Neighbors

Levi and I got home from running errands and there were two moose, a cow and calf, across the street in the neighbors' yard. Moose are such big creatures and personally, I think they are quite ugly, but interesting to look at nonetheless! They are still roaming the neighborhood because while I was running yesterday a lady pulled over beside me in her car and told me to be careful because she had seen the mother and calf roaming around.

Pumpkin Carving

We enjoyed carving pumpkins last night with some friends! Levi and Jacob, one of Levi's friends, helped in the carving process by taking out all of the pumpkin goop after the adults had cut the tops off. At first the boys were hesitant to stick their hands (or arms) in the pumpkin but they soon realized that the slimy goop was actually fun to play with. After the boys had their fun and then got a bath, bottle, and bed, the adults buckled down and showed off our pumpkin carving talents!

New Job

I forgot to add on the last update that John has started a new job and is loving it! He works for a company called National Oil Well and he is a sales representative; he sells pipeline materials to big oil companies like BP (in fact that is the account he is on). His hours are so much better as well. Instead of working 96 hours per week, he only works 40, which is just easier on all of us. He took a pay raise as well, but because he is not getting the overtime we are coming up a little bit short in our budget. We have already prayed about what God would like us to do (either John getting a second job or Renee getting a (second) job), but if you think to pray for us we would appreciate your prayers. We know that God will provide for our needs!

Updated Pictures

Update

We have been so busy this past month and a half so I have not been that good at updating this blog spot. In September our family took a trip to Minnesota for a friends' wedding. Our good friends from college got married on September 27th. We were there for about a week so we got to visit some friends and family, and we fulfilled our responsibilities as part of the wedding party. It was a very fast trip it seemed. Then John went back to Alaska and Levi and I got to go up to Bemidji with my parents for a week. Up in Bemidji we saw a lot of friends and family and had fun just hanging out with Grandpa and Grandma! Levi took his first two steps walking toward Grandma! Everyone was so proud of him, especially John and I (John was a little bummed he didn't get to see the action). We then took a trip back to the cities and Levi and I flew out on October 6th back up to Anchorage, Alaska only to find it snowing!!! Most of it melted on Tuesday, but there is still some in our front yard. We are digging out our winter coats and gloves. I'm not sure if I am liking this winter in October stuff, but John assures me this is normal and it is hard to remember from my childhood if this is normal. We'll see in the coming years. John is happy to have us home and we are happy to be home. We have unpacked and are now starting to finish up putting our house together!