Fall Fun

We've been keeping very busy this month...hard to keep up.

*Went to the ISU/KU game...it was Brecken's first game...I sat on the hillside with her and it was not too fun! All she wanted to do was go, go, go. So at halftime, I took her out to the camper and fed her and put her down for a nap. I think we were up 20-0 or something crazy at half and ended up losing! So maybe she was their little good luck charm. ; ) We camped two nights up there with my mom and Clark, Cindy & Gern, Lorie, Jerry, Chelsie & Geoff, and Ryan, Anne, Julia, & Lauren. Lots of fun. It was quite the set-up with the tv and fire pit we had going. It was our first time using our new camper...worked great but was pretty nerve-wracking to pull up there. On the way up, I asked Jim if he had remembered to give Wrigley fresh water before we left and he was like, "yeah I gave him fresh water... and I forgot to turn it off!" So I frantically had to try and get a hold of one of our neighbors to go shut the water off...luckily I finally did and she ran over and saved our backyard from a small flood. I'm sure Jim will never do that again!! : )

She's just like a little puppy dog with her little tongue sticking out all the time...

I don't think Lauren was too interested in the game...

Last weekend we went back to SWI and:

*winterized and stored our camper...quite the ordeal since they store about 5 campers, 4 boats, and a few wave runners.

*went to the zoo

*went to Riverside's football game to watch Quinn play...They won and Cade enjoyed watching for Bruiser the Bulldog again. Towards the end of the game, Cade hadn't got to give Bruiser a high-5 yet, so Jim took him down front and he's yelling, "Bruiser, Bruiser, come here" in his quiet little voice...a couple elementary-aged girls standing there heard him and said, "you want to see Bruiser?" So they take off, go get Bruiser to come down and give Cade 5...it was so cute and he was on Cloud 9. He spent most of the game hanging all over Dan and Kaleigh, asking, "Which one is Quinn?" about 500 times. Brecken stayed home with Grandma Bonni. Random happening: I ran into an old neighbor at the game (probably 15 yrs older than me?) and he said he remembered when I used to stand at our back door and yell for our dog, Paco and apparently it annoyed him because he said he always wanted to come slap me (I was in 3rd-4th grade). Okay, well first of all, I'm glad he didn't and second of all, the dog was Taco, not Paco...Jim and I got a good laugh out of that one.

Quinn was nice enough to come say hi after the game...Cade was in awe and I think pretty intimidated by those big shoulder pads!

*went to Octoberfest at Breezy Hills with my mom, Clark, Aunt Vic, and the kids...listened to some music, drank some wine, ate some chili and caramel apples...and the highlight for Cade, going on a hayrack ride and getting to ride in the tractor with Grandpa Darrell halfway through...then going on another hayrack ride with Daddy driving the tractor! Jim's tractor-driving skills were a teensy bit rusty, but he's still got it in him.

*Cade got to play with Grady and Hope and go for rides in Grady's "Gator." Cade threw himself on the ground when it was time for Grady to leave.