Just dance...

A relative lost her battle with breast cancer last week after a long and courageous fight. She leaves behind two young, beautiful girls and her devoted husband. We spent time in NY honoring and remembering Dina.  The ride home was quiet enough to think - rare for our family of 5. And without speaking to one another I could feel Erik and I communicating about our weeks ahead. I knew when we got here we would hug the kids a little tighter, let messes linger a bit longer and focus on really enjoying them and where they are today.

And that meant, I ate a few more wooden brownies....

And built a few more miniature homes.....

We did not rush through lunch.

We played outside until the sun went down. (Yes! It is still sunny here. I am wondering if my kids will O.D. on vitamin D. ) I wish I could bag up some of these crunchy leaves so you can hear what fall sounds like to me and see how kids come alive while rolling around in them. It's like a no-mess version of snow. I often dreamed of looking out the window and seeing some of the below....

We ate Halloween candy 2 weeks early.

And most importantly we did not forget to dance before school.

Our hearts feel enormously full of gratitude for making our east coast move now and for enjoying today  regardless of nonsense out of our control. We plan on enjoying our future here without thinking of housing markets or the size of our home.... And dancing a little more often.