Wonderful Day

I love having weekends where you really don't have many plans. We are having on of them this weekend. As a family we headed down to the pumpkin patch and picked up two huge pumpkins to carve tonight. I am really looking forward to it...I think it has been 13 years since I last carved a pumpkin. It just sounds like more fun when you have children who really make the holidays come alive.

Steve got new tires on the Honda today and mowed our yard. I ran some errands when Rian was napping and then came home and watched Nebraska play Texas. Go Huskers!! Tomorrow we are going to trunk or treat with Rian at her pre-school. It shall be fun to watch her go trunk to trunk to get candy.

I am finally starting to feel better this past week. Only feeling sick in the evening but the indigestion has started to set in. My belly is sticking out...don't really look pregnant maybe just a little fat. Rian sure has started testing me...she is so whiny. If you know me I can't stand whining and God gave me a child that loves to whine. I guess that is Him giving you nothing you can't handle. She is very busy and loves to climb up on everything in her way. Everyday she learns a new word and we love to watch her language develop. When Jean was here last week she taught her to cover her mouth and say "oh my gosh". She looks so cute!!!

I'm coming up on a busy week at work with report cards due in a week and I haven't even started them yet. SCARY!! Rian's birthday party is saturday with her little friends so next weekend won't quite be so relaxing so we're going to enjoy this one.

Violated

Last night at about 3 AM I heard a loud noise outside. It woke me up out of a deep sleep so I laid in bed for a moment and started getting a little scared. I decided instead of being scared I should say a prayer. Steve was sleeping with Rian because she was sick and had woke up at 11 crying. After about 5 minutes I heard the noise again...this time I decided to go into Rian's room to see if they had heard the same noise or if it was my mind playing tricks on me. Steve was already looking out the window and Rian was sitting up in her bed. Steve then decided to check the house and to see if we had shut the garage door. He couldn't find a thing so we all headed back to bed in our room. It was one big happy family!!

This morning we woke up so we could get ready to head up the island to pick up Grandma Jean. She is going to be watching Rian this week while I go to work. Steve decided to head outside just to check out the outside of our house. What he found was a complete mess. The noise we had heard was someone throwing a 20 pound rock through the window of the trooper. Yep, someone had broken into my car. They stole my wallet and that is it...they didn't even open the doors because of the alarm. I feel totally violated today. They also messed up Steve's car by putting a big dent and scratching it in several places. There was glass everywhere outside of the car and in the car. Needless to say a very big mess.

Today instead of going to the island we have been cleaning up the mess, canceling cards, and changing automatic bill pay. We waited for four hours for the police to finally contact us so we could do a report. There were three more break-ins in our neighboorhood last night. Jack and Jean were so gracious to offer to drive down here for the night. We were all looking forward to spending some quality time together. So on the positive side we will still get to spend time together.