What are you guys reading these days? I’m actually reading a lot. Which is new for me. Instead of keeping my face in my phone at night or on my lunch breaks, I’ve been trying to put it in a book. Here are some of the books I’ve finished thus far or are currently reading. Starting with American Housewife, by Helen Ellis. Such a funny and lighthearted read. I highly recommend it. I also always have the latest Sunset magazine in my possession. Makes for good reading around the house, too.
Our Halloween this year was fairly low key, just like we like it. Our outfit theme this year was ninjas. Jace was a ninja turtle and I picked us up some ninja accessories from the Dollar store. We were going to attempt to hit a couple houses on our street with J but he only lasted like 10 minutes in his outfit before he was dripping sweat. We ended up only having 2 trick-or-treaters so we spent most of our time doing karate and cuddling on the couch watching Shrek. Hope you all had a fun night. Now on to Thanksgiving!
Not really sure I have anything too exciting to show off in this photo .. other than my pale belly, but here is a 16 week shot. And this facial expression really shows how I’ve been feeling lately = easily annoyed, hahaha. I also took a shot of the sky, because it was just so blue and pretty. Even though it’s still in the 90s around here, I can’t complain about the sky. It’s so dang beautiful. And the sunsets. Wow.
I just have to say, our realtor is pretty much the bomb. His name is Ryan Nager — of now the Ryan Nager Group. Not only did he make our first home purchase incredibly seemless from day one, including connecting us with all the right lenders, inspectors and title companies who all went above and beyond for us, but he also doesn’t forget about his clients. He’s always checking in with us (as does everyone from his team and behind the mortgage process), he came to our housewarming, he’s great on social media, and he hosts all kinds of great outings for his clients so we can all keep in touch and mingle. Like hosted movie nights at theaters, or seasonal get togethers. He recently just invited us to Kiwanis park for fun and games, burgers and dogs, popcorn, cotton candy, face painting, yard games and a PUMPKIN PATCH! He had the best ramada in the park, with the best view. He really treats his clients and goes all out. But, truly. Above all, he helped us find and get into our house that we seriously love. I will be recommending him to everyone I know .. and being a marketer, I 100% approve of these little client events. They’re great for referrals, too, since he invites us and anyone we want to bring along;) Brilliant.
And look at these cookies in the shapes of houses and keys!! Just too cute. I took quite of few for the documenting – and eating! We also went for the superhero family for the face painting – Jace superman, Rob batman and me wonderwoman, just like the movie, ha. We threw the pumpkin frisbee, played tic-tac-toe corn hole, fed the ducks and played some games for candy! Such a fun afternoon. Thank you, Ryan, and team!
Even though it’s October in these parts, it’s still pretty hot out. We’re trying to keep our cool, if you know what I mean. We’ve already had a very busy Fall. With October comes Fall break, where Jace gets to take a break from daycare and hang out with family, and me! All I can say is our days and weekends have been jam packed with activities, park dates and road trips! I feel almost hung over.