It's a....

Sorry, can't tell.
Jonathan and I made a pact over two years ago when we were pregnant with Adaya. I really wanted to find out the sex. He did not. I mean REALLY did not. So, we compromised by me finding out and then keeping it a secret from everyone. Yup, everyone.
Well, I was able to do it then and I can do it now! So, you will find out if we're having our third girl or first boy next March.
The important thing is that he/she is very healthy, growing well and squirming all over the place ALL THE TIME! Actually, I found out that with this baby the placenta is toward my back so I feel every kick, every flip and every tremble magnified! Both Chloe and Adaya's placenta were toward my front so it acted like a buffer, but not now!



In other news, fall has been absolutely beautiful this year. An abundance from our garden, now either canned in our pantry or frozen in our freezers, peaceful frosty mornings and 82 pounds of deer meat from Jonathan's successful hunt! Finally, after three years of no luck, Jonathan shot a 3x4 point buck on the last day of the season last Friday! He was so happy! What a lucky man he is...brand new Ford Truck and another trophy pair of antlers!



Artisans in the Grove wrapped up our summer market season in October with a ton of rain...kind of like how we started in June and we just had our first Holiday Market of the season last week...24 vendors and a great turnout for a cold and wet Wednesday night! We are already sold out for our December market with 25 vendors and a waitlist of another 6! And there are still 3 more weeks left!



It was a lot of work, but well worth it and I feel blessed to be a part of this new endeavor. Unfortunately it doesn't leave me with a lot of free time like I used to have. Between teaching Chloe and Emma DuPont homeschool preschool twice a week, Chloe's Art Smart on Tuesdays and Mom's Group on Thursdays, I hardly feel like I am home anymore. So starts having school-age children, I guess!
Homeschooling has gone terrifically! Ive been using a combination of a couple different curriculum and adding in a bit of my own creativity as well. And I have to say I am really enjoying it as well! Who knew?! But don't think that means I want to do this for the rest of their educations. I feel pretty confident in preschool and perhaps kindergarten, but after that, I think I will leave it to the professionals!



Art Smart has been great for all of us, too. Chloe gets good experience of learning from another teacher, meeting new kids and she looks like such a cute little artist when I pick her up and she's covered in paint! Those three hours a week have been great for me and Adaya as well and I'm enjoying having one-on-one time with my "middle child." Since it's all the way in Beaverton we usually run errands, grab lunch and just spend quality time together. It reminds me how much I cherished this age with Chloe before the horrific terrible two-and-a-halfs and threes came! I am thankful I get a couple more months with her at this fun age before her little sibling arrives.



Writing-wise, I finished my third draft of the book at a whopping 101 pages, added a dedication, preface and afterword before sending it out to my third wave of readers: Kaylin, Ken and Heather and Eric. I decided to one more read-through while awaiting their opinions and boy am I glad I did! I've caught a ton of typos! I've also been working on a cover, adding a little scrapbook of pictures in the back and doing a little research on publishers. If all goes well, my deadline goal is the first of the year to begin seriously submitting it as a manuscript. If I cannot get a publisher, I will look more into self-publishing. Either way, I hope to have it published and marketed by March, so I can concentrate on my newest job: mom of three! But, all in God's hands and I trust His infinite wisdom and timing.

Our Little Family of Four...NOW FIVE!

After three months of trying and subsequent disappointment, I can now say, "We're Pregnant!" We found out this weekend while away at the beach. Its been on my mind, counting the days until we could take the test and since I think I'm on a 31 day cycle, that meant not until Monday, July 4th. However, while touring Newport on Sunday, we found a Dollar Tree and stopped in to by a test and some baby wipes. Trying to be funny, the clerk said, "you know, sometimes the results of this (the test) can keep you from needing these (wipes)." I guess the huge grin on my face wasn't big enough for him to see that it was a very much PLANNED and even more WANTED pregnancy!
Anyway, we were going to wait until the morning to take the test, but in true Kaiser tradition, we couldn't wait and took it the evening before, after we put the girls down. We waited the 3 agonizing minutes with the test high on a shelf so we couldn't peak and after the time was up, I let Jonathan do the favor, begging him not to joke with me. When we saw the two pink lines, we hugged and cried together, woke up the girls and told Adaya she was going to be a big sister and Chloe would have another little sibling. Then we called our family. Tracy, first, who was in Canada so had to find out from Facebook, even though I promised her she wouldn't. What could I do? Internationally charges! Then Jim, then Papa, Grandma Cheryl, Grandma and Grandpa Kaiser and finally Grandma Beka. Chloe got to tell all the grandparents, saying "Mamma's gonna have another baby!" It was so exciting for everyone.
After that, we posted it on Facebook and have been receiving so much love and congratulations. Most of our friends are done having kids now, so this might be my first pregnancy where no one else close to us is pregnant too. Hmmm, maybe we can start a trend for all our friends with only two???

April Showers Brings May Motivation?

The last couple days have been hard for me to keep motivated. I seemed to come to a huge, stumbling road block in my driven weeks of the past. I keep telling myself that I shouldn't be too harsh, as I've already gotten my garden in the ground, much of the home re-organized and I'm on my third draft of my book...yes, book. I am writing a book! Wow, it still is so freeing to utter those words into the web oblivion for all to read!
For nearly seven years now I have been writing a memoir about a huge event that happened in my life ten years ago. God has called me to bring this "Secret" out into the open and I have been amazed at the lessons He has taught me through it. The first and hardest of which was making the decision to call it a memoir and not a novel and to come to trust Him with what it might mean to no longer carry this secret from most of my family and dearest friends. It has been such a liberating journey, leaving my worries of what people will think of this story, and as such, me. God has taught me that this is not my story, but His and to Him be all the glory and praise for it. The future of this work is still a mystery to me. Will it be published? Widely distributed? Will He use this in other's lives to help girls in the same situation as I was ten years ago? I am not sure. He has not revealed that to me yet. Right now, I'm just writing and leaving the rest to God. Perhaps it will go no where, just privately published and distributed around to family and friends. If so, I will be okay with that. It is God's story and I leave it in His capable hands.

I write when I can, usually during the girls' tv time or naps or after they're in bed for the night. Pretty much when I can squeeze it in around my other mom and wife duties or when I'm not completely exhausted. It certainly makes the days fly by. I cannot believe how quickly this spring seems to be passing. Before we know it, summer will be here! Im so thankful that despite crazy business, the garden is mostly done. All seeds are either in the ground or germinating in th greenhouse. Most of the beds are prepped or planted and I have high hopes for produce this year after taking much advise from Garden Wisdom and Know-How and Backyard Farming.



Easter was fun for our family. The girls got dressed up and took pretty pictures together on Saturday and then opened bunny baskets and found hidden Easter eggs on Sunday. Then, we spent the afternoon with family on the east side for a large dinner.



The previous week the girls and I spent a few days in Bend with my dear friend and cousin Tracy and her family. We got snow while there, which was cool, and spent much of the days playing, talking and wiping noses, like we often do when we get together.

Our being gone allowed Jonathan to catch up on much work without distraction at home. We had planned on taking that trip a couple weeks ago, but had to cancel because of colds. Jonathan still needed time to work at home, so we spent that week at my parent's instead. It turned out to be a good thing as my mother had fractured a rib and was given strict doctor's orders to lay low and rest until she healed.
Jonathan has been so busy at work lately because in a recent re-org he was given many many more employees to manage. Hopefully, they will eventually make things easier on him in the future, but until then, he continues to put in many hours in Salem as well as at home. The weather has been nicer lately, though, allowing him to ride his motorcycle more often to work, which has been nice on our gas budget! I've also been able to ride a couple times with him since we got me a helmet and jacket and we even had ourselves a little "Motorcycle date night" where we hired a sitter and everything!
Despite his business with work, Jonathan continues to improve his talent in beer and wine making, most recently, he has been working on my Eagle Creek Blackberry Wine, which probably still wont be ready for another six months. Other works he has in mind include an Earl Grey summer beer and perhaps even a batch of Mead!

In March we took a trip to Seattle, just the two of us, while my parent's watched the kids. A friend of mine was getting married and it was nice to attend the wedding sans kids! When we got home, though, we had to put our Big Kitty, Sylvester down. He had lost ten pounds in less than a year and had a mass in his abdomen. It was very sad.



Adaya continues to blossom into a little girl, standing up and cruising all over the place. We are certain it wont be long before she is walking unassisted. In Bend, she learned to crawl backwards down the stairs and since we have been home has been perfecting her new skill almost constantly! She continues to say more and more new words each day. Last week, we packed up her high chair and she is now sitting in a booster at the table with the rest of the family! It's hard not to think of her as baby Adaya anymore, but she really seems to be adjusting well into her little girl role.

Big sister Chloe is such a help and joy around the house. She picks up after herself so well, is getting better at listening and obeying and loves to play and pretend. For Easter she got a Tangled doll and takes her wherever she goes. I find it harder and harder to keep up with all her questions and endless energy. She is definitely ready for some summer parks and rec activities as well as preschool next fall!

With both our girls growing up so fast, a part of us is excited about bringing another baby home and we think May might just be the right month to start trying! It would be so easy to stop at two and while some days I cannot imagine bringing another baby into our crazy lives, but at the end of it all, both Jonathan and I know we want more that two kids.



So, here it is, almost May...the days are getting longer, the garden is sprouting and it, spring cleaning, my book and babies are constantly on my mind. And yet, I have no motivation. Instead, it is 11 am and I am still in my pjs, drinking coffee and blogging, when I have a thousand things on my mind I should be doing. Reading my Bible, cleaning, cooking, packing away winter stuff and bringing out summer stuff, doing laundry or writing. Oh spring motivation when will you hit me again?

Christmas turns to New Year and soon it's...March?!

Yikes, I am embarrassed how much time I have allowed to pass without a post. Prepare yourselves, this is gonna be a long one!
We had a fantastic time with family in California over the holidays. Our drive there and back went well, again through the night so the kids could sleep. This time we left a bit earlier so we could arrive earlier and get more sleep, but the kids did not do well being put back down...even at 4 in the morning. As you can guess, we were not very happy. Lots of fun times with family and a car full of presents later, we found ourselves heading back home.



A couple weeks later, we celebrated my 31st birthday at my parents with Tracy and her kids, then Jonathan took me to get Adaya's footprint tattoo and then on a surprise overnight trip to Bridal Veil Falls B and B while mom and dad watched the girls. When we came back, we all went out to lunch and even Eric joined us!


In February, Adaya taught herself to climb up stairs and to finally pull herself to a standing position! And while, she absolutely refuses to walk or sign, her vocabulary is much more advanced than Chloe was at this age. Among others, she says "Mamma," "Dadda," "uh-oh," "night-night," "thank you," "doggie," "bye-bye," "cracker," "papa," "belly," "shoe" and just yesterday "ball."



We switched Pediatricians (again) and have decided to catch Adaya up on all her immunizations, except for Hep B and the flu, just like we did with Chloe. In her 15 month appointment she was 18 pounds, still 1 percentile, but growing fast and I am certain she will catch up in size to her peers very soon.
We got three different snow falls just in February, the most we had all winter and Chloe got to enjoy playing out there for several days. Adaya not so much.


Chloe continues to grow into a very smart and sometimes frustrating preschooler. She is enjoying learning more about letters and their sounds in our pre-preschool coop with three other families and I think we will be ready for a more advanced preschool curriculum next fall, supplemented perhaps by some preschool arts and recreation classes around town. She is learning to pray, understand more about God, Heaven and the Bible and is (usually) a very thoughtful and protective big sister.


She had her first swimming lessons, which started out really well, until it was time to get her ears wet and dunk. She did not "pass" and we will be waiting awhile before we put her back in, and it won't be at Forest Grove again, either! (But that is loooong story)


February also marked an entire month of Chloe waking up dry, so she now sleeps in panties, even at Grandma and Grandpa's which has been very exciting. She is also growing like a weed in length and almost outgrown all her 3T pants and size 8 shoes!
The first of March found me in jury duty, but I was dismissed before noon and had the rest of the day to myself and evening alone with Jonathan, which was awesome!
Jonathan has been working long hours and still commuting to Salem four times a week. he was feeling very weary of his job and even considered leaving towards the end of last year and earlier this year, but several perks and good marks have led us to believe that God still wants him there, even with the long and frustrating commute. With gas prices raising fast, the gas guzzling truck is getting a little scary to drive, but thankfully his shoulder has healed better and faster than expected and his physical therapist has cleared him for riding the motorcycle again, yay!
The housing market continues to keep up thinking we will be staying put in our little home, so God is teaching us to appreciate what we have and wait on Him and His timing.
And as spring draws near, it has us thinking warm weather thoughts, making plans for the summer, including taking some much-needed family vacations, planting a garden and looking to the future. I am starting to get bitten by that "baby bug" again and I wonder if we will have a boy, how the girls will do as big sisters and if we will burst the seams of this house!

How is it that time flies so fast?

And thus, I cannot seem to keep up with a blog, let alone journals, photo albums and baby books like I used to. Is this because I am getting older or just super duper busy with two kids, a busy household and a crazy over-worked husband?
I've been contemplating these things much more lately...how time seems to fly, that is. How a year can go by before I know it and I find myself and our family buried in half-done and dusty projects. But does that stop us from piling more projects on top of them? Not in the Kaiser household, it doesn't! I contstantly find myself making New Years Resolutions, or "plans" as Jonathan calls them, only to find the year overwith, my "plans" unaccomplished and new things I would like to add to that.
For example, last year in 2010, I turned 30 in January and my goal (having Adaya the previous November) wanting to lose weight and be "in the best shape of my life." By the end of last December, though, I of course was too busy with two kids that I just wasnt making weight loss, diet and exercise a priority anymore. This New Years, I found myself fired up again to renew that challenge as well as add another 10 or so "plans" to it! 3 months later, here I am in March, just 3 now completing Jillian Michael's 30 Day Shred...in 90 days! (sigh) And my other "plans" including eating healthier, cooking more and eating out less, reading more and watching less as well as my biggest one writing more and surfing less have all been about the same success rate. I am doing better, but it is a slow process.
I guess I feel a little overwhelmed. Jonathan contiues to work long hours and commute 4 days a week to Salem, we are trying to figure out preschool for Chloe next year, thinking about "trying" pretty soon for baby number 3 and Ive been working several hours every day for over a week on a project that I have been literally stopping and starting for 7 years! All of these things, added to the daily requirements of our life sometimes makes it feel like I finish cleaning the entire house, only to have to start over again. Didn't I JUST do laundry or didnt I JUST clean all the toilets? Sometimes, my wonderful parents take the kids for an overnight stay and Jonathan and I get to do something fun or have a date night, but those are the times that fly the fastest, it seems!
I can see now why people always say "dont blink." It surely seems as though life passes us by so quickly. My prayer for our family is constantly that we enjoy each moment and live each day to the fullest, because it soon will be a distant memory to put on the shelf of our history. I pray this for you and yours as well!

It's Christmas Time Again...

Wow, how this year has flown! I cannot believe our little baby Adaya is now 1, AND Chloe is 3!!! And while it is not yet officially winter yet, it certainly feels like it. We had our first snow in mid November, not enough to really play in, but it stuck around for quite awhile with very cold temps reaching down to the early teens a couple nights! Lately, though, we've had very wet, cold rain and not much of a break from it for several weeks. I consider myself a true Oregonian at heart, one that really does enjoy rain after rain after rain, but this is starting to wear on even me! Give me snow or give me sun!
Since my last post, quite a bit has happened. We took our much anticipated Mexico trip...7 days of no kids, absolute luxury, sunshine, warm temps and pure paradise! My dear friend Crystal got married to her Alaska sweetheart and we joined them at the all inclusive Melia Cabo Real in Cabo San Lucas with several other friends and new friends. We flew first class, stayed in an ocean view suite and ate and drank, swam and tanned all day long the end of October and first week of November.


While we were gone, Grandma and Grandpa Shierman watched the girls, who did very well, the longest we'd ever been away from them. However, when we got back, Adaya stared at us like she didn't believe we were really there and Chloe told us every day for a week, "I'm glad you came back from Mexico!"
Coming home was not all a happy reunion, though. Chloe, in true almost-three-year-old-fashion, took a week of tantrums to re-adjust, and is still (two months later) very difficult most days. Chloe just had her 6th week of pre-preschool and while she can now recognize all the letters of the alphabet, say the letters of her name and recite the sounds that some letters "say," I can definitely see the developmental differences between her and her other three year old friends, whom are all 4-10 months older than her.

With all the concentration on Chloe, I often feel like I am letting Adaya's development slip through the cracks. I guess I am so used to referring to her as a baby, I forget that by the time Chloe was her age, I was already teaching and expecting so much more from her than I do Adaya. Is this 2nd child syndrome? She continues to show us her temper at any given moment with screams and crying, but now that she is one, I am seeing her understand things more and more, which is a relief. She is not quite signing yet, but I am certain she knows what I mean when I sign "more" and "all done" to her. She got 4 new teeth (two of them molars!) in the last two weeks, which I am sure has not helped her mood, either. She is now 16 pounds and wearing almost all 12 month clothing now, crawling quickly all over the place and will pull herself up to her knees, but absolutely refuses to stand or even let me help her stand! According to the pediatrician she is above average in her fine motor skills, but behind in her gross. Am I enabling this by not teaching her as well as I could for Chloe, being an only child? At what point do I chalk it up to being a mother of two versus neglecting her development? Man, having two kids is hard!
But I digress.... Their birthdays were so much fun, being only days apart and falling within a week of Thanksgiving and Jon's major shoulder surgery, it was a hectic two weeks, but I loved every moment! Adaya's party was a princess theme with only immediate family invited. My parents, Kaylin and her family and even Eric and Shana attended for a full Thanksgiving-like meal, cake and ice cream and presents.

Three days later, we celebrated Chloe's birthday at the Portland Children's museum with all her little friends from Mom's group and church with a Cars theme and presents.


On her actual birthday two days later we went out to dinner with my parents and they watched the girls for another couple days while Jonathan had his surgery and post-op recovery at home. Thanksgiving we went to Auntie Alexis', got the girls back and have been taking it easy ever since so Jonathan can heal.
His surgery was to repair a torn tendon off his rotator cuff and required his bone to be drilled into to reattach, along with 7 staples and a sling with no use of his left arm for 6 weeks! It's been three weeks so far and his pain is still pretty bad so he has to take meds at night. It's been rough on all of us, but we're coping the best we can and hoping for the best recovery and physical therapy in another 3 weeks. We're trying to make the best of it, but at this point, I am just trying to survive feeling like a single parent with three children!

As Christmas approaches, we decided not to get our own tree since we will be in Salinas for the holidays, so we helped mom and dad decorate theirs last weekend and we will do our own little gift exchange this weekend.
We will drive south next Wednesday, the 22nd, hopefully earlier in the afternoon, as I have no idea how much driving at night Jonathan will be up for. We are now having to take Kodi with us, since my mother is having all sorts of issues with her thyroid and does not have the energy to watch her while we're gone. Seriously, could life be any tougher right now!!? Thankfully our family in Salinas is so wonderful, it really will be a very relaxing vacation once we're there. Hopefully Jonathan will not have to work too much and it really will be what we all need to recharge our life batteries!
Another stress in our life right now is deciding where Jon wants to be professionally. Both of us are tired of his long commute and ridiculous hours in Salem, both of which have not been worth the slight raise he got in January, nor does it seem like things will get any better. There have been a couple opportunities presented, neither of which seem to be panning out, so we continue to pray earnestly that God will reveal his will and give us peace...in this and every hectic part of our lives right now!

Smell the fall a'coming on!

Around here, we spell fall with sunshine, cooler weather, garden harvest, canning and Oktoberfest. Ah, I love this time of year! Last month, the weather was a terrific 70 degrees every day, full of light wind, sunshine and crisp evenings/mornings. But last week, that changed dramatically to monsoon like wind, cold temps and even thunder and lightening! We had such a crazy summer that it seems as though our leaves have been trying to change for a couple months, but now it feels right. The crazy drop in temperature changed our tree leaves from early fall reds and oranges to extremely bright yellows and the powerfull wind has knocked more and more leaves on the ground. Soon, we will be raking!
We have reaped a bountiful harvest this year...tons of plums, several artichokes, bunches of tomatoes and lettuce, but the best crop of green beans, peas, corn and beets I've ever seen! I cannot wait to see what our winter squash has in store for us...lots of beauties on the vine...white, orange, green funky things and even goards! All have made a lovely addition to my dining room table and front porch. We visited the pumpkin patch a couple weekends ago, but opted out of buying any pumpkins this year. My pantry is down to only one quart left, so I hope to get some great sales on large pumpkins next month to can and restock those shelves.
We froze our corn kernals, peas, green beans, plums and a couple weeks ago I canned tomato sauce, and pear, apple plum sauce (AMAZING!). Aint nothing like growing an abundance of produce in your garden and its even better to be able to preserve it through canning and freezing so it can be enjoyed for another year!

Oktoberfest was a lot of fun this year, despite it being a rainy one. Chloe was able to still wear her dirndls from last year and I made Adaya two this year, one, of which, matched Chloe's. I even got a new costume peice, a beautiful and authentic German Mieder. The three of us went Thursday (Chloe got to spend the night)and Friday and Jonathan joined us all day on Saturday. It was a fun, albeit wet year!


With it getting dark sooner, we've rolled back bedtime as well. Chloe is slowly adjusting, some nights are easier than others, but Adaya has maintained her consistent 7:15 bedtime. Amazing how different children can be. Wonder if she will still be like this next year. Adaya continued to put on a little weight. We've been feeding her anything and everything except for peanuts and honey and she was taking about 4 oz of formula in addition to her bedtime nursing each night for a couple weeks now until we finally weaned her (or more likely she weaned herself) Monday, October 4th. It's been wonderful having her full and happy now. I finally was able to pack away all her 6 month and younger clothes and she appears to be almost skipping the 9 month stage and going right to 12 months! She almost never screams out of hunger or rage like she used to (now just when she's bored, wants more food or attention - no matter how many times I tell her "NO SCREAM") and is happy to play for a long time on the floor by herself. She also finally started crawling, taking her frst couple steps last wednesday at Grandma and Grandpa's and now scooting all around, following us everywhere and getting into everything! She loves playing peek a boo and grabbing at all her big sister's toys. I hear a lot of "No, Adaya, that's MY TOY" around here lately.

Chloe is growing up so fast. Each day she says new and crazy things and each day she tests my God-given patience. Oh, she is so bossy and wants her way so badly. She is sin-nature in its finest form and constantly reminds me to set a better example of a God-directed life. (sigh) 3 is definetely more of a challenge than 2 and it seems like each week there is something new we struggle with. To add to my frustration with her, I no longer get the beautiful silence that I once had each day afternoon at 1 when both girls were napping as Chloe has not consistently had a nap in over a week now. I knew it would have to come someday, but was really hoping it would be several more months away. Since she does still fall alseep once or twice a week, i still insist that she stay in bed for "quiet time" but I know that will soon evolve into "quiet play time" in her room.
Since many of her friends are entering preschool this year, we have decided to have our own little preschool with three other of her friends and just do a new letter every other week. So far, we have done "A" and "P" with a new mom teaching it at their respective homes every other week. While, they may not all be grasping the meaning of "a is for apple" and "p says paa," it has been good for all four of them and I am excited to see how they do with more social interaction.

With both of them very much not feeling like babies anymore, I have definitely been feeling the bite of the dreaded baby bug. Perhaps it is that I am not nursing anymore, or maybe this cold time of year is when I seem to usually be due. Either way, my head wants to enjoy our two right now (and a drink here and there, but my heart years for another tiny, sleepy thing to snuggle with on these cold evenings. Hmmm, maybe in the spring....
Jon is officially riding his Triumph to work every day now. He took some training classes early last month, got his liscence and his gear and began his new commuting style. He looks so hot! And God is teaching me more about trust in Him as I daily give my fears of becoming a widow over to Him. Since we've had the motorcycle, we have had three opportunities where we could have ridden it on child-free dates, but unfortunately, I have yet to acquire my gear and I let Jonathan know my disgruntledness over this almost every day. Almost.

Speaking of child-free, Jon and I leave Friday for our 6 day trip to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, for a dear friend's wedding. It will be my first time to the Latin country and only my 2nd time leaving our country. I got my passport several months back and am soooo excited. We really splurged (aka charged) on this trip, flying first class and even getting a suite at the resort! Needless to say, between Jon's long hours the last couple months and my frustrations over the girls at home, this is a much needed vacation and we plan to enjoy it to the fullest! Aside from planned events such as the wedding, I plan to be poolside and tipsy the majority of the trip! We had lots of fun shopping for it, but boy is it hard to find shorts and sundresses in October! At least those we did find, were at nice prices! While we are gone, the girls will stay with my parents and it will be the longest we've been away from them. We've practiced a night or two with them over there in the last couple weeks and I am very confident that they will be fine. Mom and dad are having fun creating lots of fun things for them to do, so I know the time will fly quick. The hardest part of the whole thing will be not being able to be on facebook, check email and call them whenever I want. But that's the point of vacation, right?!
Well, November is shaping up to be the busiest month of the fall for us, so I think I will save all of its info for its very own post when we get back from Mexico. Until then, Adios!