October was an especially busy month. Todd took a new job with a consulting firm, KEMA, doing energy audits throughout Arkansas and Texas. His region is quite large, so he does his fair share of traveling. Fortunately, the boys are still young enough to NOT be in school, so we are very blessed to be able to travel with him! Blaine and Bryce both love to go, go, go, and Blaine especially enjoys staying in Hotels.
Todd's first trip was to Ohio, which is where his boss is located. I still had some accumulated airline miles from when we were flying back and forth between Arkansas and Florida, so Mommy and Daddy got to take a week long trip WITHOUT kiddos....Thanks to Nana and Grammy. The boys also got to experience daycare or school as Blaine calls it for the first time. Blaine loved it, and Bryce was OK with it by the last of three days! He has always been a bit on the clingy side, so it was no surprise that he had a hard time at first. Todd and I had a very nice, quiet week and some amazing food.
Of course October wouldn't be complete without some Halloween pics............We had a Fierce Spiderman and an Itsy Bitsy Spider.
In November, we set out on our first work-related trip as a family.......in Todd's 'new to us' car, which is a little (or perhaps a LOT) smaller than my gigantic Yukon XL! We were supposed to be gone for a week, but that quickly turned into two weeks. So, you can imagine that with two little boys we were glad to find laundry facilities onsite at a couple of our hotels!! We were back and forth between Houston and Austin. The boys and I had a GREAT time shopping, swimming, and playing at a really cool park (with a train), thanks to Aunt Cindy's recommendation! They also built their first animals at Build-A-Bear, which was a huge success. They are both still wagging those little animals around EVERYWHERE we go! Somewhere I have pics of this trip, but I can't seem to locate them right now. Maybe I'll find them soon......When we FINALLY made it back home, the boys had their annual photo shoot. I am happy to report that this year was MUCH, MUCH better than last. Blaine and Bryce were extremely cooperative, and we have the pics to prove it.............
