Playing catch up...

Oh my, to say things have been busy around here would be an understatement!  Even though, I love to blog it tends to take a back seat when things get crazy busy.  Let's see if I can get you caught up on what has been going on around here.  Someday, I plan on finishing my Uganda stories so please be patient with me.

After celebrating Caleb's birthday, the rest of the month was spent driving
back and forth,
back and forth,
back and forth between home and the high school.

Brianna and Nicholas had 2 weeks of band camp in the August heat.  Plus Nicholas started football practice and Brianna volleyball practice.  Of course, they rarely were at the same time which meant more driving
back and forth,
back and forth,
You get the idea!  I had made the trip so many times that one time when I was not headed there I completely missed my turn because I was in automatic mode and heading to the school!

Here is Brianna warming up for a game..she is #7

 Here is Nicholas..#82

Sorry, I don't have any action shots but my camera just doesn't get the best shots from far away.

Labor day weekend, our neice, Alisha, and her family came to visit us from Georgia.  We had a great time and did a lot of fun things.  First, they got to go with us to watch Nicholas' first game of the season.  It was a lot of fun.  Their little guy, Noah, is a hoot.  He danced and clapped the night away!

Here Noah is with Claire and Caleb

 Noah is cheering..notice his shirt...Nicholas has the best fans!!

Next, we went and visited the Arch in St Louis.  We have driven by it several times on our way to appointments but this was the first time we actually took Claire and Caleb into it.

At the top!

Should be illegal to be this cute!

Turner, Alisha and Noah

The Arch

 What happens after a day of sightseeing...

Here is the fab 5 at the base of the arch!

The next fun thing we did was go to our local orchard and pick apples.  It was a very hot day but the apples were ripe for picking.  In fact, it was the last weekend to pick honeycrisp apples.

Boy, these apples are good!

 See the sweaty head...told you it was a hot day!

Noah ate his apple to the core!

The next day was much cooler and the little ones enjoyed playing outside together.

Such cute boys!!

Caleb trying to catch a ride from Noah

Caleb "talked" on the cb for a long time..not sure who he was talking to!

We were lucky enough to be able to celebrate Hunter's 11th birthday while Turner and Alisha were visiting!  Not sure how 11 years have gone by already?

Celebrating at Red Robin

All he wanted for his birthday was an Ipod touch...we agreed to pay for part of it and the rest he had to save for.

Brianna and I made him a cake..he went with his school colors this year!

 He is so cute!

 School colors...purple and white!

This is getting to be a really long post and I am running out of time!  I guess I will share first day of schools pics another time!  Not sure when I will have time considering we have 2 football games, a volleyball tournament, a marching competition and a parade to march in (and that is all before Sunday).  Don't get me wrong, I am not complaining.  I am enjoying every minute of this time in our lives because I know that all too soon the house will be quiet and the activities few.