family invasion for Turkey Day (and glorious Black Friday!!) and we had *family* pictures taken by the awesome Susan Miller Photography last weekend.   I'm so excited to see all of the pics, but she put a few sneak peaks up on her site.  There are lots of silly ones of B&K. 

If I don't make it back on before the holiday, I hope everyone out there has a safe and wonderful Thanksgiving!  I'm sure I'll have lots of pictures and updates to come soon. 

Halloween Break

So much to update on.  Halloween was fun.  This year it seemed as though there were so many more opportunities for B&K to wear their costumes (as opposed to last year when I made their costumes. . . .figures).  Last week they went to a Halloween Party at our golf club, had a big party at school and then also went Trick or Treating in Nana & Papa's hood (plus they wore their costumes when we visited Grandma & Grandpa a couple of weekends ago!).  All-in-all a super fun time and they REALLY enjoyed ToTing this year.  They picked out their costumes (for the most part - Bennett wanted to be Spiderman early on.  Kendyll originally wanted to be an egg.  Seriously.  We settled on an unicorn).    Even Papa & Archie got into the action this year. 


One of the reasons we only ToTed at Nana & Papa's hood is that B&K were going to be going on "bacation" at N&P's house for a while.  I'm actually starting a new job tomorrow (at a big company, but in a role that is sort of very different for me.  I'm hoping a change of pace will do me some good).  So with a new job on the horizon, Tim & I decided to book a very last minute fall trip.  Who knew that a last minute 5 day/4 night trip to the Bahamas would cost less than a trip to Vegas??  Yeah, we were pleasantly surprised, too!  It was so nice to get away, work on our tans and relax for a few days.  The hotel was beautiful, the island was friendly and we loved that it was pretty quiet everywhere we went. 



A humongous thank you to Nana Debbie & Papa Sam for watching B&K for us (through sickies, no less!) on such sort notice.  We love you guys!