Halloween

We had fun trick-or-treating with friends. Kaylee invited her friends, Camryn and Lucy over. They dressed up as the little girls from Despicable Me. Kianna invited her friend, Jessica over and they dressed up as the Big Bad Wolf and the Grandmother. Trace dressed up as a Halo character. We invited our friends, Brian and Kelly Nelson over. It was a fun night!

Trace's Field Trip

Trace is learning about Florida history, which has been very interesting for us Iowans. Today his class visited the Little Red Schoolhouse and the Flagler Museum. The kids were asked to dress up like kids in that era. Trace looked adorable!

JCS Middle School Basketball

For the first time in their lives, the girls are playing on the same team. The JCS MS team is for 6-8th graders, so Kianna is the youngest and Kaylee is the oldest. It has been so fun having them on the same team. Kaylee is one of the starters and Kianna is one of the subs. Both girls are doing a great job. We're super excited to report that Kaylee was invited to get pulled up to the JCS Varsity Girls Basketball team once the MS season ends. We're excited she has been given this amazing opportunity as an 8th grader!

Fall Break in Iowa

The company agreed to fly us back to Iowa so we could pack up our house. However, the merger still hasn't happened and since we had to back out of our Florida house we aren't packing up our Iowa house until things are final. We feel like this merger will never happen. However, on the upside, since the plane tickets were already purchased we were still able to go back to Iowa for the long weekend. It was great getting to experience "Fall" up north again. I'd say that is one of the main things we miss.

While back "home", we enjoyed time with family and a few friends. Trevor went to a football game with Anthony while I took the kids to Bloomsbury Farm with Bryker, Bruxen and my dad and Sue. We had a blast. Trevor and I were able to walk on the trail behind our house and enjoy the beautiful leaves. It was great being back home, visiting our friends and family and our church. Iowa will always be "home".

Bears vs Dolphins NFL Game

Our friend, Mike Flender, is a huge Miami Dolphins fan. When he and Trevor realized that the Dolphins were playing the Bears in Miami this fall, they couldn't pass up on seeing their favorite teams play each other. Mike flew down to spend a couple nights with us. It was great seeing Mike and the guys had a great time in Miami together. 

No House

When we negotiated on our new house, we made sure we had a contingency that if the Rockwell merger hadn't happened yet we had an out. The last thing we want is to sell our house in Iowa, buy a house here and then have the merger fall through. Unfortunately, at this time the merger still hasn't happened, so we had to back out of our contract. The house is no longer ours. We continue to wait. Thankfully Rockwell continues to pay for our beautiful rental house. It is with mixed feelings that we wait. We love it here, but we love our friends and family in Iowa too. We wait on God's plans for our lives...