According to my blog dashboard, this is our 100th post! Congratulations to us! How about a few pictures and some updates to start off the next 100!
We are well into our fall school routine now. Girl Scouts and weekly choir practices for Emma and Kaylee. Emma also has piano lessons and Lighthouse at church. Kaylee is playing soccer and Thomas is in preschool 2 mornings a week. Emma also started her cello lessons at school and goes to orchestra rehearsal once a week (We may buy some Tylenol for the orchestra director as a Christmas present — I can’t imagine standing in front of a room of 100 brand new orchestra students. Wow. — Emma sounds great though!)
Kari is leading Emma’s Girl Scout troop again this year and has started babysitting 10 month old Charlie 3 mornings a week for a bit of extra cash. I’ve been playing my trombone in a few groups at church so my Monday evenings are usually tied up with that.
We had some sad news earlier this month when my Grandpa Gibson passed away. Not unexpected, but still sad for everybody. It was great to hear about all of his heroism during WWII and to remember the inspiring way he led the rest of his life. What a wonderful role model. Here’s a picture of him helping me make some ice cream when I was little. Great memories of a great man.
One of the cool things about fall in Iowa City is Hawkeye football!! Go Hawks! Kari and I made it to the Pitt game thanks to some friends with extra tickets and got to watch the biggest comeback in school history. Glad we didn’t leave early (and thanks again Grandma Boggess for helping out with the kids!!). Then Mom had to work for the Louisiana-Monroe game so, being the good son that I am, I agreed to fill in for her. Another good game for the Hawks and always good to hang out with Dad for a few hours.
Emma had a good idea last Thursday to have a picnic by the river so we made some sandwiches and went over by the foot bridge by IRP to enjoy the nice weather and search from some clam shells.
We showed AJ how he could chuck rocks into the river and he just worked on his arm the whole rest of the time. He really likes to chuck rocks.
Summer is fun, but fall in Iowa definitely has it’s perks. How cool is swinging off of a rope swing into a big pile of leaves?!? Just doesn’t get much better than that.
