Well, we turned the calendar page and we were met with a giant mess. Some of it is fun stuff. Some of it is just life. Some of it is stuff we obligated ourselves to, and sort of wish we hadn’t. We will survive, but I believe it will be November before we have even a moderate chance at relaxing. The new month did bring with it cooler weather, which is a mixed bag for me. It is nice to have the house opened up, not sweat to death on the bus, and thinking about ths upcoming inspections at work is definitly more appealing when it’s not hot! I was sad about the official ending of pool season though. I was in on the 3rd of October. Jim and I pulled the stairs, which means if you get in now, you’ll be in there until next summer! October swim- has to be some sort of record?
Our church is celebrating its 160th anniversary this weekend. The archbishop is coming to celebrate mass and eat dinner. You know what cannot happen? The archbishop cannot sit on dusty chairs! The church ladies had a cleaning night. They asked for the RE kids to come. Saige and Harper are in confirmation class, so they needed to help. Which is how we spent our Wednesday night cleaning the church basement. I’m not 100% convinced it was all that necessary since they are setting up a tent and tables outside, but we just can’t chance it. Saige was asked to serve the mass with the archbishop and seems moderately excited about it.
This is definitly not the best photography but I have to show you the world’s most resilient and stubborn spider. For 5 solid weeks, every single morning at 5:50 the girls and I trudge down to do chores, and she has built a web across the door to the boxcar where we keep our hay. I hate to do it, but I have to take the web down in order to get hay out. Every single evening around 7, we re-pen up the pony and the goats for bed, and I throw them a flake of hay- and I have to remove the web all over again. So twice a day, every day for 5 weeks I have removed her web and she has rebuilt it. If I were her, I would be better at taking a hint!
The kid who lives far, far away was playing volleyball. That ended this week, so my route is longer at night again. I don’t actually mind, as the weather is beautiful and the leaves are just starting to change (what hasn’t dried up and fallen off already that is).
Tonight, Jim said he would take care of dinner - which I sincerely appreciated. He brought home pizza. As we were all sitting around eating, we heard the worst noises coming from outside. These darn goats were climbing my trellis, knocked over the fairy garden, and munched down the clematis. But tomorrow, when it is time for us to be home for the evening, I guarantee I will let them back out to munch around on the yard because they are just too cute. Look at Mr. Mackey’s sweet widdle face. I also threw out some enchiladas, I watched the wild cats come out of the trees and one grabbed an entire enchilada and sprinted back into the trees. Then the goats figured out they actually really love enchiladas. Poor cats!
I love the 1000 faces of Wrenley! She is such a sweet thing. I can’t get over how fast she’s growing and how expressive she is.
Lawson is also growing like a weed. Such sweet babies.
I am looking forward to the mostly fun weekend. We just need Friday to be kind to us so we can get crack-a-lacking with the fun stuff.
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