Moving Out

It looks like we will be closing on our house at the end of October.  The moving truck should arrive early November.  We will be celebrating Halloween at Grandma and Papa Gizmos house.  Tomorrow we will go pumpkin picking with the cousins.  If all goes as planned, Jack will go as Elmo and Caitlin will be a princess for Halloween.

Jack Surfing

Jack in Skates

Grandma and Albie

Grandma and Albie were able to visit for nearly two weeks.  We had a great time, although it passed by far too quickly.  My parents had a good time visiting with them including a visit to the Regan Library.  The kids loved all the extra attention.  Grandma and Albie had fun a three birthday celebrations with Caitlin: at the park, at school, and at Grandma Gizmo's.  Aside from parties, we also spent time cooking, eating, going to the beach, and apparently putting buckets on our heads.  It was a great visit.  We are looking forward to our visit to Connecticut this December.

Caitlin's Birthday Party

 

Grandma and Albie came out to Carpinteria for a wonderful visit.  Much of the visit was spent celebrating Caitlin's fourth birthday.  Like her mom, Caitlin seems have a birthweek as opposed to a birthday.  However, we all had a great time during the week.  On Sunday, Caitlin had a birthday party at El Carro park.  Most of the family was there. We missed Chris, Ben and Danielle who sent birthday wishes but were unable to join us.  We had fun playing soccer, making tiaras, shooting rockets, swinging, playing baseball, eating pizza and cupcakes, and watching Caitlin open her presents.  Thank you everyone for the wonderful gifts.  It was a great day, and Caitlin loved being the princess for the day.  

Visit from Chris

We had a great visit from Uncle Chris.  He was in Southern California for work and took some extra time to visit us in Carpinteria.  As always, the kids thoroughly enjoyed his visit.  We all went to the beach where Caitlin received some surf lessons from Uncle Chris.  Neither one got hurt so that was a plus, and they both had a great time.  We look forward to our next visit from Uncle Chris, and maybe it will be when we are in our new house.

Sorry for the delay

Sorry for the delay in posting.  Everything is going well, but time seems to be short these days.  We are all back in school.  Kim is working very hard, but likes the school.  The kids are adjusting well to the new school.  They appear to enjoy going to school and playing with the other kids in class.  Apparently, there are two siblings in Jack and Caitlin's classes with whom the kids are becoming friends.  I am enjoying CLU quite a lot.  My department is great and the students are good.  There are a few too many meetings for my taste but who wouldn't say such a thing.

The house hunting is still going.  We have found a house that we are interested in, and are in the process of buying it.  However, there are a lot of paperwork and such.  We are waiting for a few more items to be completed, but if all goes well we can move in at the end of October or Beginning of November.