I Love Me Some Fall

There's nothing too much to report, just giving a quick update! First of all, I can't believe we're nearing the end of October and we are into the second quarter at school. Before we know it the holidays will be here and that's slightly scary! Guess I better start doing some Christmas shopping! Ha! Despite the fact that Christmas is coming much quicker than I'd like, there's a really good chance we will be celebrating Christmas in a different house this year! I'm not going to go into much more detail than that right now, but we're staying hopeful everything will work out! Speaking of house shopping, it's ridiculous how much it costs just to get to the point to where you can actually have a mortgage...crazy! I'm sure all you homeowners are probably getting a good chuckle at that, but seriously, there is so much that I never knew went into it as a first-timer! I probably should have invested into one of those "House Hunting for Dummies" books..Haha!

On Friday evening, we attended a surprise party for Mason's dad, David for the big 5-0! He seemed genuinely surprised and it seemed like he and everyone else had a good time. There was a lot of good food and even better company. Yesterday, Mason spent the majority of the day working on putting a new roof on the garage here at this house. He is actually out there as I write this, hammering away. He seems to be making quite a bit of progress, which is good, but he was still able to sneak out for awhile to take a quick trip to the pumpkin patch with Tabitha, Greg, and Carson. We went to Pete's Pumpkin Patch in Rolla, and it was great to hang out with the three of them! I can't believe how big Carson is getting, and how CUTE!! Of course, we're biased, but seriously..adorable! He's already going to be 7 months old in November. Time sure flies!!

Don't you just want to kiss and squeeze those cheeks!!

Between enjoying this wonderful weather, running back and forth to school, and attempting to take care of this house-buying stuff, we stay quite busy. However, I've decided to forfeit any and all grading this weekend. Yes, I have at least four assignments that really need to be graded, but the way I see it, it will all get done at some point. School has been slightly stressful lately so I am enjoying this low-key weekend!

I'm going to go lose myself in a book now, but hopefully I'll have some more definite house news here in a couple of weeks..maybe sooner!! : ) Have a happy fall day!!