November brought new "neighbors" to Alaska. The Wilson's (Aunt Darla and Uncle Scott) decided to make the move to the great last frontier. What a crazy time to move up but it was so fun to help them unpack and get settled.
We got to take the older kids to the symphony and enjoyed a pretty amazing concert. We love music and this kind of opportunity doesn't happen as often in Alaska as it did in other places that we have lived. Ksenya is playing the Violin and mandolin and Kabe has started playing percussion in the Mat-su Youth Orchestra so this was a great experience for all of us.
It finally happened - Ksenya has solidly outgrown me in height. She probably won't be the last but she is definitely the first of my kids to be taller than me.
The house is looking amazing! We finally finished the wiring which was a whole new adventure - we learned a lot and took way longer than we had planned. Sheetrock happened thanks to not us and it is ready for paint!
The outside will look like this for a bit with the weather, but it's nice to have garage doors and windows to make the inside quite a bit warmer to work in.
Paint was a beast, and at one point as we were masking trim we finally hit our breaking point - drove straight to Dave (our friend and builder)'s house and said, "We are done." He took it from there and got us across the finish line. The cabinets were such an exciting point and they are beautiful!
We have so much to be thankful for and since we spent every spare minute this month at the new house - the kids designed this beautiful thanksgiving tree on the wall - complete with lights.
We've been dealing with a little sickness in our house so we decided raw garlic is a great way to combat yucky bugs. The kids got pretty good at eating it and it's a great way to make being sick look less appealing.
Kabe is active in his scout troop and keeps earning merit badges.
Thing 1 and Thing 2 are the best of buddies when they aren't driving each other nuts. These two are so easy to love, always happy with whatever we are doing and content to just entertain themselves and each other.
Tyler got to go moose hunting with a friend (Dan Fritz) and they ended up dropping one rather close to the road. This provided a ton of meat for our family and we learned quickly that we prefer moose to beef!
Our homeschool co-op had a fun concert around Halloween and it was so fun to sing with them. Mom (Toni) is the director for the choir class and we sang some spooky songs and some fun ones. One of our favorites was "I Love to Laugh" from Mary Poppins.
Kabe has been advancing in scouting again!
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