Busy, Busy, Busy

Oh me, oh my have we ever been busy lately. I keep thinking of things that I want to sit down and blog about, but by the time I have the kids in bed and actually have time to blog, I am too worn out to actually do it. However, I had some Coke Zero at my mom's house tonight, so I am all caffeinated up and ready to blog. Be forewarned, this will probably be a long post :)

The first, and biggest thing that has been keeping us so busy around here is that my husband has changed jobs. Anyone who knows my husband knows that he is very adverse to change, so this has been a really big thing for us. After working for his old company for almost 10 years, we made the decision as a family that it was time for him to move on. Things fell into place ridiculously quickly, and one week after resigning from his old job, he started working at his new job. The biggest difference is that he is now working from home. Since what used to be our office is now Gabe's room, and the computer is in the playroom/basement/family room, we have have been busy transforming part of the laundry side of the basement into a home office for Nick. Its not done yet, but here are some pictures of the progress we have made so far.

This is the before shot. As you can see it was fairly gross and a bit of a disaster.
Hannah and Grandpa working on painting. Hannah really thought the painting was fun, and for being only three, she did a decent job :)
Number one painter :)

Framing the new wall and doorway.
We now have drywall! Since this last picture we also have insulation in the drywall, a new phone line and new electrical wiring...and it all works :) Still some things to do, but we are getting there. :)

We also had family Thanksgiving with Nick's family this past week. We did Thanksgiving with my side when my sister from PA was up two weeks ago. One of the big traditions that Nick's family does is shooting trap on Thanksgiving. While I was a loser and didn't take many pictures at Thanksgiving, I did take some of my studly husband shooting things :)



We also put up our Christmas tree this past Sunday. I have to say that it was by far the most fun I have ever had putting the tree up. Hannah had an absolute blast doing it. She kept saying that the lights were sooo, beautiful, and I think that since Sunday she has rearranged the Christmas ornaments on the tree about 16,000 times. :) Christmas through the eyes of a three year old is a ridiculous amount of fun!

Daddy thinks he is funny :)
Hannah hanging up ornaments.
She wouldn't look at me so this was the best I could do. :)
Gabe hung out on the boppy and enjoyed the lights :)
He is so stinking cute!
I love my kids...and they love each other :)

And the final thing that has been keeping us busy is that my little sister is getting married in just a little over two weeks. It is such an exciting time! But did I mention that she will be moving to Northern Ireland (where her soon to be hubby is from) after they get back from the honeymoon...SOB...we already have our skype camera, so hopefully that will help...:(
Krissy and Geoff...aren't they cute :)