The Countdown is on!

Two weeks and counting...and then we will officially be homeless ;) James makes fun of me because my emotions for this move go from, as he says "happy, sad, happy, sad..." While I am very excited for the move and for our family to be together once again, there are MANY people and things about Indiana that I am going to miss dearly. We had to say goodbye to everyone at church yesterday and I was a blubbering MESS! 

We have bought a house! However, it won't be ready until after Christmas. So we will be wandering around aimlessly for the next month. HA j/k we have tons of family that will graciously be opening their homes to the Newton crew!

Last weekend was WONDERFUL, Uncle Joe and Aunt Sue gave Miss Courtney the best birthday gift she could have asked for...her DADDY! We picked him up at he airport on Friday night (a surprise to her) and Saturday was her 5th Birthday party at Chuck E. Cheese. Which she loved tremendously. We got some surprise snow Sat. morning. We enjoyed trick-or-treating with our dear friends the Todd's and Kessler's on Monday, packing on tuesday, and back to TX for Daddy on Wed. Now it's up to me to pack up the rest of the house (prayers please ;) 

Love to all,

The Newtons

P.S. Here is a link to the short version of the video I made for Courtney's 5th birthday if you wanna watch just click here...Happy Birthday Courtney Video!

Proud new owners of a pile of dirt!

They've come a LONG way in a few weeks.

Carving pumpkins with Uncle Billy! 

How cute is he!!!

The family at Chuck E. Cheese, Courtney asked everyone to wear PINK!

Something about this isn't right!

They made a great snowman! 

Halloween night, my Princess Belle and our Monkey!

Kiddo's with Mary, the WORLD'S greatest neighbor!

Trick-or-treating with Harley and Sera.

Crazy Uncle James at Chuck E. Cheese

Best ball player in the joint!

What a cute couple!

Courtney and Miss Janet and Addison, best buds!

A Princess with her King!

Hummmmm....

Dancing Queen!

Happy Birthday to you....

Pinata fun!

Birthday girl and Aunt Sue!

They couldn't wait to DIG into that pretty little cake!

The ticket blaster, awesome!

They laughed the ENTIRE TIME!

BOO!

Pumpkin Patch

Happy Fall y'all! 

I'm practicing my y'all's for down in TX! Did I spell it right Lauren? I have so much to learn, I do believe I will forever be a yankee! We did some house hunting a week or so ago and as soon as we crossed the border there was Texas shaped EVERYTHING!!! Even in the gas station bathrooms. I told James "I'm always going to be an outsider down here, aren't I". Ha ha as my sis-in-law says... "we're proud of our state shape! LOL

We have lots to report! We have an offer on the house, woooo hoooo! And I believe we are past the major hurtles. The appraisal and home inspection are all done and we have come to agreements on everything. Our closing date  is set for Nov. 21st. We've gotten the go-ahead from our realtor today to START PACKING! So if anyone is looking for something to do... ;)  We still haven't found a home in TX, James is on the hunt. We hope to find something soon so we can have a smooth transition. 

The kids and I are enjoying the fall weather and had a nice day out at Reeger's Pumpkin Patch. We are all set for Halloween and Courtney's birthday coming up. What a fun month. Courtney got 2 pink hair extensions and she LOVES them, the proceeds go towards  Breast Cancer research. It was a good teaching moment.  

Enjoy the pics!

Cutie-pa-tootie getting pinked!

Look who found my nail polish! Oh Dear! 

Us with our Bestest friends Lindsey and Addison! 

Cole found his pumpkin!

Courtney, Addison, and Cole! So cute!

Newton Update!

Hello everyone! Hope all is well. I've had a pumpkin spice latte and just bought harvest candles, it's officially Fall! We are still in PA, awaiting the house to sell. Daddy is in TX and we are missing him TERRIBLY!!!!! We continue to pray that our house will sell quickly so we can all be together. We've had a lot of activity with the house this week, so hopefully something concrete will come up soon. If not we are starting to discuss the possibility of renting, both here and there. We hope not to have to do that, but these kiddos need their daddy and we need to be together!

We have been trying to keep ourselves busy so the weeks go by quickly. I have had so much love and support from so many family and friends, it's amazing! The Byerly/Drew family was gracious enough to invite the kids and I with them on their family vacation to VA beach. We had a wonderful week and loved playing with Carter and Elliot. I was able to get Courtney in a church pre-school for while we are in PA. So she started that this am and loved it. Here are a few pictures from what we've been up to the past month. 

Love to all,

The Newtons

Some Carl fun! They cleaned out the attic and found all kinds of treasures! 

Doing the "James"!

A so the season begins... Here we go Steelers!

Aunt Sue and I at a pre-season game!

Some tickle time with Daddy, we MISS you!!!

Our Fun Day with Uncle Billy and Nana at Sea Base (a glorified chuck-e-cheese)!

Cole was in heaven with all the balls!

and banging... 

and FLYING...

Massive washing after a day at the beach! We had quite the system going.

He was yelling "Hi Skippy" to the airplane overhead. Uncle Ricky/ Aunt Shena we're you flying over VA??

My new FAVORITE picture!

Love this girl!

Me and my kiddos at the beach!

Cole wanted to go to pre-school too, until it was time to leave then he started crying (not Courtney) b/c he thought he had to stay, haha! 

1st day of Pre-school!