It's beginning to look, feel and sound a lot like Christmas!

Well, we had our first "snow" yesterday. It was enough to cover the cars and the deck, but not much else. School wasn't even on a delay! I don't think it has gotten above freezing the last 2 days.
Christmas music has been playing in the stores since November 1st and it just started on the radio this past weekend. Next year it may be September when they start. Don't get me wrong, I love Christmas but it keeps getting earlier and there are only so many songs that they can play over and over during the season.
Sorry, no pictures of the snow, we were too busy getting ready for work in the morning and it was all gone by the time we got home.

Lots of Leaves

Another Saturday, another day raking leaves.  Zoe was able to get in on the fun today!

Fall

Today was a great fall day.  After some running around, we took advantage of the 70 degree weather and raked the yard.  The trees are beautiful, but they sure do make a lot of work for us during this time of year.  We ended up with 11 big black trash bags and we only raked the front yard!  

All of those leaves still to fall!

Last night was also a lot of fun.  Dustin's band went to their football game and decided to have a little fun... rather than their regular show, they played "thriller" and did the dance too.  If you would like to see a video of it, a band parent posted it on their blog.  Excuse the yelling... the moms always get excited!   www.hiddenvalleyband.blogspot.com

Peaks of Otter

We took a day trip yesterday to Peaks of Otter in Bedford.  We had a picnic lunch then headed up the mountain.  It was a day trip and Zoe did great.  She had a lot more energy than we thought she would... staying ahead of us all the way up and down the mountain!  She especially loved the top, probably because there were a lot of people, including a little girl that kept slipping her Pringles!

Update

Here are a few more pictures of the house.  Sorry it's been so long... we have kind of been taking a break from working on the house.  

We have done some finishing touches in the study!  Mom McCollum painted the amazing picture above the computer.  We also painted the bookshelf and the computer stand (they used to be brown).  The paint is still drying on the TV stand and we are refinishing an end table that has a little bit of work still.

Yes, I know that the vent is out the window.  I was doing laundry at the time and we still don't have the hole drilled to send the vent out the side of the house.  There will be drawers above the cabinets between the washer and dryer.

Here is a picture of the completed bathroom!  Nothing left to do in here!  

Mud Run

A couple months ago Brent said jokingly that I needed to run in the Marine Corps Mud Run with him when they came up to visit.  Sure, why not?  So I called up Heather and we've been training for it since then.  We had a lot of fun and our knees are only a little scraped up from the mud pit.  

Before the race so nice and clean

Not so clean anymore... we had a great time!

Who wants to join us next year?

The end in sight!

Today the carpet was installed in the bedroom. Dustin took the day off work to finish up a lot of the little things left to do. Today we were able to put up and paint the crown molding around the cabinets in the mud room, put down and paint the baseboards and shoe molding in the bathroom, put down and paint the baseboards in the hallway, finish painting the mud room, and finish installing the vanity top in the bathroom. 

The only big things we have left to do are install the toilet, install the closet organizer, put down grout sealer on the bathroom tile, paint the doors for the mud room cabinets, put down all the shoe molding in the rooms we refinished the hardwood, and paint the bedroom doors. Oh and we still have to find a mirror for the bathroom. That's probably not all, but that's all I can think of. 

Here are a few pictures.