First Snow, Pumpkin Patch and Football

We had our first snow of the year this week. It wasn't really that much snow, but it was heavy enough to knock our power out for almost 2 days. That wasn't really a lot of fun. I spent much of yesterday either throwing everything out of the refrigerator and freezer or under a couple of blankets reading a book. Fortunately, the boys had school and it is my Fall Break this week, so that was helpful to the situation. We spent the first night with Jonny and Jenny and I was prepared to rough it the 2nd night in hopes that the power would come on soon. I bundled the boys up in 2 layers of pj's, wool socks, and under 4 blankets in my bed for the night. But the power came back on at 8 pm - so that was a huge relief.

I also got the boys out this week to take their annual pumpkin patch picture. This one wasn't really in a pumpkin patch, it was in front of Whole Foods, but the display was nice and convenient.

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I also finally got a picture of Greg and the boys in their Bronco gear. We've done this on opening day every year, but Greg was out of town for almost every game in September, so this was our first weekend to get around to it. Here are the past years' pictures. This weekend was also Greg's chance to watch his first football game downstairs in the basement. I must admit it is a really nice setup. I've watched a few movies down there this week, and the best part is that I couldn't hear the TV at all on Sunday while Greg was watching football.


Lastly, a super sweet picture of Luke with Teacher Bob.

Luke and Teacher Bob

This weekend is Luke's turn to take Teacher Bob the bear home for his Star of the Week project. He has to complete a journal of what Teacher Bob did with him this weekend, make a poster about himself, and put 5 things important to him in a mystery bag. After looking at the class journal of what Teacher Bob has done since school started, it looks like he has been to several soccer games. So we decided to do something a little different. We took the boys (and Teacher Bob) to Heritage Square this afternoon to ride the Alpine Slide.


Greg and Luke rode the lift to the top. Greg said Luke was a little scared, and he really didn't like it when Greg held Teacher Bob over the side of the lift.

Ryan and I rode up together - he wasn't the least bit nervous. It was pretty windy, so it wasn't the most pleasant ride up.

Here is me, Luke, and Teacher Bob at the top.

And here we are at the bottom - Luke loved it. We'll have to find one more something to do with Teacher Bob tomorrow.

Ryan sat down on this rock, posed and asked for his picture to be taken.

Silly boys.


Picture of the boys and Nana from her visit at the end of September.

Ryan and Luke are doing great. We've all been really busy with school and work, so there hasn't been time for much else lately. The boys are still loving school. We had their parent/teacher conference a couple of weeks ago and both of their teachers had nothing but good things to say about them. They are making huge strides with reading, Ryan's teacher said he is a great artist, and Luke's teacher said that math comes naturally to him. We couldn't be more pleased with their Kindergarten experience - we are most happy with how much fun they are having every day.