Halloween was this week!  Ben was "Steve" from Minecraft until people didn't know who he was, so he started telling people he was a box.  Bethany was a corpse bride but gradually became a ghost bride.  Whatever makes them happy, right?  Cali and Chey dressed up as Indians and Mariah wore her Flash t-shirt to school.  That counts, right?  Later that night she put on her "woman-power" clothes from the cultural celebration since she knew that Megan was dressed that way at work.  The kids tried some doors in our new neighborhood for trick-or-treating, but were mostly too shy.  We went to Grandma and Grandpa Gazdik's and they canvassed their neighborhood and then we dropped them off in Brookside.  I caught up to them after dropping Kevin and Mariah back home and we ran into friends and had a grand old time!

Otherwise this week was a whole lot more low-key than last (thank goodness)!  We did a lot of unpacking.  I think we'd be done, but I had to take some time out to do my accounting job since October ended and I needed to run financials.  Ugh, what timing!  Still, it was lovely to do the work in my kitchen with its sunshine and amazing view! 

The kids are all pretty much done with their rooms and they're looking really nice!  Kevin and I are still waiting for a new bed frame to be delivered, so our room continues in disarray and the upstairs fireplace room has a giant desk on its side that we are hoping to sell and the couch we want for in there we didn't decide on until Friday so it will take a while to be settled, as well.  Still, the kitchen is lovely and we have a downstairs TV nook that is rocking it AND (one for the history books!) we pulled a car into our own garage for the first time ever last night.  So, we are getting there.

Also, our continued state of disarray has not stopped Chey and Cali from having a party here Friday night with all their Brookside friends and Beth and Ben have had friends up multiple times.  We are looking forward to going to church today and meeting the kids in the surrounding neighborhoods!  Not that I mind the drive down to Brookside, nor sharing the fun of our new house with friends!  Mariah even had three of the girls from her cross country team over Saturday morning for an 8 mile run along the trail and then a Dad-made pancake breakfast.

We are getting glimpses of how nice it will be to be here.  This is my view as I type this for you today.  Yes, I think we can get used to this.