Six weeks and counting...

Baby Mulder is doing well and kicking like crazy! S/he gets the hiccups at least once a day now. It's fun to watch my growing belly bounce up and down, but not so fun when a little heel (or was that an elbow?) catches me in the ribs. The weather is definitely feeling "fallish" this week. With the cool nights, long sleeve shirts, and leaves beginning to turn colors, I beginning to feel like October 23 is just around the corner! Do you think this little one is going to be a boy or a girl? Take your vote at the bottom of the blog.

Woodchips

Last Thursday, we got a HUGE pile of woodchips delivered to our driveway. Dave and I had to head to Huntington for a few days to close on the house there. (What a HUGE praise. God's timing is so good!) When we got back, we hosted a "Pool Party." It was really a woodchip moving party in disguise... but we got lots of help and had most of the pile gone by Saturday afternoon. Our neighbors polished off the pile Sunday and we now have our driveway back. Check out some of the improvements to our yard--

Dave and Dad Mulder put this part of the fence up this past spring. They designed and built the gate themselves. Now it's wide enough to easily fit the lawnmower (or a wheelbarrow filled with woodchips!) through.

Rob was the brainchild behind our updated fire pit. We added the evergreens, grass, bricks, and--of course--woodchips, this summer.