October 2009

Picture of Table Rock Lake, Branson

It has been so long since I have posted, it has just been so busy lately! Where did October go?

So what has kept us busy this month?

We are now officially home owners! Yay! After many phone calls, tons of paper work and several signatures, we now own our first home. We bought Andrew and Meghan's house, as they are moving out to the farm. We hope to be all moved in before December gets here!

With plans to go on vacation for the last week of October there was much preparation. I had to work ahead on things at my job, as it is a busy time of year. And right smack dab in the middle of it all, our chickens - which mom raised for us, since we live in town - were ready to butcher. So the day before we left on vacation, we went out and butchered 19 chickens. Yes, most people think it is gross, but it sure does save us alot of money at the grocery store.

At last, the long awaited final week of October got here. Joe's parents decided to take all the family to Branson for a week. This was all a part of Joe's dad's birthday celebration. You see, on Sunday, we all went to church with Joe's parents and had a surprise birthday dinner and party after church. Yeah, Nin thought we were up to something when we all showed up at their church! After the party we took off for Branson.

We had to stop off at the Springfield Bass Pro Shop, of course, so the guys could get some fishing gear, but on Monday afternoon we finally made it to Branson.

It is SO beautiful there. All the leaves were turning to their glorious fall colors and it made for some amazing views! We stayed at a resort right off of Table Rock lake. The guys enjoyed a little bit of fishing and even caught a 15 pound fish on their jug lines.

We went to the Talking Rocks Caverns (and no the rocks do not talk!) and had quite the time there.

One day was spent at Silver Dollar City going on rides and shopping at all the little shops. Even I rode a roller coaster - but only after my hubby tricked me into it, but that's a whole other story!

A few of us went to downtown Branson and did a little shopping and ate out. Each evening we relaxed in the awesome hot tub - which was especially nice cause us flatlanders were just not used to walking up all those hills in Branson!!

The week came to an end and the girls left the guys in Oswego to hunt while we made the drive back home. As much as I LOVED the vacation and all the fun that we had, it was really good to be home!

And now on to November, which will be just as busy as October was. I need to start packing. I have a new house to paint, clean and move into. The holidays are coming up and I really need to start thinking about Christmas shopping....

We'll see how long it takes for the next post!