Life Update

Well those past 3 weeks flew by since my last post. I am now almost 19 weeks along and feeling pretty good. I have days of nausea that come and go, but overall, I can't complain. My back is feeling so much better, and I haven't been to the chiropractor in 2 weeks, so that's a plus too. Here's a bit of what we have been up to!
-My sister and her kids came to visit the third weekend in October. Reese had her last soccer game that Saturday morning, so we did that and then headed to Madison to go to the zoo. After rest time, we then went bowling- the kids had fun! Here are a few pics from their visit.

The weekend after their visit, Reese had a 3 day weekend, so we packed up and went on a mini vacation to Door County. The trees were gorgeous! We had fun hiking on Friday and exploring the outdoors. The kids did SO great hiking for almost 2 hours in Peninsula State Park. Saturday it decided to rain- so we took a road trip to the tip of the Peninsula, and watched the cars load on the ferry to go across to Washington Island. That afternoon we went bowling. We loved shopping and exploring the towns too- Egg Harbor and Fish Creek are probably our favorite. Here are a few pics from our weekend. 

Probably the highlight of their trip- I think we swam 4 times in 3 days at the hotel :)

 Hiking in Peninsula State Park

Reese and I had a date afternoon and shopped in Egg Harbor

Pooped after a long day, a movie and popcorn- and the closest they have probably ever sat together without fighting!

Halloween! Wow, that approached really fast. Reese was a unicorn (she has requested now two years in a row) and Preston was a ninja turtle, well, he was supposed to be. Friday night we had a Halloween party at Preston's preschool and the kids had fun. Preston had no problem dressing up. Halloween afternoon we got Preston up from a nap to get ready and head to Monroe to meet our in-laws and nieces. After he woke up, he wanted NOTHING to do with is costume. Fighting and screaming so I gave up. At least I got him to wear the hat. They had fun trick or treating- and I have fun rummaging through their candy :) Sunday was Kyle's 37th birthday, so we had his parents up for the day. 

His mom made a cake that he had when we he was little 

We have been in the process of updating our house and making it our "own." So far my dad has painted the kids bedrooms, as well as my bedroom and bathroom. He also installed a new ceiling fan in our room, and Kyle and his Dad completed our barn wood headboard. I also found a dresser to re-finish with chalk paint and just got that all put together as well. Here are the before and after photos.

Finished! 3 coats of paint, 2 coats of top coat, and new pulls.

Think that's it for now. We begin our kitchen update on Monday. We are painting our oak cabinets, getting new counter tops, a new sink, and putting pulls on the cabinets. I'll be excited when it's done!

18 1/2 weeks. People keep asking if we are finding out gender at 20 weeks. the answer is No. We found out with Reese and Preston, and with this being the last baby, we want it to be a surprise. So we will have to wait until April to find out :)