Where does time go?

I can't believe it's really been 17 days since I posted. Man, life just keeps trucking by. I'll think of stuff I think I should post here, and then time goes on, and I forget whether I've posted it or not. So I guess I'll try to catch up a little...beware, it's likely to be random!!

First, here's a conversation E and I had a little over a week ago:

E: Mommy, is there any Big Ten football on today?

Me: No, honey, not today. (it was Sunday)

E: Only ONE day a week?

Me: I know, isn't it a bummer???

So, the brainwashing is coming along quite nicely. :) heehee

We've been trying to get lots of fall fun in the last couple weeks. Fall is my favorite!!! About 10 days ago T got off work a little early and we drove up to Ledges State Park. We went for a nice little hike and enjoyed God's creation. The leaves weren't quite as pretty as we'd hoped, but it was really nice. Then of course we drove down through the 'canyon' road and over the stream, gunning it as we drove over it so it splashed up high, much to the squealing delight of the boys. Here's a couple shots from that trip:

My attempt at nature photography:

Then that weekend we did quite a bit of work with the leaves in our yard. We have A LOT of them. We love that our lot has several big trees, but man....lots of leaves!!!

There might have been a little bit of a leaf fight! :)

Those leaves didn't exactly STAY in the same place we raked them. :) We did eventually get them into bags...most of them anyway.

This past weekend we had a nice get-away to Omaha. We took the boys to the "Momoha Zoo" (as G calls it). It was chilly, and soggy much of the time, but we still had a great time.

Mommy with the boys in the jungle:

The zoo has a really cool butterfly exhibit now. Very cool.

The goats were G's favorites. :)

After the zoo, we went to the hotel, where we had a nice swim. Then in the evening, T kept the boys in the hotel while I went to the Steven Curtis Chapman/Michael W. Smith United tour concert with some friends. It was amazing. Our tickets were 6 rows from the stage, and mine was RIGHT in front of SCC. Unbelievable. I'm a HUGE SCC fan, and just think he's an amazingly gifted artist and an inspiring, humbling witness of God. It was such an awesome night. Anyway, we went swimming again in the morning, then got on the road, as we needed to be back for E's last soccer game of the season. He did great. It was a fun season for him. He seems to really love soccer and he 'gets it' now and is a decent little player...well, ya know...for a 6 year old. :)Getting the medal from the coach:

One last "GO TIGERS!!!" :)

Okay, that's it. I need to get a move on this morning. Need to get some school done, then we're going on a co-op field trip to some horse stables. G's going to FLIP!!! It's going to be a cold one, I think, but hopefully we'll still have lots of fun. Look for pics in upcoming days!! :)