Lately

We do have a lot going on, I promise. Perhaps that is why I find it so hard to sit down and type out a post. Work started for me three weeks ago, and while it's only two days a week, somehow I'm still finding it hard to get the rest of the week into a good flow. We're almost there.

Yep, that's right. I have a JOB. GASP! I am working as the Community Outreach Speech-Language Pathologist for the High Desert ESD. That means I go around to all the community preschools and Head Starts where there are kids with identified speech/language delays.

This does mean that Noella is in daycare for two days a week. While I'd love to say she is loving it, that's not exactly the way it's going. Each week is better as far as dropping off goes (she's sad to leave mom and dad). The teachers say she is fine and happy all day there. BUT she doesn't potty all day long. In fact, she states she is going to do this on daycare days and cries at the thought of possibly being ask to go there. She holds it for 7-8 hours a day (even through nap). Wish us luck.

Other tid bits: Adam is racing in the local cyclocross series here on thursday nights - so that's been fun to ride down there to watch and cheer. We've had visitors and lots of activities going on, so I'd say we're getting somewhat settled. LOTS of house projects and things yet to purchase, but we're making progress. There is a massive forest fire about 20 miles away that leaves us indoors some days because the smoke and ash is too bad. Yuck. It's really frustrating because the weather is absolutely perfect these days.

Fall is in the air! Here that usually means cyclocross, lots of baking and pumpkins:

The Boneyard Brewing cross team has their own toddler cheerleader!

YOU'VE got spirit!

The first pumpkin of the season

We make lots of time for friends and the park in the fall

Sweet potato waffles always make me feel fall-ish

Celebrity chef Olivia Newton John came to help demo the cooking of sweet potato waffles

She did a pretty good job