Fall is here

Fall is here and the weather is cooling considerably. I find I am not ready for that. I was ready for the garden to be done...until I think about having to actually cook veggies again. That part of the garden being done I am not ready for. We still have some tomatoes to use, but the cucumbers are done, the lettuce and spinich are done and the summer squash are done. All that is left is the winter squash, oh and the carrots which are waiting for the final hard freeze. Need to dig potatoes as well. On the upside I did get to pick strawberries again, they are small but so very sweet. The boys still enjoy playing outside, we have had a bit of snow and some rain, they just wanted to wear snow boots and pants. They were covered in mud after an hour tho. A few days later I had to wash the boots and airwalks off and let them dry in the sun. It won't be long and there won't be anymore mud, we will just be cold and with a little luck we might have snow. The fall cleaning needs to be finished, I did get the carpet shampooed though so I got that much done. This month is really quite full of celebrating tho so cleaning might have to wait till I just simply can't stand to go outside. :-) Brayden turns 7 on Friday, we are taking a trip to Casper for the Reba concert and some swimming and shopping. He is super excited, can hardly wait to go. Then back home for a week and then we head down to Scottsbluff to help Papa Great celebrate his 90th birthday. That will be fun too, we have a hotel with a pool as well there so the boys will really enjoy that. Things are normal here, boys growing like crazy, time passing very quickly, Roger and I getting older...yup thats all normal. Not much else to report, perhaps that is why I don't get around to posting very often anymore. We are very glad for normal and wouldn't want it any other way. These boys are a wonderful blessing in our life, wouldn't want to live without them.

And our #1 Goof

And together we are goofy

What a cutie, growing up tho

Its been too long...

We passed the 5 yr mark

I have had trouble with the publish post button so didn't get a post done on August 18 which was our 5 year gottcha day mark with Brayden. It is fun to mark the time and realize that so much time has gone and yet it seems like yesterday we just got him and at the same time seems like we have had him for always. I will forever remember the little boy we picked up that day and am so grateful that he has grown into this wonderful little boy that loves his mama and daddy so much. Most of all I am so glad he has become a normal little boy with all the attitudes, misbehaviors, joys and activities that are expected at his age. We have been so blessed!!

And so it goes....Time that is.

Time marches on and summer is gone. It is amazing to me how quickly it disappears. Yesterday was Brayden's first day of school. He is now in first grade and is doing alright there, new classroom, new teacher, some new kids but lots of old friends from the last couple of years as well. He was a bit upset yesterday when it was time for me to leave but he came home bubbling over so it was fine after I left. He went to bed at 7:30 and was asleep by 7:42 so he was really tired. The rest of us have to get used to the school schedule too, up early, eat early and to bed early. I may have to biggest problem with that as I don't do well with early mornings. I learned last year tho that I don't have much choice, so best get used to it. This week will be a rough one as he has school all five days, then next week we have the regular four day week with a long weekend. Just have to be sure we get enough sleep. Its amazing how we can put healthy kids together in one room and in a week or two we have a bunch of sick kids. Hopefully Brayden will stay healthy longer than he did last year. The first img Brayden figured out I was taking pictures so he turned his fanny to me and began shaking it. :-)