End of Summer, Beautiful Autumn, and days gone by too fast.

Hello Everyone,
This is going to be a retrospective blog post. I haven't journaled anything for awhile and so this should fill in all the blanks.
Whew!! Summer is done and over with, I hate that,..but we had such a nice summer here at our house. We had several nice parties with family and friends, enjoyed our garden and large yard, played baseball & volleyball, rode our bikes, and enjoyed the birds & blooms. We also enjoyed the summers bountiful offerings of beautiful saturday mornings for field service and serene summer evenings for family worship nights. We did a few of those outdoors. Alexis and Aidan began attending a new school down the road, kind of a private homeschool. They are doing very well. They recieved their grades this past week and we were happy to see their good marks, although we tend not to put too much emphasis on a letter grade,.. but the effort put forth to achieve understanding. I am currently looking for some employment more on a full time basis for about a year, so that has been a little bit of a stresser, but I have found some organizational consulting work where I go into an office setting and organize for the client. Hopefully it turns into something more regular. Sean is still enjoying his work. He is thankful to have a job considering the circumstances of many around us. He is definitely an asset to the community he is employed by. He can do just about anything, and if he doesn't know how to do something,.. he learns how.
This fall has brought such wonderful colors to us, something that we all stop and appreciate in our conversations as a family. The kids are both naturalists at heart and they love to see the works of creation in our own backyard. We hope they never grow out of this trait.
We went to a hayride a few weeks ago, those are always fun. And this past weekend, we went along with 8 others to Red River Gorge, KY to backpack for the weekend. I am soooo sore right now, but they were troopers!! The kids I mean,..they had never done it and it is really hard work. I have posted a link to our pictures on the blog, so you need to look at them! Well, we are busy today preparing for the meeting this week, finishing some homework, doing laundry etc.
As I look out my window to the leaves on the ground, I know that the next time I journal it will be much different. The woodsy, musty aroma of the fallen leaves will be transformed into the crisp snap of the winter chill. Until then everyone.......

Music Gig information

Sean and I are playing an acoustic music gig at the Kanoe Cafe in Tipp City, OH

on November 14th 6:30-8:30 and also on November 20th 6:30-8:30.

Everyone is welcome to attend, although its a small place!