Here are the updated pics on the kitchen, I feel like we are finally getting somewhere. There is not a whole lot left to do (although it looks like it), but unfortunately it will still take a while. At least the cabinets are almost up, maybe I can start to organize my house now since there are dishes and pans in every room waiting for a home!!!

So this morning I had the sheets off the bed and I was washing them and Taegen decided to pile up all the pillows in the bathroom and lay in them. Don't ask me why he chose the bathroom, but it does look kind of comfy!

Jared and I decided to be crazy and go away for the weekend, I wouldn't call it totally crazy since it was only to Gettysburg, but we had a ton of fun. The ride was almost 3 hours each way, but Taegen was a champ and did awesome(have I mentioned how lucky we are)! We learned a lot about the civil war and were able to see many of the sites. Unfortunately it was cold and rainy most of the time.
Here Jared and Taegen are on top of the monument for Pennsylvania, you can see out to all of the battlefields and and the two mountains in the back are called Little Round Top and Devil's Den. (Big) Round Top. Here is the monument for Pennsylvania.

When we got to the visitors center it was pouring rain, by the time we got inside we were completely drenched and cold. I was able to dry most of my pants with the dryer in the bathroom though, and Jared and T did it the old fashioned way(air dry). Gettysburg is a very quaint town with lots of fun stores and restuarants and lots of sights to see, but as always its good to get home, sleeping in the same bed as Taegen does not equal a good nights sleeep!

Here are just a few updated pics on the house. It is now sheet rocked and the floor is layed as well. The cabinets are going to take longer than we thought to get in so I'm guessing the finished date will be pushed back-but isn't that how all remodels go!

So for those of you who don't know, we are remodeling our kitchen. They started 2 weeks ago and I think are making really good progress. We are living in a total mess with absolute disorganization, but I am trying to deal with it. They have put up a temporary wall that runs down half of our dining room keeping out a lot of the mess. There is dust and smells and very loud noises but somehow Taegen manages to sleep through it. We are taking a door that was inside the kitchen and making it a window and knocking a whole in the dining room and making that the new door. We are also expanding our kitchen down into our dining room to enlarge it with more counter and cabinet space. They pretty much gutted our kitchen down to the studs and started from scratch. Here are a few pictures of before and after, actually there after and before because I'm not sure how to switch them.

Halloween 2008

Taegen is starting to get to the age where it is fun to be a parent on holidays. It took him a couple of houses to get the hang of "trick or treat" means you get candy, but once he understood he was well on his way. He dressed up as the cutest cowboy and everybody LOVED his outfit! He even knows how to take his gun out of his holster and shoot. Here in Philly they make it very lazy to trick or treat. Everybody sits out on there porches with their candy so you don't even have to knock. Plus houses are like 15 feet apart one after another so you basically hit the jackpot. All in all we had a very good Halloween.

Family

Jared and I are so lucky to have such great familys!!!! Jared's parents were able to come out for an extended weekend for Taegen's birthday and we had an awesome time. Jared's dad had tickets to two Phillies baseball games and the first one ended up being the game where they took the 2008 National League East Division Championship... and it was awesome!!! With the two games and T's birthday we didn't have time for much else. Thanks so much for coming out and having such a great time with us, we love you!

A few days later my parents were able to come out for about 8 days. We did tons of stuff while they were here including Manhatten, Washington DC, and Lancaster. My dad was so sweet to watch Taegen while my mom and myself were able to do a session in the DC temple. It is beautiful there and was so fun to get that experience. I have much more pics to come as soon as I get them from my dad...hint, hint.Thanks mom and dad for flying out to spend time with us, we love you and miss you!