Fall is here!

Hands down October has been the fastest month of this year! School is off and running at full speed and we are almost to the end of the first nine week grading period. Both boys are really enjoying school and doing really well. Jack is playing tackle football for the first time and got to run in his first career touch down a few weeks ago - 45 yards!. School is going really well for him in academics, school involvement and social life. He was elected to the Student Council and is now running for Vice President. You can see his blog at lemanhome.blospot.com. I think he takes after his Dad! Will just finished soccer season and loved the fact that he got "big kid" uniforms this year. He is our little home body. He is really enjoying reading and keeps getting better all the time. He loves that Grace will stop to listen to him. Will also likes that fact that he can do some things that Jack can't... like cartwheels! Will has been trying to teach Jack - It is pretty funny and I need to get it on video for all you to watch. (Mom tried to show them how and tweaked her back!) Grace ... where to start.... we can't keep up with her 8 to 10 wardrobe changes during a single day! She is a girly girl! It is fun to watch except for Sunday mornings. Just when we think we have her ready for church she will have changed and pulled all the hair bows out two to three times before leaving. But she is now potty trained and takes herself to the bathroom to go in her little potty. We are thankful for that!

Passwords...

Exhausting!

To many to remember...
Maybe I am showing my age!

Ha!

How many toads can Will hold at once???

The answer ....







FOUR toads at once!!!!!

Edwardsburg Football

Road Trip - Wisconsin Dells, WI

Road Trip - St Paul, MN

Road Trip - Bemidji MN

Road Trip - Duluth MN

Road Trip - Last stop... Mad Cow!

Summer

Summer you got to love it. No schedules and no where you have to be unless you want to. Well even with no schedules it has been a fun summer and a fast summer.

We kicked off summer with a birthday party at the new house for Grace and Andrew with all the cousins. It was one big mess but it was a blast! Aunt Shannon put together a huge food relay race for the kids. They had a blast and Grace even got in to it. She loved the spaghetti on the head relay the best. We had 5 different types of food races and with each one the yard turned from green to a mess of colors. I'm sure all the wild critters of the night loved there sweet and salty snacks.

The coming weeks it was off to sport camps for the boys and Bible Camp for Jack. They loved it! Cousin Andrew even got to spend time with Jack at Bible camp. Will turned 7 by the end of the month and had a bunch of school and church buddies over for the day. They caught turtles and fish, went boating and all took turns riding the jets skies. Seeing Will turn 7 was a great day!

Fourth of July was a big weekend. For our family it started on Thursday as the Leman family took a trip to Chicago. All the men and the boys in the family headed to the Cubs game and all the women and girls went shopping at American Dolls for Allies (niece) birthday. We had a wonderful shopping and eating such yummy things. The boys had a great time watching the Cubs win in the 13 inning!!! Afterwards we all met back up at our home for some hot pizza. Over the next few days of the 4th weekend we had Tim's family and my family stay and play on the lake. It was a full house full of great memories!

As we rolled into mid July Tim got his old college buddies together for a weekend at our home. The kids and I put together an adventure with my mom, sister and her kids. We packed up the truck and headed to Wisconsin Dells to play at the Wolf Lodge water park, Mall of America in St Paul and Bemidji Minnesota visiting with extended family for the week. We had a great time, lots of laughs and even tears when I realized I was really 35 not 34... Long story but super funny! We really enjoyed our time together and catching up with each other and our Minnesota family. It is such a blessing that God gave us family!

Now here we are in August and it has extreme heat to it! Jack has started daily football practice and the calendar if full of events as we head into the last 4 weeks of summer vacation... keep watching for those postings, but for now we hope you are all having a wonderful and safe summer vacations with your families.

XOXO