Sunday, October 12, 2008

Catching Up

Well, it's been a little bit since my last entry. I've been extremely busy with school. We had full day fields this past week and a few major assignments due this Monday. I took a field trip with the Kindergarten class to the pumpkin patch. We learned about all the different kinds of pumpkins and squash, we were able to pet some animals (including little ducks!), went through a corn maze, and picked pumpkins out in the field. I was surprised that each student could pick a pumpkin to take home. They were very excited about that.

Last Saturday Jaime and I took Lucas to Abby's birthday party. We went to the Fall parade. Lucas really enjoyed putting the candy in the bag, but I think it was the idea of cleaning up than it was about getting candy. After presents and cake, Lucas and Abby went outside to play. I just love to watch them play together. They're so cute. Jill looked amazing and already back into a pair of jeans! I couldn't hold Autumn because I was just getting over a cold, which was horrible to see a baby and not hold her. Next time. It was fun and Lucas didn't last very long on the ride home. Jaime and I scrapbooked for awhile during his nap. We might actually get done with this scrapbook in the next 5 years! Lucas was a little crabby when he woke up from his nap so Jaime decided just to take him home instead of taking him out to eat. Probably a good choice but I felt like it cut our time together short. I'm going down there next weekend so I'll be seeing him again.

We took Sammy to the vet this week for her annual check up and shots. She's overweight. :( She gained about 7lbs. from last year. Oh my! She's supposed to be a 25lb. dog and she's around 29lbs. Not too bad but we'll have to start watching the treats. It's hard when she's so cute--and the fact that she tells me when she wants a treat! (she goes to the "treat" cupboard and stares at it and then "lets me know" it's time to get her a treat)

Yesterday we went on our first big bike run. The money raised went to a little boy who lost his mommy. I think there were about 75 bikes. We started in Seymour and went up to Caddie's in Columbus. And then from there we headed down to N. Vernon. They were just headed back to Seymour, so we split off there. We've never ridden with that many bikes and it was amazing. The rumbling just pounds inside you and the feeling you get being in the middle of that many bikes riding down the road. It was pretty neat. We had a police escort out of Seymour and from there on we blocked our own roads. I felt so above the law! I probably like riding in small groups the best, but it was a good experience.

Last week was a pretty tough week for me and so I'm glad the weekend has gone better. We're celebrating Michael's birthday tonight as well. We'll just go out to dinner and do cake here. It should be a good end to the weekend. Well, my weekend--Michael is off on Monday for Columbus Day and so he'll be going on another bike ride with some guys from work.


1 comment:

Anonymous said...

In your defense, Sammy DOES NOT look overweight!
Let me know when you both want to get together to celebrate Michael's birthday!