Balloons and such.

Labor Day weekend is full of hot air balloons and birthdays. I like both of those things. Hot air balloons especially. 

 This year we were much closer to the balloons. I touched that one!

 Pardon our early-morning faces.

So many balloons! It was beautiful. 

We of course went to Merritt's afterwards for some delicious scones.

My birthday was lovely this year. We had Kneaders amazingly crazy french toast. We went merely because it was all-you-can-eat but it turned out that we couldn't even finish our first helpings. 

We went and saw Madagascar 3 to celebrate me getting older and more mature... Uhm... 

My family made me my most favorite meal of pot roast and mashed potatoes, Ammon made me hot fudge for sundaes, and some ladies brought over bags full of hand-me-down baby clothes which I absolutely loved going through. It was a nice day. I especially liked hanging out with my husband for a whole day. Turns out those kind of days are going to be few and far between.

Ammon started school. I was going to start school also until financial aid decided to laugh in my face for trying to be a part time student. So I quit that plan for now. Ammon works or goes to school 6 days a week. We both have busy callings in church so Sundays are pretty full too. When we are both home Ammon has hours of homework. So luckily I went to the library yesterday and snatched up some good books to keep me entertained. I finished one already...City of Ember. I've got to go get the sequel now. P.S. Apparently it's a major motion picture too. I watched the preview and immediately removed it from my mind because the movie looks LAME sauce compared to what I just read.

In other really great news- We're moving in mid-October!!! Let me just list out for you the things I'm stoked about:

-We will have our very own front door.

-We will have a bedroom for baby and for all of her stuff (we have so much baby stuff at this point.)

-We will have newer appliances...Trust me, our current ones are older than dirt. I'm especially excited for a washer and dryer that were made in this century.

-We will have a bath tub! Bubble baths, here I come. (And that means our shower will triple in size as well)

-No more office hours! We can watch movies, cook food, and run the blender whenever we want.

-No more red walls in the living room and no more nasty wallpaper in the bedroom. White walls, I'm so ready for your clean-cut feel.

-No more 1/2 acre to mow. Ammon is most excited about this one.

-Windows! Our current bedroom window is the only window that opens to the outside. The other windows open into the sun room. They also don't have screens. And the sun room is full of bugs. 

-More than 1 bathroom.

-A place to put Ammon's computer other than the living room. This way I don't have to hide out in the bedroom while he does homework or plays video games. Hallelujah.

I could keep going but I don't think anyone cares quite like I do. While this home has had great perks and has been a super great blessing for us, it's SO time to move on. And don't get me wrong...apartment life has it's own set of negatives, but I am blind to them for the time being. I can't wait!

OH and in case anyone is wondering-- 101 days until Christmas. 

That's right guys. 101 days until my due date.

I'm only a couple weeks away from my 3rd trimester. Yesss.