My brother's birthday

We got a special visit from my brother Jason at the end of September. He just turned 29, so we decided to extend the celebration--anything for more cake! We took him to Miyami for dinner while our neighbors babysat the kids. We stopped by Target on the way home, and Jason Williams found a Spiderman costume to match Connor's. Of course, he had to get it. So we went to the neighbors to pick up the kids with Spiderman in tow. They thought it was pretty funny--except for their 11 year old daughter who said "Connor's Dad is weird!"

Then we sang "Happy Birthday" and had cake.



Happy Birthday Uncle Jason!

Moving Moving Moving

We're spending most (all) of our time preparing for the move. We were fortunate to get a contract on our house a couple of weeks ago. What a relief! The people who are buying it are really nice, and they have bought a ton of furniture, toys, etc. from us as well. We are working hard to sort out what will go into storage and what will be moved to the apartment. We are also having a continuous garage sale. Whenever anyone comes over, we make them walk through the garage to see if they can find any treasures! Callie is moving steadily toward age two. Although she is not quite there chronologically, she is there emotionally. She has to do EVERYTHING herself. Don't bother trying to pick up a cup for her, she'll grab it out of your hand and put it down and then pick it back up herself.

1st Day of School-sort of

Connor's first day of school was August 20th, or so I thought. I talked up the first day, and Connor was really excited. We got up nice and early on Monday to get him there by 7:30. We all walked in together and found . . . no one was there! It turns out that although most of the school started on Monday, Connor's classroom didn't start until Wednesday. He was a very disappointed boy. He was really ready to go by the time Wednesday rolled around. He is in a new classroom this year, and has been doing really well.

Wisconsin Vacation

At the beginning of August, we spent 2 weeks in Wisconsin. It was kind of a working vacation, because we were trying to find a rental property while we were there. We spent the first part of the trip with Grandma Williams at Lake Redstone. The kids had a great time going for boat rides and playing with their cousins Grant and Logan. Callie and "Gamma" painted nails together. We also celebrated Jason's 36th birthday.

The rest of our vacation was spend with Grandma and Grandpa Ritzenthaler. We took a fun boatride with Uncle Trent. We spent some time at Pattie & Mike's pool, where Callie smartly answered "Aunt Pattie" when faced with the question "Who do you like better? Aunt Pattie or Mommy/Daddy/Grandma/the postman, etc." Grandpa took us to the circus. Connor was chosen to play a tiger in the kid's circus. Connor and I got to take an elephant ride. We also had a birthday party for Grandpa.

Check out our fun pictures!

Lake Redstone Pictures

Apartment Pictures

Ritzenthaler Pictures