Pumpkin Carving

The third week in October appeared and with it come another visitor. CC, Travis' sister, started Fall Break from high school on Thursday. So, Travis and I drove halfway Wednesday night to pick her up. The new furniture arrived just in time to let CC have a place to sleep! She did some relaxing Thursday while Travis and I worked. We had dinner Thursday night and rested up for our big day Friday. CC came to school with me on Friday! The kids were very interested in her; even some boys began "showing" off for her on the playground! It was cute.
After arriving home Friday night after dinner, we discovered the power was off! Apparently the neighborhood has been asking for some branches to be cut. Needless to say it finally got done after they began to catch fire! So, we three decided to carve the pumpkin. The sun was actually starting to "cook" the pumpkin, so we needed to do something with it quick! Travis finished carving the pumpkin as we two held flashlights. All in all, I think it turned out pretty neat!Here it is all lit up! We are becoming expert pumpkin carvers!!!

BIG Birthdays!

October 9th was Travis' mom's 50th birthday. October 10th was his niece's 1st birthday! It was a big celebration week!!! Travis brother, sister-in-law, and niece came up for a few days. They arrived on Zion's 1st birthday. So, Travis and I had dinner and a cake just for the birthday girl! We all headed down to Augusta on Friday in preparation for the 1st b-day celebration on Saturday. Sunday, we brought Trooper home!!! It has been a great few weeks in the house! I'll have to take some pictures of the new place soon.
We are getting ready for Travis' sister to come stay for a few days. It's her Fall break. So, she will be spending Thurs-Sunday with us. Like I said, reservations are filling up fast!!!! :)

Shop Til You Drop!!!

The first weekend we moved into our new place, Travis went to Chicago and mom came up to keep me company. I think she was just really interested in seeing where her daughter was now living! Either way, I enjoyed the company. We started out by 9:00 at the stores after showering and finishing breakfast. It was a day full of buying and returning until the perfect needed items were found for the house. It's almost all complete!
In between shopping, we took a small break to see Looking Glass Falls in the Pisgah National Forest. Which, by the way, is only a few minutes from my house now!!! It was a great, but too short weekend.