Ummm…so it’s snowing outside my window right now.  I don’t know what is happening but just a few days ago we were playing in our mountain of leaves, mowing, and wearing short sleeves for soccer games!

Brian got the kids into mowing our neighbors yards and they are learning about having a job, being responsible, and making a little bit of money along the way.  Morgan and Drew are stashing theirs away just like they’re supposed to and Jake, well let’s just say he has a growing collection of Adidas tennis shoes and he’s on a first name basis with the cashiers at Casey’s and Wendy’s up the street.

I got picked to join Reece at the Nelson Atkins museum for a 3rd grade field trip.  Most of the kids thought it was terribly boring – we spent 30+ minutes in the orange gallery below analyzing 2 paintings!  Whoa!  The comments the kids made about the paintings had me in tears it was so funny!

Drew was selected for MVP with his new baseball team at the Monster Bash tourney in Topeka.  Yay Drewy!Jake finished up his US Kids Golf Fall season at the very beautiful (and difficult) Shadow Glen golf course…And a Panthers basketball tournament win in overtime!

If this snow slows down a bit and we can get some warmer temps, we will still have a couple more outdoor soccer tournaments this month before we ramp up for 4 kids playing basketball, indoor soccer, and gymnastics meet season.  It’s madness, really.  But as many families in this phase of life say, we wouldn’t change any of it.  It’s so fun to watch these kiddos ‘do their thing.’  They’re creating memories every day and I’m trying my best to document it for them!