Back to the Midwest

First of all, I apologize to those that check our blog regularly. There's plenty for us to blog about, but it seems like there's little time to actually do it. I think we're beginning to get used to our new schedule, but it's a busier way of life than we've been used to. Part of it has to do with the older two kids in school with no bus system. They have to be dropped off every morning at 8:30, then Aubri gets picked up at 12:30 and Gavin at 3:30. Then add Sara's M-W-F work schedule to the mix and it gets a little more complicated. The kids have gymnastics Monday nights and Gavin has soccer Tuesdays and Thursdays. We could really benefit from living closer to town with all the running around, but we currently live 7 miles out of town. Next year Aubri will do full days at school and hopefully we can find an affordable place to live in town to make the craziness a little more sane.

All that to say that things are all going well, just busy. The kids still love school, and we still like their school too. The kids are excelling in their sports and loving every minute of it! Sara's enjoying her job, and I'm enjoying mine as well. It's starting to get chillier around here and you can tell winter is around the corner. You'd think we'd be able to avoid snow being this far south, but it sounds like we get dumped on pretty good here. It'll be somewhat similar to Colorado, where it snows pretty hard, then it melts and is beautiful for a few weeks before it snows again.

Tomorrow, after church, Gavin and I are flying to Sioux Falls, SD to go to my Grandpa Sid's funeral this Tuesday. We'll be staying with my brother, James, and his family while we're there. Grandpa passed away this week after battling cancer. We got to see him and Grandma Dorothy this past spring as they drove through Colorado on their way back to South Dakota from Arizona. He was starting to notice something wrong then, although they didn't know it was cancer yet. It's sort of strange timing, since Grandma and Grandpa always spent their winters in Arizona, and now that Grandpa is gone I'm guessing Grandma won't make the trip down here alone. They usually stay in Mesa, which is blazing hot right about now. I think we'll visit the more southern areas of Arizona once it starts turning into winter around here. It would have been fun to visit them in the Arizona winters.