September Happenings

Our September was fairly quiet. It is probably the calm before the moving storm we will have at the end of October. Here is a picture of Kimball buying a Lego toy that he paid with using his birthday money. He was so excited to buy a toy with his own money.

Joseph is using up his vacation days before we leave so it has been nice having him home 1 extra day a week. Here is a picture of Joseph and Kimball riding bikes one cool morning that Joseph took off.

The biggest event for the month was a trip to Syracuse. Joseph's new company flew both of us out to look at housing options and paid for 3 nights in a hotel. It was very nice and much appreciated. It was nice for me to see our soon to be home-- meaning the area where we will be living. We don't actually have a house yet, but it was good to look at a few houses that are for sale. We did find an apartment to rent that will rent on a month by month basis since we don't want to be locked into a year lease.

We also took a drive up to Lake Ontario for fun. It was fun to see one of the lakes in person and they are so much bigger than I imagined. It was a little chilly by the lake since it was windy. I was glad I had my fleece jacket. Our trip was mainly for settling business matters so it was a productive trip. The kids stayed in Russellville with a family that moved here recently. Our families connected right away so I felt perfectly comfortable leaving our kids with a family we have only known for 6 weeks. The kids had a BLAST. They were having so much fun they rarely wanted to take a break from playing to talk with us when we called. I was glad they had a good time, I really wouldn't want them missing us for 4 days. Our time is short here in Russellville. We have a trip planned to St. Louis to visit our family one last time before we move so far away. Aside from that trip we have 2 weeks to finish packing. I have packed quite a few boxes over the last 6 weeks, but there is still a lot to do.