FALL BACK

I guess we should all call the Taylors and make sure they remembered to 'fall back' today. It's a phenomena that doesn't occur in Arizona and Hawaii. So, this will be their first chance to participate since moving back. The cool thing is that my Hawaii kin is only 2 hours different but the Arizona kin is now an hour different. We learn to get used to it I guess.
Well as you can see the house is progressing and the kids are growing. The house view you see is looking into our new bathroom and bedroom upstairs and looking into our new dining room and kitchen downstairs. The trusses for the roof are expected to arrive this week so hopefully there will be more progress to document shortly.
The kids are terrific. Hailey's vocabulary is finally starting to materialize. Words like juice, boots, books, ball, momma, dadda are quite obvious. Otherwords aren't quite decipherable. Britten's new favorite word is 'damn it'. We had a long talk about it today and he spent a long time in timeout. I told him horror stories of my mouth being washed out with soap as a girl. We'll see if it made any effect on him.
Happy end of October to all. We're looking forward to seeing any and all family members for Thanksgiving here in California. Please give your intent to Heidi as soon as possible so we can make sure there is enough pumpkin pie for everyone.

GO OAKLAND A'S

GO DETROIT TIGERS

Enough with the baseball commentary. Although, it was a terrific baseball day for those of us who love Oakland and detest the Yanks. That's all for now.
Well, in case it's not apparent, construction has resumed on our home. Well, it's a shell of a home. Ironically enough, our first rain of the season occurred on Day 1 of this demo work. But, it dried up and was no big deal. We're going to order our windows and doors tomorrow. I guess framing should take about 3 weeks depending on material availability and weather. That's when I could really use my family...hint, hint, hint.
The kids are terrific. Hailey will be 18 months on Sunday. She's kind of sort of saying words, but they are few and far between. She's so different than B. B's terrific. He just loves baseball...and football for that matter. We'll be at the Cal-Oregon game tomorrow. Should be a barn burner. GO BEARS. Yes, Uncle Dean, Bears - both the California Golden variety as well as the Chicago. Very good sports week indeed!