Fun in the Fall Leaves and some new furniture

This past weekend was not quite as busy as the last few have been. John and Andi babysat for us for the first time at night on Friday. They even put the kids to bed while Mike and I went out in the "big metropolis" of Kingston for dessert. We did not want to go far away for the first time, but everything went great! Kudos to John and Andi for being such a great big brother and sister!!! Landon and Addi adore them.
Then on Saturday Mike and John took Andi to audition for East Tennessee Junior Band Clinic. It is an honor to make it into this band, and when you do you go to a two day training clinic and then have a big performance. Andi did make it!! Yeah!! So she will be playing her flute at Lee University in Cleveland, TN on Dec. 8th!! We are very proud of her!
We had a relaxing Sunday afternoon and played outside for a long time. Our yard has many big hardwoods which results in a LOT of leaves. The kids had fun jumping in them and being silly. Addi was a little hesitant at first but soon saw how much fun it could be. She is somewhat of a girly girl, as you will notice all her necklaces, so she did not like getting her hands dirty. She loves jewlery and wears those necklaces nearly everyday. I think Santa needs to bring her some prettier ones for Christmas. Funny though, she also loves monster trucks! I wonder where she got that from? :)
I also posted some pictures of a few new pieces of furniture we recently purchased. My family had asked me to put up pictures so they could see, since they won't be at my house for a while. Our couch and chair won't be here for another few weeks, but slowly our house is entering the 21st century :) I also took a picture of my newest picture additions. I love pictures of my kids and family all around me and was able to get these pictures this fall. I love them and feel they capture the personality of each one of my precious children! Happy Thanksgiving to All!!!


Here is the new shelf we bought to hold all of our DVDs. Mike insisted we put them in alphabetical order. And he thinks I am picky :)


This is the cabinet we bought to put in our breakfast area. I am so happy to finally have a place to put my non-everday dishes!


Here is the inside of the cabinet. I was a little nervous when the moving guys were moving it in because of all the glass and our kitchen is on the second floor. They did great, however, and Landon loved their BIG truck!


Here is our family room. You can see the shelf and our new ottoman.


Here are my newest pictures of the kids! Mike bought me the lighting to help show them off.


Addi deciding that she likes the leaves after Andi buried her.


In this picture I thought Addi looked like she was doing the hula dance in the leaves.


Mike giving Addi a little bike ride in probably a "not-so-safe" way. She loved it though!


Andi catching some zzzzs in the leaves. Hey, does that rhyme?


I thought this profile picture of Addi and Andi was so pretty!


John watching a movie with the kids. We thought it was so cute to see them all sitting together. This was on Friday night before we left for our date.


All three leaf players!


Andi looking pretty!


Landon realizing that he has to close his eyes if he is going to dive into the leaves. Live and learn!


They got pretty wild playing and it was so fun to "watch"! I must admit, I was not too tempted to dive in myself. Ohhhh, I am getting so old :)