Gone Too Long

I can't believe it's been two weeks since I last posted. Honestly, where does the time go? So much to report on but I'm going to post bullet style and call it good.

{Oh so annoyed, I have photos for almost every bullet but I left my camera at Grandma Vicki's house! So..... no downloading, no resizing, no uploading, no posting photos. Grrrr.}

• Nathan's skateboard cake. He loved it, especially the chocolate doughnut wheels.

• Kathryn's zebra stripe, lion eating antelope cake (Milo added them). She really loved it! Marion works really hard on their birthday cakes and I'm so grateful, I'm not really cut out for that much celebrating. (don't you love her zebra coat too? I want one, it's soooo soft)
• the most hilarious FHE ever. Reed found a pair of 'Cars' underwear (don't judge that the laundry was on the couch during family home evening!) and sat and studied them until he figured out he could stuff them on his head and make the rest of us die laughing. Then he started dancing and growling as he loved being center stage. We're in for it!
• Nathan's birthday party. I'm so glad we follow the every few year plan for friend parties (Thanks Jill and Becky!), it was insanity. Fun insanity that we all survived, whew. We had it at the bowling alley and they were as loud/silly/funny/crazy/ as they wanted to be. They ate french fries, tons of pop and cupcakes plus I sent them home with a bag of candy. I'm sure their parents loved me for that sugar high, ha.
• Milo accepting a new position that is not here in town. This is such a blessing and one we weren't expecting. at. all. He applied back in May, didn't get called for an interview until the end of September and was offered the position the second week of November. It means we're moving. Moving! You just never know when the Lord is going to bless you and much of the time, it's when you least expect it.We're still not sure when, these guys move slow.
  
• Thanksgiving with Kyle and Heidi at Grandma Vicki's house (what the kids call their house). It was such a nice day. No meltdowns or tantrums. Just good food shared with family and friends. Definitely a day to be grateful for. We ate a delicious dinner, the kids played Thanksgiving bingo, the adults played a game of Guesstures that Milo rocked at (he might need it for Christmas, ha), read magazines, watched football (not me), read the Black Friday ads over and over, ate pie, watched the rain/mist/fog and it felt like a complete Thanksgiving day.
  
• Add all of that to how grateful I am for my Savior, my husband, our sweet kids, our new job and adventure of moving, my family, each and every one of them, friends that support me even if I'm moving away from their hair appts, my job, blogs, our little house that is enough (though I wont complain about more), our means for food, clothing, essentials, the best medicine.... laughter, good books (just finished The Book Theif and loved it) and so much more. At the risk of sounding cheesy, I am truly blessed.