October 10th 2008

This has been a very busy October. We have done a lot of canning, the tomatoes have produced very well and I made a couple of changes on my sweet and sour sauce and it really turned out well. Erik and Joey would come over and help me pick all the tomatoes and we finally got Erik to understand that you only picked the red ones. So he would pick a tomato and hand it to me and say red, red matoe. The boys love jumping on the tramp with Uncle Matt, he is so good with them and he loves having them around. I was afraid that has he became a teenager, his nephews would become an annoyance but he is happy to have them around. At least as long as his friends aren't here.
Sarah was having fun with grandpa. She is starting to really look at the world and recognize people and voices. She will smile and get all excited when she sees her grandpa and grandma. It is fun, we like it. She is getting little chubby legs and you notice there is a little red in her hair. Hasn't she changed? She looks different every day. Soccer season is here in full swing. Grandma getting to to watch two games at the same time. Jacob got to play goalie in the last have of his game he did really well. In the first half he was a forward and he did a fantastic job. I can see him doing very well in soccer. He is quick and he can read the ball already. Joey and Conner are on the same team. Now those games are interesting. Conner likes doing summer saults and is not at all interested in the ball, how ever running an chasing kids is a lot of fun. Joey understands the concept of chasing the ball and if you kick it you get to chase it some more. So why then do you want me to kick it into the goal, because then I can't kick it any more. He really likes jumping up and down and skipping the the best. It is more fun watching kids all do their silly thing. You definitely do not go to those games to watch "soccer".BRRRRR it was cold.

Joey and Conner in yellow Jacob in the green shirt