November 2011

Apparently I didn't take any pictures of Thanksgiving but I did get some of a few other events.  The Bowmen were in the football playoffs again this year and I was able to take the kids to one of their home games.  It was a little much for Joshua since all he wanted to do was run and the bleachers are not a very good playground.  We kept him occupied for awhile with popcorn but other than that, it was a bigger job than I would have liked.  Megan had fun hanging out with our friends' son who is a few years older than her.  She thought she was such a big girl because I let her walk around with him for a bit by herself.  They did win that game and went all of the way to State but ended up losing the championship game.  They did a great job though and I am always so proud of Greg and his success as a coach there.

The leaves, the leaves, the leaves. Our three huge trees are beautiful and shading in the summer but in the fall we curse them.  We could rake every leaf up one day and they will return the next day as if we had done nothing.  So as I rake I try to remember laying under those trees in the hammock and the energy/cost savings they provide because they save so much money in air conditioning.  Our house would absolutely roast without them.  I took Joshua out one day to rake and let him play in the leaves.  I'm not sure what it is about my kids but I cannot get them for the life of me to play, throw or jump in the leaves.  My friends always post pictures of their adorable children having all sorts of Fall fun. Not my kids. Not my kids.  I did get a couple of cute pictures of him but he was not thrilled when I put him in the pile of leaves as you will see.

Josh and I were able to go to the Civil War game again this year.  It was a lot of fun and we sat in Devin and Tami's extra two seats.  The game was great and afterwards we were able to have a bit of a date weekend.  We drove from Eugene to Florence and stayed the night.  Our plan was to drive up the coast back to pick up the kids from my parents' house.  Unfortunately the trip was a little shorter than planned because Joshua was super sick and needed his mommy!  It was a good night away though, we had a nice dinner and relaxing evening at the hotel.  Thanks for watching the kids mom!