Happy Halloween!

Well, it's been over two months since we've last posted so I figured it was time. We've officially been back in Florida for more than six months now! Time has really flown by.

I wanted to share a picture of our pumpkin, Josh did such a great job carving it free hand. Unfortunately he had an accident and is now missing a bottom tooth (the pumpkin, not Josh). We had a blast giving out candy to all the little trick or treaters in our neighborhood and then enjoyed ourselves with other adults who still like to dress up at our friends annual Halloween party (thanks Lorraine and Shawn!).

The picture to the left is the newest addition to our family, our sweet little puppy. He's just a few hours old in this photo. He still has a lot of growing to do and will need his mom for now but he'll be coming home to us on December 20th. The perfect Christmas present! We already have a name for him - Darby O'Gill Highlander, or Darby for short! In case you're wondering where the name came from, it's from one of the greatest movies ever, Darby O'Gill and the Little People.

In addition to our new puppy, we've been keeping pretty busy. The Gators have had a great season so far with the biggest game yet TODAY! We're not making the trek to Jacksonville for Florida/Georgia this year, but we'll definitely be glued to the tv and saying a few prayers for Tim Tebow and the Gators. The game is at 3:30, you won't want to miss it! We've certainly enjoyed being back in Gainesville for football season, there's nothing better than living in the heart of Gator Country (unless of course you're a Seminole or Canes fan).

So what's up next for the Highlanders? Well, for starters, we'll be building a new fence around our yard in preparation for our new puppy. We're also finishing up some projects around the house which seems to be a never-ending task. This year we'll be hosting Thanksgiving for our families. We're both so excited to celebrate the holiday in Alachua, and hopefully it's the first of many in our new home. I've got some exciting things planned through the fall with the Tridelta Alumni Chapter that I recently became active with and Josh will be spending every chance he gets fishing (which sadly isn't as often as he'd like). Lastly, I have a fun girls trip planned for St. Simons island in November. Katie, Kristin, Emily and I are heading off for the weekend to relax and enjoy some much needed time by ourselves. I think that about sums it up! I'm sure you'll be waiting patiently for my next blog with photos of all this fun stuff ;-)

Until then, we hope this finds everyone doing well!

All the best,
Jenny and Josh

Pumpkin carving - The Highlanders, Emily, and The Weitekamps.

Getting ready for the Trick or Treaters...
We had TONS of kids, thankfully we had just enough candy.


Cat Woman and a Lumberjack -
The best we could do with things we had around the house.
(I bought the ears though!)

Some of the ladies at the adults Halloween party.
(Lindsay, Katie, Me, Nancy - aka Prom Queen, Kat Von D, Cat Woman, Rachel Zoe)

I could have sworn it snowed! 32 degrees in October, unbelievable. The yard frosted over and we had a layer of ice on the roof and across our fence. It was pretty until all the grass died!