Fall Went By Fast

It's November already! Life has been really busy, in such a good way. Business has picked up with sunscheinphotography.com and my new job as a Noonday Collection Ambassador (marcierandall.noondaycollection.com) has been incredible! I've joined 2 networking groups and I've been invited to become a part of a business collective. The last few months have been a blast, and productive, and really good for my head. I'm happier than I have been since I don't know when. Being a mom is great, blah blah blah...and in our family, boring is good, but tedious. And physically harder every day. But with several families reaching out to me for photography, and with my Noonday Trunk Shows and FB posts (Shine On With Marcie), my eyes opening to worlds outside of my own- it's been quite an exciting experience, and an absolute blessing for my mental and emotional health!

We still miss our baby girl every day. Her picture is in the front hall, and I look at her beautiful face every time I walk in the door. Cannon misses his sister, and for a long time he has enjoyed being the one and only in the house, but now I think he needs a companion...

Before school started we had a wonderful visit from Pop Pop and Mom Mom! We were all so happy to see them and we had a lot of fun at a corn and tomato festival at a local farm- right up Marvin's alley, and he wants to plan next summer's visit around this festival! 

Harrison went to his girlfriend K's yearly pool party, with a little help from her big brother, and he got to sit in the firetruck at our town celebration day!

And, thankfully, Harry has had a great beginning to his school year. He loves his new teacher, and his best buddy is still in his class. He is learning about Egypt, and volcanoes, and hurricanes, and he is helping to make some crafts for the upcoming craft fair at school! Halloween was the return of the cowboy, with a slight addition to the whole get-up- can you guess what that was?

Hey, have you ever milked a goat? Have you ever taken a selfie with a goat? My friend Cathy and I have!

And oh- the BEST part of the last few months for me...I finally got rid of that awful behemoth I was driving! I was not meant to drive a minivan. I never wanted one. I swore I would never drive one. Yet, for a year and a half, I did. But knocking off the right side mirror 3 times and having the key fob fall apart in my hands while changing the battery- DAYENU! That was ENOUGH! There MUST be options for accessible vehicles, right? There sure are! THANK YOU Honda Pilot for meeting our needs as a family with a wheelchair!!!

Harry still attends his Jewish Education program, and this year he has begun to study for his Bar Mitzvah- I can't believe it! Seriously...this is really going to happen! He is learning the prayers, and he gets to carry the torah around the room for all of his classmates to touch and kiss. It's really going to happen!