Adventure

This weekend brings our family on a new adventure. We are receiving our "early" Christmas present from Bill and Sue. Our family along with Bill and Sue and Luke, Becky and Landon are all traveling to Milwaukee for the Brewer game on Saturday. We leave Friday when all are done with work so the kids aren't in the car all weekend and tired and bored from sitting. We will also look up Chad Ellingboe while we are in Milwaukee as we haven't seen him in so long. Chad and Joe have been to a Brewers game before so this is something new for Kelsie and me. We don't have any Brewer attire so we will have to stick out like a soar thumb.

Next week brings us to Homecoming!! Note the new background change for this wonderful and fun occasion. Joe has asked Adam Helgeson to borrow his old Varsity Jersey and guessed what they found it and he can borrow it. He's going to be tickled pink when he hears the news that he gets to borrow his cousin's jersey. Joe loves football and as they all do wants to be pro. I keep telling him he has to keep his grades up there for that. So far this year he's doing very well with that!!

What a beautiful day we are having today as I look out the window and watch those darn box elder bugs climb all over the window. But looking out the window seeing the beautiful sun and God's creation means I'm alive as there have been so many tragic deaths lately to young people and I'm blessed for each day. Have a blessed weekend!!

Routine

The routines have now begun since school has started. School during the day that's full of structure and education. Saturdays bring us to Joe's football practice/scrimmage in the morning. Sunday we are back in the swing of things with our Rally Sunday School. The weeknights will soon bring us dance class for Kelsie (two weeks) and Melissa (in October). Joe will start his final year of piano lessons next Wednesday at 4:30 p.m. come December we are back on with wrestling. It's nice to have structure and routines in our lives isn't it?!!

We have returned from our wonderful vacation with the Peterson's after spending Friday through Sunday in Duluth. Even though it was foggy on Saturday and a little cooler that brought less crabby children as Sunday was hot and the kids got crabby fast. Saturday we did some window shopping, saw boats depart, took a sightseeing boat tour, took a tour of the William Irvin ship, did a ton of walking and returned to the pool for some pool, hot tub and sauna time. Sunday we woke and went down by the lake one more time to get some clear pictures since it was so foggy Saturday and one more shopping adventure and then off to the zoo. After the zoo, we took the Wisconsin side home and stopped at the Mikla's camper and visited a bit with them and off for home we were. It was the most fun vacation we have had lately; everybody got along, a lot of laughing was done and everybody got to see what they wanted to see time permitting that is.

This weekend is just for the Adults on the Nawrocki side to go 4-wheeling up to Paul and Judy's cabin. Thank you to the ones watching our kids so we can have some alone time. I'm riding on the back of one since I have never really drove one of them for much distance alone so better safe than sorry; especially since it's not my machine. Have a great weekend everybody.