35 Days, But Who's Counting?

So, after 4 years of medical school and 2.9 years of residency we can finally count the days to the finish line in days and weeks! I am so excited and am so looking forward to having my husband back!!
I am fairly used to doing weekends with the kids alone and braving social gatherings alone, and we usually plan fun things to keep us busy. But after a couple of months of two easy rotations where Al was home a lot and had most weekends off I'm having a hard time readjusting!
Yesterday after the kids woke up at 5:45 for the 6th day in a row I thought I just might send the kids to any available neighbors house who didn't have a shady van parked out front :) You'll be relieved to know we opted for Target and the park and Starbucks for me. :) But speaking of shady vans I have to share my lamest lie yet to the kids. A really sketchy looking ice cream truck sang down our street the other day while we were playing outside. Holly goes, "mom, is that an ice cream truck?" I couldn't think so I told her it was a taxi! She did actually believe me, but said, "wow, it's so weird there are pictures of ice cream all over it!" My poor girls. Deprived of their chance for sketchy ice cream!


I think they'll survive!

Fallishness

Well, I'm finally blogging on after oh, 3 months. We watch Wheel of Fortune pretty much every night. We think Holly really likes seeing if they win the car or the trip at the end because she can't quite get the puzzles yet. At the end of the show, they often promote things by saying, "So, log on to our website and you could win...blah, blah, blah." Well, one day Holly jumped up and cried, "Come on! We need to blog on right now!!" So, now we "blog on" around here.

We are loving the fall weather and I really have no idea where the month of October went. Allen has about 6 weeks left of residency, praise the LORD, Hallelujah!! The last two months are pretty long hours but it helps so much to know the end is in sight!! And we are so thankful to have a beautiful house to move into, thanks to my parents, who have hung on to their rental house in Nashville so we could move into it when we move back. It's about 20 minutes from downtown but it feels like you are out in the countryside...lots of open fields and horses and such.

Of course, I am going to miss my Atlanta friends hugely. I'm trying not to think about it too much, just hoping they are up for some road trips to Nashville. :) Here are some pictures of Halloween with these fun friends:

 Christy rocks

 Have you ever seen cuter kids?

 Beautiful Brea with her little pea

 I love this shot because it looks like they are praying!

 June on full speed

June and True

 You can do it, little moo moo!

 Looking fly for the camera

 So happy with all the treats

Our pumpkin, carved by Daddy. The girls "helped" by watching, but of course they didn't want to get their hands all yucky. :)
We also did a "Trunk or Treat" the night before Halloween just for fun in our old neighborhood of Brookhaven:

Okay, I need to go let my kids back inside. I told them if they stayed outside and played for 15 minutes they could have a piece of candy. It's amazing what feats candy will inspire!