The first quarter of school is over in a couple of weeks. Time goes by so quickly. Isaac has one game left of football and Halloween is right around the corner. It's time for a family update!
This time... oldest to youngest! Angie. Me. School is going well. I have almost a full schedule and I am missing my slack first year's schedule when half the students went to the new elementary that opened. Harrisburg's School District is growing that fast! Next fall a new elementary will open but probably won't affect my school that much. I spent the Sundays in September running in races. I did my first half marathon in Sioux Falls, a 5k in Vermillion and a 10K in Omaha. Of course, Steve and I did our training together. We did the half marathon together and last weekend he did some sort of torturous (in my opinion) 10K in Newton Hills. I passed on the chance to do a trail run. No thank you! Steve spent a week in Sacramento for work. One weekend he dragged the family to a hunting cabin in DeSmet and forced me to shoot clay pigeons until I hit one. (Just kidding, we went willingly). He went to Lincoln and tailgated in style with my brother for the SDSU/Nebraska game. Steve's Wednesday night golf league wrapped up last week. Skyler was on the golf team but that started and was over within a few weeks it seems like. Only the top golfers go to the meets and he isn't quite up there with the country club kids. LOL. He has been spending a lot of time playing tennis with his friends after school. He took on Steve and Skyler dominated! Steve, I think, was surprised and wants a rematch. Skyler ly realwould like to play Uncle Joel for a challenge. Skyler has a lot of free time since his job ended at Sunshine. Hyvee bought the Sunshine store and wouldn't rehire anyone under 16. I'm not sure if he has committed to debate this year or not but he did try out for honor's choir on a whim and made it! This inspired Isaac to try out for something similar. He will be making an audition cd soon. I was quite surprised but impressed by Ike's choice. Keep you posted on the results for that! His football season is coming to an end with his final game at the Dome in Vermillion. It's so much fun to watch them play there. Bug Free and controlled weather isn't so bad either! His team only won one game this year but he still had fun. He played center and did a great job. I think basketball practice will be starting very soon. He also has a bug collection due very soon. I recall crawling around outside with a flashlight the night before Skyler's was due. I pulled an "A" on that assignment. I was very clear to Isaac that I was not doing his bug collection. However, I would say that a majority of the bugs gathered so far were caught by me. You would think since he is a boy he wouldn't mind touching bugs but apparently he's like Josie. Even Josie is starting to get over her bug phobia. She will at least look at one without screaming now. She's getting so grown up. No more diapers either! She slept with the same squishy baby doll for two years and then one night she said "no more baby". Apparently it was too babyish. It was quite upsetting to me. She still has a blanket and sleeps with a unicorn instead. She's so cute riding her bike around the neighborhood with her "real" baby doll. She has a basket hanging on the front of her bike with a bell and streamers on the handle. On the back is a baby seat for her doll. She has quite the set up! Josie has also started dance at Balleraena Dance Studio. She is in a combo class with ballet and tap. It is so adorable seeing all the little girls in their tutus. She just loves it!
Enjoy the beautiful fall weather and I will post again after Halloween. Bye!
