Life is busy

The month of September has been filled with lots of different activities. Congratulations go out to my niece Michelle and her new husband Brad. We are so happy for them to start their new life together. My niece Holly and her husband welcomed a new baby girl, Lucy, just a few days after Michelle and Brad's wedding. We are so excited for them as well! We have been absorbed with soccer, school and cheer leading. Coordinating schedules got just a little more difficult this school year. Asher started attending a playgroup/preschool class once a week. We rotate between four different homes, each mom taking a turn to host. It has been some what difficult for Asher. He is considerably more shy than JJ and Hannah and warms up to people slowly. Once he knows people he can be really fun and outgoing but until then he is very reserved and quiet. I think this will be a great way to ease him into going to real preschool next year. Lance attends a plethora of meetings as usual. Many of the meetings pertaining to the infamous H1N1 or swine flu. He spends his spare time working on various projects around the house. I got a new calling recently, I am now the compassionate service person. I am sure I will learn a lot in this calling. I have also been using my spare time to read, scrapbook a little and edit photos from my friend Missy's photo shoots.We visited the State Fair as a family a couple of weeks ago. JJ had completed the State Fair Reading Program so he got a free ticket to the fair as well as some other freebies. He was so proud of himself! We had a great time walking around looking at the different animals. We had to practically tear Hannah away from the momma pig and her babies. Hannah kept insisting that she NEEDED a baby pig or a bunny rabbit! JJ, city boy that he is, kept complaining about the smell, while Hannah said it didn't bother her one bit! Asher loved the display of diggers and back hoes. The kids climbed all over the big trucks and it was hard to get them to leave. We capped the evening off by sharing a huge funnel cake covered in half carmel and half strawberries. Yummm.