Where has the time gone?

Wow it's been a while since I've posted anything!  Since the last post, we were able to go to Utah for a week.  It was great to see everyone, and to meet Baby Harrison McArthur, another ginger cousin!  He is so cute!  And as you can tell from these pictures, Gage couldn't get enough of him.  Even when someone (me) would steal the baby from him, Gage would just follow me around until he could get him back.

 

Just before we left for Utah, we were able to hire Dan the Handyman to replace the posts that Alofa had used as a chew toy, and build an enclosure with a gate on the porch so that she could not do that anymore, or scratch the sliding glass door.  Well, guess what?!?!  We are going to have to hire Dan back to make the gate lower so that she can't get underneath!!!!! AHHHHHHHH!!!!!!

(We did make Haley cover the cost of replacing the posts, and she will have to pay for Dan to come back.)

First Halloween in Colorado!

And I'm a mean Mom and have told my kids that once they turn 12, they were no longer allowed to go trick-or-treating.  Well, I did make an exception for Devin this year because he hasn't done much socializing since we arrived, but I told him he had to figure out his own costume.  Well, apparently he didn't like that idea, and became the self designated door answerer.  Well, as you can tell from the picture above, we didn't have many trick-or-treaters.  A total of three groups, to be exact!  We have lots of leftover candy, yay!

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Our first Sunday back from Utah, we had a special Sunday meeting, in which they split several wards in our stake.  We were put into a brand new ward, and released from our callings that we have had for a grand total of maybe two months, if that.  Brad was not able to be there, as he was traveling again.  After visiting Georgia, North Carolina, Utah, and the Philippines during the month of October, I think he spent less than a total of one week at home.

The youth group in our new ward is quite a bit smaller, and I believe the primary is quite a bit larger.  Devin was the only Deacon, out of twelve, to be included in the new ward boundaries.  I'm hoping he will make friends soon.  Thankfully, he really liked his deacon's quorum leader, who is the new YM president in our new ward.