Oh, How I love Fall!!!

Let me just say that I am happy to usher in this new season! And let me tell you all my reasons why...I love the fact that I can wear real shoes again, that I can wear jeans, that I can snuggle into a sweatshirt or a blanket, that I need more than a sheet on my bed, that I can cuddle with my husband without feeling like I will catch fire, that I can make soup, that I can turn my oven on without wanting to die, that the leaves are already starting to change, that there are days when it does nothing but rain, that I do not have to lather my children in sunscreen every 2 hours, that school is back in session...shall I go on... :) (I am hoping to be able to make a trip over the pass when the leaves are changing!)

Anyways, things are good here as fall rushes in. James is working a lot (awesome for pay checks, but we miss him at home after having him around so long), and I got a great nanny position. It is with a 9 week old baby girl who comes to my house. We just work her right into our lives (although i forgot the trials of babies and the fact that she wants to be held so much) and the $600 extra bucks a month is a gift from God!

Mason is loving school, most of the time, he is already asking if he has to go everyday LOL. I just keep telling him to suck it up, he has at least 12 years ahead of him! But he is learning quickly and making friends. Cam is great too, growing like crazy. He is getting taller and taller and slimming out more and more. He is still a Mama's boy and a complete charmer...although, his 2 year old shines through often :) They are both already thinking about what they want to be for Halloween, dragons and soldiers, and Mason is super excited that Christmas and his b-day follow shortly after.

I am looking forward to the holidays this year. With finances actually coming in and bills starting to be paid we may be able to enjoy this time a little more this year without out all the added financial stress. God has blessed our family abundantly this year, even though at times we may not have been able to see it. Looking back though, it was great to have James with us at home. It gave us all a chance to bond and play and be a family, sure the finances were excruciatingly painful, but we had a ton of fun doing things together as a family. I look forward to more times like those :)

So, thats our life in a nutshell right now...It will be much the same for a few months I am sure, as we work diligently in the jobs God has blessed us with and get out finances back on track.

My baby started school!

Well, it is official, the first Snell of the next generation has started school! He was so excited for today and I was so nervous (yep, even shed a few tears)...never thought I would be like that. My biggest problem was the riding the bus part. I was just so scared that he would not make it, or get off to early or something like that. My mother felt the need to remind me that children have been riding buses for years and they have this down, and to that I answered "Ya, well not with my baby they haven't!" LOL

All styled up and ready to go!

The Star Wars back pack I had to search to find

Standin outside his school

Hangin his bag in his locker!

Gettin off the bus for the first time!

Anyways, he did great, loved it all and got home safe. He even came home and told me that some kids were not very good and they did not listen as well as he did LOL........I cant believe this day got here so quickly and my baby is no longer a baby...