October Fun!

Octoberfest (at Lake Pahoja), Carving Pumpkins and Fishing! What more could you ask for?

End of the Soccer Season

Well, Fall Soccer is officially over (yeah!) Benjamin played for the first time on the "Eagles" team. It was a flashback to Draya's first soccer season... his shyness definitely shone through. However, by the end of the season he was running and even kicking the ball (sometimes!) Andraya definitely won the "Most Improved" award. It helped that she had Uncle Jeremy as her "Go-Getters" coach encouraging her and giving her some good pointers. I couldn't believe this was the same little girl who I could barely get to run at her first few games (aka - Hope for Benjamin!) She ended the season by having 2 break-away goals at her last game! She (and I) were so proud!!!

Conquering the Corn Maze

We see it just about everytime we go up to Sioux Falls but have never stopped. So... we finally visited the Heartland Corn Maze thinking it would be fun for them to see (especially since corn fields play such a huge part of our lives). They had a great time trying to find their way through. Andraya is a lot like her mother - taking the lead and just trying to find the way out (why waste time???), so she was frustrated everytime we had to stop to wait for the boys who were checking out every bug, every ear of corn, and picking up every old cob of corn on the ground (can you say Seth much????) Anyway, we finally found out way out (not much help to the map - you can't follow it much when the kids just want to go their own way all the time!) As much fun as it was, we decided we might wait a few year until the kids are a little older before we go back!!!

First Days of School

Hard to believe that another school year has begun (and even harder to believe that my babies are getting so big and old!) Miss Andraya is in 1st grade this year. She loves both of her new teachers (there's a student teacher in her class). Benjamin is in preschool and is so excited that he gets to ride with Mom to school in the mornings.

Seth's Birthday

What else would Seth want to do on his birthday other than go fishing?!?! We let him go fishing for awhile by himself before we came out (to Pahoja). The fishing wasn't great, but I think each of the kids got to reel in a fish! And Seth got to hang out with his kids..... it was a great day!

Andraya's Day at the Salon

Well, 4 months after her birthday, we finally had Andraya's friend party. I took Andraya and 3 of her friends (all cousins) to Rock Rapids to the Hairpin to get their nails painted and hair done. They all looked beautiful and had a great time!!! We finished off the day with icecream and painting and playing at the house.

Everything will be OK!

This beautiful rainbow and sunset appeared the night after my Uncle Alan's prayer service - I took it as a sign from both him and my Dad that they were watching over us and everything would be Ok! Both were amazing men, and both are deeply missed. I thank God that I was lucky enough to have both of them in my life and also incredibly thankful that they are together once again. The reunion that must be taking place right now...