November

While it is only been a few short weeks since November it feels like a life time.
We started with no power but we were pretty much feeling like pros at life on a generator this time around. The kids missed some school. Rowan had the whole week off for so we told her to consider it an early birthday present. Victor had to go back for the last two days of the week.
Unfortunately in the mists of all this we suffered another loss. My grandma passed away suddenly on November the 4th. This has been a really hard thing for me to deal with. We were very close and losing her has been very hard on me.
It was bittersweet to celebrate Rowan's birthday as we prepared for a funeral. My baby turned 7 years old!! Time seems to fly by with the kids. Again we were faced with a birthday and no power! Thankfully we got power back that day. Rowan is bright and cheerful, her school and all they offer has been a blessing for us. Rowan has begun spelling tests, so she has a 20 word list every week that includes 2 difficult like responsible or character. She has never gotten more than 1 wrong and always gets the bonus words. She is a spelling phoneme!! She makes me smile and laugh all the time, I love how she lights up everyday at pick up when she sees me. She is my cuddle-bug!!
It is hard to imagine that just a week and half after the funeral we closed on our new home. We moved in the same day and Kel worked hard all Saturday right up till 5 minutes before he had to leave for work. We had one week before Thanksgiving and after all we had been through this year I was determined to have a very quite, peaceful and happy day. I spent 2 days cooking and prepping. We watched the parade in our PJs and then we went to see the Muppet Movie. We came home, ate and had a really good night just hanging out but we sure did miss dad who was at work. It would have been my grandparents 60th Wedding Anniversary and after 28yrs apart I found great comfort in knowing they were spending this special day together.

My Grandma a couple of years ago.

She spotted her gifts first thing and we ended up having to let her open one.

She thought it was so cool that there was a school with her name that we just had to get her this.

Our Princess!!

Yes a Lalaloopsy!!

DOUBLE YES a crazy hair one too!!

Belle!

and her bed!

Rowan and one of her favorite friends Jenna. Yup they love that they share a name!!

Well if preparing a dinner in a house without all my kitchen stuff wasn't hard enough Bella and Misty decided it was tea party time in the pantry while I was cooking!

Hanging our watching the parade!

Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday and this is the first turkey for our first holiday in our new house.

Well here it is! The place we call home. We may not be completely settled in yet but we are so happy to finally be trying to get back to normal!!