In the Christmas Spirit :)

This past weekend, I was able to come down and visit Derek at our new home in Grass Valley. It seems that everything is starting to come together and now everything is starting to feel like it really is going to happen!! We have renters for our house in Kuna and we signed the lease on our rental home in Grass Valley. Derek will be signing his commercial lease on Monday and we will also be meeting with the lawyer to incorporate the business. Things are going very quickly!! As things start to become our own, we will start posting pictures of our home and Derek's office.
On Saturday, Louis and Shannon treated us to a trip to Half Moon Bay and to the Lemos' pumpkin Patch. There were sooo many pumpkins it was unbelievable! There was even a little train that took us through a Haunted pumpkin patch which was kind of neat (it was a little scary though). We really had a great time meeting baby Kaelen and spending time with Henry. He sure is a great kid!! Thanks Louis and Shannon (and Mom and Dad for sharing your time with us!)
So we had our offical Christmas drawing during our time at Louis and Shannon's house. This year, the Christmas exchange will take place at Louis and Shannon's house over Thanksgiving as that will be the time when most of us will be together - minus Tyler :(
We were thinking that the gift dollar limit would be $70 for new gifts and $20 for homemade gifts. If anyone would like to change this or lower this, comment back.
The official list is as follows:

New gifts:
Mom -------> Derek
Dad --------> Tyler
Louis ------> Mama B
Shannon----> Sharon
Johanna----> Shannon
Tyler-------> Julia
Sharon-----> Louis
Derek------> Johanna
Julia -------> Dad

Homemade gifts:
Mom--------> Julia
Dad---------> Louis
Louis ------> Dad
Shannon---> Mama B
Johanna----> Derek
Tyler--------> Sharon
Sharon------> Johanna
Derek-------> Tyler
Julia--------> Shannon

Christmas wish lists are due by October 31 due to the earlier exchange date. Also, for those of you with children, please let us know what is on their wish lists (or needs :) as well.
Thanks!!!
Hope everyone has a Happy October and Happy Fall!!
Love Sharon