1 Little, 2 Little, 3 Little Indians...

I thought it would be funny to make Kensington an Indian for Thanksgiving. I had planned to make her a little feather headress like the ones I use to make in elementary school. Somehow she ended up with a full blown Indian costume. She was cute and we had a great Thanksgiving.

The Cutest Dress Ever and Some Random Pictures

Not much has been going on in our lives but I had some cute pictures that I wanted to share. Life is pretty average for us. Kensington is growing like a weed and says hi to everyone. Our house is still on the market. We've had several people come and look but haven't gotten any offers. I know it will sell at the right time for our family but sometimes its hard to be patient.

I got this dress for $1 and I LOVE it... She is so stinkin' cute

Kensington found a new Halloween pacifier

I'm sure Andrea will kill me if she sees this but I had to post it anyway

I love ribs. Whenever I go out with my fam that is usually what I order... I guess she takes after me

An Ode to Alfred

All we wanted were brown leather couches with nailhead trim. This was Todd's dream. I had never dreamed of leather but being newly married I help him chase him dream. We started out with slightly sagging discolored white leather but they were still nice.
I just couldn't spend a ton of money on a set of couches when I was a newlywed. My parents had been married for 30+ years and never owned a new couch. By now I had been convinced of the beauty of leather but I just couldn't swallow the price.
Then there was Craigslist. The greatest garage sale EVER. Early one Saturday morning I started a search. Nailhead. Its easier than leather and much easier than couch. And there they were... these beautiful brown leather couches with nailhead trim. I raced to the phone and off we went to Placerville.
Couches in hand we were ECSTATIC! They were a steal of a deal and in great shape. We had our dream. These couches served us well. They fit in perfectly without decor and they were long enough to sleep on.
Sariah named him Alfred. She came to stay and slept on the couch and was in heaven. It was more comfortable than her bed. She was in love. She wanted to take him home.
Yesterday Alfed and his mate were passed onto a new family. We didn't really want to part with them but we thought we'd see what we could get for them. One less thing to move. Up on Craigslist they went and after an email and a few phone calls they were gone for twice what we had paid for them. Alfred has a new home and were sitting on floor.

I hope he likes his new family!

Helping Daddy

Kensington LOVES to help clean the house. She army crawls on her little tummy and so we affectionately started calling her little swiffer. Todd was cleaning the floors and she just had to help. After she spilled the bucket of water everywhere we strapped a towel around her and let her clean it up. She is such a doll!

October

We had a very busy October. I was able to take Kensington to a cute little pumpkin patch with the MOPS group. She wasn't that interested in things that were going on but we still had fun. There was a small petting zoo where we fed the animals and we also got to go on a fun little train ride.

For her 8 monthiversary my Mom was in town and we went to this cupcake shop that my sister-in-law showed me. They have a pinkalicious cupcake that we got just for Kensington. She was able to wear her fairy skirt and we got some fun pictures.

We had a very chill Halloween. My Mom was in town and we just hung out and watched some movies. Earlier in the week Todd had taken Kensington to a trunk or treat so she still got to show off her costume.

Our house if officially on the market. We worked very hard to get it all clean and decluttered so we could get some great pictures for the ad. We've already had some people walk through but haven't heard anything about an offer. Its a little wierd to have people in our house when we're not here but its not so bad. The one nice thing is that I now have to keep my house clean ALL the time. They don't have to give us much notice before they come over to show the house so it always has to be picked up. Its definitely nice to have a clean house every day. I might even try to carry that with us to our next place.