My Big Helper

Here are some pics of Noah "helping" me put things away. It's definitely more fun to take the stuff out of the Lazy Susan!

Moving Day and Getting Settled

We moved from our townhouse into our new place this weekend. I'll let the pictures tell the story...


Most of the after pictures were taken right after we had moved in, so there's still a lot of unpacking and arranging that needs to be done. We're really grateful to everyone who helped us get the house ready! We love our new home!

Thanksgiving Fiesta!

Our Thanksgiving this year was a little non-traditional, but definitely memorable! Tara was hosting the feast and Andy, Jess, & Josiah had made plans to drive up for the weekend. Well, the morning of Thanksgiving, a couple of the Hayes' boys came down with the Chicken Pox! (They had all been vaccinated, but somehow they had the Chicken Pox.) So Andy and Jess decided not to come, and we decided not to risk it either. What a sad, disappointing day!

I still wanted to eat a traditional turkey-and-all-the-fixins meal, so we drove up to Mt. Sterling to go to Cracker Barrell--along with everyone else in the surrounding counties--the wait was close to an hour! We couldn't wait that long with a hungry mommy and 1 year old...so we drove back to Winchester, and went to the Mexican restaurant! :) It's our favorite place to eat, and it was not crowded at all! In fact, we were the only patrons in the entire restaurant! The food was muy delicioso, and Noah had the whole place to run around in.

Though I would have much rather had Tara's turkey and trimmings, we made the best of things and had a Thanksgiving meal to remember! (On our way home, I was fortunate enough to get a piece of pumpkin pie at the Frisch's drive thru...yummy!)

Operation Christmas Child

For the past few years, my parents have gone to help process the shoeboxes for Operation Christmas Child. They shared a video with me that I would really love to show on our blog...