Great to see Aunt Deb, Uncle Daryl, and Katie...

We were VERY happy to have my aunt, uncle, and cousin stop over for a while on friday. They were in from State College and wanted to check out the "new place". They even brought their new doggie "lily" and she had a BLAST running like nothing I've ever seen before in our backyard!!! Angela and Katie really enjoyed each other, playing games and doing puzzles... and Elyse, she enjoyed chasing the bigger kiddos and the dog. A GREAT time was had by all....

yup... christmas decorations already!!!

So, as soon as we were cleaned up from the big thanksgiving dinner, we ended up dragging out all of our christmas decorations... and everyone helped to decorate the tree. Angela did maybe 60% of it ALL by herself, and did a GREAT job, especially for a 3.5 year old. Elyse got into it a little bit, but we were just happy that she didn't undecorate it when we turned around. I still have to take pictures of the whole house "looking festive", but that will be in another post... and we still have to do the outside... but at least it looks like christmas everytime you enter the house... LOVE it!!!!

Happy Turkeyday All!!!

We hope you all had a GREAT holiday with family and friends. We had a wonderful one. We "broke in" our new dining room with the Reedells. Scott's parents and aunt came over to celebrate the day... and everyone had a GREAT time. Angela made ALL of the placecards (with a little help from mommy...) and then also made "turkey cupcakes"... and was VERY proud of herself!!! Elyse was happy to help eat the candy corn (an accessory for the cupcakes...) and to lend a hand at eating anything that was dropped... They had a GREAT time with the family.... Hope you did too....

and a crazy weekend with mom-mom and pop-pop...

We headed over to mom-mom and pop-pop's house on friday afternoon for an overnight trip!!! We stayed over since we had a wedding to go to on saturday, and plus we got to spend more time with mom-mom and pop-pop... and we cant' forget aunt Erin either!!! Aunt Erin braided Elyse's hair and the girls had a blast on their sit and spins.... Everyone had a great time.

We even visited the girls Great Grandparents... and everyone was ALL smiles!!!!

Then we went to the wedding where the girls were DANCING machines. I'm not sure they have a name for what Angela was doing... but it was REALLY cute!!! Angela even got pop-pop to get up and dance with here... which might have been the FIRST time since he danced the "father daughter dance" at Megan's wedding... so cudos to you kiddo!!! And Elyse LOVED the lollipop's they had on the tables... and ate maybe 3 or 4 of them over the course of the evening... but not even the sugar kept them awake... and everyone had a GREAT night sleep!!! So, here are the pics... hope you enjoy....

we LOVE our basement...

The girls are REALLY enjoying the versitlity the basement has as the weather is getting "less favorable" for outdoor playing. Today, we put Angela on her roller blades and she was off... and following after her was Miss Elyse on her tricycle... they were just having a ball!!! Angela is getting REALLY good on her rollerblades... and Elyse... she had NO desire to put her skates on... that made me a little sad... but hopefully she'll want to when she gets a bit older!!!!

Many little turkeys all on ONE stage!!!

So, Angela dressed like a turkey for her school program and thanksgiving feast. The whole class walked out with headresses on (some were turkeys, some with pilgrim hats, and some with just feathers on their headband), sang a turkey song.... then had a YUMMY feast prepared by their teachers and some of the parents (great job by the way...). Elyse had a BLAST running around the room like a crazy child... and playing with the "other little siblings" too...

We hope you and your families have a GREAT thanksgiving holiday... from the Reedell Turkeys (Angela and Elyse of course!!!)

new duds....

this week was a fun week... mostly because we were VERY busy doing things with family and friends, since Scott had to be away in France all week!!! But one of the days we went shopping with Grandmom Reedell... and we had a blast!!! Here are a few pics of the girls enjoying their new duds!!!! Thanks for a great week everyone!!!

enjoying the breakfast bar...

when we bought the new house I know that the HUGE amount of counter space was GREAT... but now that we got chairs for the breakfast bar area, the girls have REALLY enjoyed eating there... and are eating EVEN better!!! Oh yeah, and there is also a pic of Jake really feeling "at home" sleeping on his back on Scott's recliner....

ah, the crackling fire...

So, we have FINALLY have used our wood burning fireplace... and it was VERY nice!! We enjoyed a small fire last weekend and hope to do it MUCH more often... and by the way we LOVE our new house (if you couldn't tell that already!!)

Our little snowbunny...

The girls LOVE to get dressed up for "winter" no matter the weather... so here's Elyse in her earmuffs... too cute for words (of course I am biased).....

it's winter here in PA....

So, we woke up this morning and it's snowing... I knew the forcasters were calling for "snow showers"... but it's been snowing steadily since the time I got up this morning... So, maybe we are in for a SNOWY winter... and I can't wait!!! I want to break out the sled and head down the hills here... yeah for winter!!!

Here is a pic from a little bit ago....

We'll see how long it snows for... but it does give the backyard a touch of winter feel!!!!

Our Little Hams...

Imagine this... it is 9:05am... Angela and Elyse are ready to get into the car to take Angela to preschool... and Angela says "mommy, can you take some pictures of Elyse and me?" And who am I EVER to say, "no, I can't take some pictures"... so I whipped out my camera of my two little munchkins... and they were just tooo cute!! Hope you enjoy the "newest" pics of the girls....

a party for seven....

Yes, I might have been crazy to have 7 kiddos, ranging in age from 8 to 18 months old over for playtime and lunch... but it was great fun. Everyone enjoyed playing in all areas of the house and then enjoyed a lunch in the sunroom. They each had a little chair to sit at the glass coffee table (it was before we got our furniture....), and everyone was just soooo "civilized"... And now we can't wait for our "next get together"....

Yeah for new furniture...

So, the only room that has no "real furnishings" in it was the sunroom. It was FULL of toys... and this weekend we went out and picked out a really nice sectional and really cool completely round "swivel" chair. We also picked out a new kitchen set, as our old one looked "too small" in our new nook area... and we love it already. The girls have enjoyed the new stuff, especially the spinning chair and the cats approve.... they laid on the new sectional EVERY since it was brought in... So, here are some pics of our "new stuff"....

Let us present.. the Reedell Casa!!!

Here are some pics I just took today... keep in mind we've only been here for 5 days... so there are still some boxes to unpack and decorations to put up, but for the most part, I think we are doing "pretty well"....

Our neighborhood is wonderful, the house is layed out perfectly for us, the kids LOVE the sunroom, deck, and basement... and of course their rooms... it's just a GREAT next step for the Reedells!!!!

And we want to thank our friends and family for all of their support that helped us to get to this point... we love you all!!!

Hello from The Reedells NEW HOME!!!!

So, it's been a CRAZY week in the Reedell household. This is how it went... I packed up the computer on monday, and then was a "mad packer" until we moved (on thursday, october 30th!). To our surprise on tuesday we had a measureable snowfall... which NONE of the forcasters actually were calling for. I was nervous since we were to get our truck to start loading up, and the girls were to be going to my parents that night. But luckily EVERYTHING worked out and and "the fun began".Here are some pics of the snow... (and of the kiddos enjoying their "last lunch at home"...)

We ended up having around 2"... but it was VERY strange for it to happen on October 28th... we'll have to wait and see what this winter will bring us.... hopefuly a bunch of snow!!!! Get those sleds ready!!! Yeah!!

Then tuesday afternoon, pop-pop came to pick up the kiddos, then we went to go pick up our first truck... which was a 26' moving truck... it was HUGE. We weren't sure we'd be able to fill it up, but with the help from several friends (we can't thank them enough either!!!), it was filled and we went to pick up truck 2 on wednesady evening. That was only a 17' truck... and it too was filled before the evening was over.

Of course we did watch the Phillies win the world series... and then "enjoyed" all the yelling, honking, and fireworks in our area... Philadelphia REALLY needed a winning team... YEAH Phillies!!!!

Then came a sleepless night, not sure if I was excited or just nervous... but I think I slept maybe 2-3 hours... and couldn't wait to get the "show on the road".

It was then thursday, and our settlement day. The trucks were packed, locked, and ready to go. I went in 6416 Todd Court for one last look... and of course take some pics.... I did get teary eyed on the way out. This was the house that we started our family in and all the girls knew... and we were VERY much hoping that they'd like the new house just as much!!!!

Our cars were filled up, and we headed to the Turner's house to drop off the "furry gentlemen" and "bob" (my 12.5 year old hermit crab...) until we got into the new house. We then went to Newtown for our settlement, and it went "pretty well". The buyers were VERY picky about everything and we found out later that they were JUST about to back out of the deal a few weeks prior to settlement... but it all worked out... So, by 11am, we were officially "homeless".

We went back to the "old house" and drove the two big trucks over to the new house. We did our walkthrough and then became "very excited"... we were on the "home stretch" to getting the house of our dreams. We then wen to lunch with our realtor, then it was settlement time. We walked out of the office at 3:30pm, with keys in hand and headed to the house. We were ALL smiles. The last owners left the house in GREAT shape... it was now time to move in!!!! We had a bunch of friends and family come over and helped us lug all of our "stuff" in the house. I think we officially started at 4pm and by 8pm, it was all in and we were starting the HUGE task of unpacking!!! I was beat but sooo excited to finally get into the new house. I never slept soooo GREAT as I did that first night!!!

The next day (friday the 31st) was just more of the same... unpacking and trying to get things together for the girls to come home. Mom-mom and Pop-pop got to the "new house" around 4:30 or 5pm and got the tour of the house. The girls were a little confused at first, but before too long they were running around like maniacs enjoying their new "digs".

The girls then got all dressed up in their costumes and we went trick or treating... which was a GREAT time meet our new neighbors. Everyone seems sooooooooo nice here!! Most of them are the original owners and love it here... and are BEYOND happy to have "little ones" in this house again... it already felt like home...

Then on saturday (November 1st) AuntErin came over to help us move some more "stuff" around... and we were beyond happy to put BOTH of our cars in our garage... not too bad for being there only 48 hours at that time!!! The the girls enjoyed playing in ALL of the leaves we cleaned up from the front yard... now if they could just learn to rake them up themselves...

So, it's been an exciting and EXHAUSTING last week... and we are BEYOND happy to be back on-line and in touch with the rest of the world!!!! So, hope you all had a GREAT week... and see you all soon!!!