We will get in our new home soon!

After a very hectic week, we will be closing on our house today at 3:20 in Kansas! We left our duplex a week ago in Illinois and have been homeless ever since. We've swam in the hotel pool twice which was fun. Also, the hotel has free breakfast so we all enjoy that.

The first thing I did Saturday morning was get a library card! I know some of you wouldn't think that would be a critical thing to get but for me it is! They have a shelf here called Hot Picks for books that are new that are not ever put on hold unlike other copies of the same book the library has. Matt checked it out and found me Inkdeath!!!! I am halfway through it. I was very excited because at our Coal City library I was #200 on the list! Now I will have to check that shelf often to find Brisingr. I will be around 200 on this waiting list for that book as well, so I could get lucky again. We checked some other kid books out that the kids have been reading and a few movies that they let you check out for free. Libraries sure have come a long way since I was a child! It's kinda funny that my library in my hometown is still the same, though-old fashioned!

The children started school on Monday. Matt has been taking James and I take Jonah at 12:30 to kindergarten. He is half day now and is not sure about staying home in the mornings and not eating lunch in the cafeteria. Other than that, they really like their new school. James' class got a week off doing homework so James could "get used to the school" as his teacher told the class. I'm sure they are happy about that!

The ward here seems really nice, but I did really miss my ward in Morris on Sunday nevertheless. I will be glad to fit in eventually and make new friends here.

Also, Kansas is really beautiful. We saw it last month when all the town fountains were going on, but they've shut them off now. I can't wait to see all the seasons here. I have heard it doesn't snow much here so the kids might not like that.

I will post pictures of the new house when we move in and I get the internet set up!

Starved Rock

We took the kids with Grandpa and Grandma Burk to Starved Rock this past Saturday. It was really beautiful as you can see from the pictures.

Halloween 2008

Here are some pictures of the kids with their friends for Halloween!

Happy Birthday Kaylee!

Kaylee turned 3 on October 21st! I can't believe she has gotten so big! We celebrated it early because Matt was gone that week working. I haven't posted in a long time so I will have to catch up a little bit!





Kaylee wanted a pink birthday so she got a pink cake!



I took this picture a few days ago. She is looking very grown up!




I couldn't help putting this old picture in this post. This is Kaylee at 1 year. She was a cute little baby girl as well...:) She sure has grown!



Jonah and James enjoyed eating cake and ice cream as well.




These next two pictures are from the Tot Trot in Morris a few weeks ago. James, Jonah, and Kaylee all ran in the race and had a lot of fun!