Hope

Bryan has an interview tomorrow!

Halloweeen or Easter?

Today, I dressed Madison up in her Halloween costume for the first time to take her to the Lee's Summit Halloween Parade with the other MOPS moms. Although the costume was too small, she still looked adorable as the Easter Bunny. OK, so she was just supposed to be a regular bunny. But I needed a container for the candy and Bryan said I to get one of the Easter baskets from the basement. So, she was the Easter Bunny instead. In retrospect, I should have also gotten some of that plastic grass and a couple eggs to put in the basket.

I'm grateful that the weather was so nice. I think Madison enjoyed trick-or-treating. One of the kids in our group won a prize for her costume. She was Little Bo Peep and her baby brother, only a few weeks old, was a little lamb. No, I don't have a picture. There were a LOT of really cute kids.

More Bad News

To top things off, Bryan was laid off this week (along with about 10 other people). We kind of saw this coming as the company hasn't had any new jobs in quite a while. Bryan hasn't had much luck finding a new job, either. It's very likely he will have to have to find a job outside of architecture. Please pray for our family during these troubling times.

Always Something

There's always something that needs to be fixed/replaced/worked on when you're a homeowner. We've been there less than 4 months and we've already had to fix our bridge, replace/upgrade our electrical service, and fix our washing machine connection. Now, our furnace doesn't work. We had trouble getting our pilot light lit so we called a professional. He said that the hole where the gas is supposed to come in had rusted shut. There was also a lot of debris sitting on the bottom. So HAD we gotten the pilot light lit, all the debris could have combusted.

Parent/Teacher Conference

We had our first parent/teacher conference at Madison's day care. We sat in a room for 20 minutes while her teacher, Ms. Jenny, told us how wonderful our daughter is. We were given a report card of sorts of her development milestones. The checklist lists various skills that should be reached by the end of 18 Months. She's reached almost all of them and she's only 13 Months!

DC 3-Day '08

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