Has this been the longest I have ever gone without posting???

It's been a month and a CRAZY month. Since Halloween John has been working nights. So we see each other about 30 min a day. He crawls in bed about 5 am and I get up at 5:15 then I get home at 4 ish pm and he leaves at 4:15. I do my best to come home for lunch but it is not always possible. He does pick up Chayse about 2 and spends a few hours with her. He had been working 6 to 7 days a week but rumor is that will slow down... we will see. So what have Chayse and I been up to????

Shopping! She says we are shopping girls! We've been to Belton, Greune, the mall, online, Smithville, and pretty much everywhere in between. We are not DONE Christmas shopping but getting closer and it is certainly under control. We have also painted her room and we are hoping Santa is bringing the bedding for the big girl bed! We saw Santa in the mall the past weekend and Chayse told him she wants a firetruck and we got a really good pic of the two of them. (Coming soon) We should also be getting our family pics back soon and will hopefully be posted.

And yup I'm still chugging on my grad school classes. I am "almost" to the half way point.
We've also gotten all the Christmas decorations, lights, tree and all up and ready for Santa.

Halloween WRAP

Chayse the fishing girl!

Halloween has come and gone and in the past week we have; gone to the pumpkin patch, carved a pumpkin, Mommy made the costume, wore the costume to dance class, had a class party, and gone trick or treating. So of course Mommy took tons of pics. In the same week I have finished two more classes on the masters program and am proud to say I still have my 4.0 and now 18 hours of grad work. We have also had some HUGE changes with John's job and this past week he worked in San Antonio. THANKFULLY prayers were answered and he is now back in Austin which we are HOPING is permanent.

a few of the MANY pics I took!

Pumpkin patch


Chayse WOULD NOT touch the inside of the "punkin"


Daddy does a good job!

All done!

Class PJ party

the fishing girl ready to go!

Chayse and her cousins: the lady bug aka Kennedi and Handy Manny aka Carson

and the CANDY!

WHEEW what a weekend! now time to start Christmas shopping LOL !!!