A little early spookiness

I know I haven't posted much lately, but things have been pretty busy around here. I had an allergic reaction to a medicine I was taking, which sent me to the ER this week. I've never had something like that happen to me, so it was kind of surreal. While it was scary and awful, I have to say that it was so incredible to be able to call my dad, who was in town of course, and get him to meet us at the ER to keep the kids. I just kept thinking that this was so much of what we were here for. My mom and dad stayed in town an extra day and kept the kids all day Wednesday after I got home from the hospital. I'm finally doing better today, but I've been out of action most of the week.

We've been busy since we moved here, though. Will was so excited about the new house, he desperately wanted to decorate for Halloween, which is something we've never done before. (I usually don't even get pumpkins carved until a day or two before!) Anyway, Ben's parents came down to check out the new house, and they helped us get in the spooky spirit.

Our new neighbors brought us cookies, which was super nice. There are kids here in the neighborhood that Will plays with a lot, and he just started two new activities: a homeschool P.E. class and Taekwondo. He made a new friend at Taekwondo this week, and I hit it off with the parents, as well. Turns out they are new here, too, and were originally from Louisiana. They invited us to their son's costume party tonight, so the kids got dressed up and we went over there for a while. It was good fun.