Breagan's house

Breagan

Breagan closed on his house last week. Yep!! He is a homeowner. His house is on Sunnymede; half-way between Bethel and work. It's a perfect location. It's also walking distance to Wall St., do next time you come home you'll have to walk down and see him.

Change in Seasons

Football is over! At least for our boys it's over for the year. Aaron finished the season without being scored on all of Jr High. These boys have a new school record!!
Isaac's team finished 3rd in the Cub Bowl.
Both boys are sad that football season is over. I might be a little sad too, I really do like football.
Benjamin is signed up for basketball to begin next month. Logan has already begun basketball practice. They don't officially say who makes the team until sometime in November.
Caleb is already unofficially practicing wrestling. Aaron and Isaac are waiting until the Jr High can start wrestling practice.
So, there isn't really a down time in this household, just different sporting equipment lining the hallway.
I am finally getting around to closing the pool!! We haven't been swimming, but I have kept the pump running because I haven't had time to close it properly. I also have lots of garden produce to get out of the garden. We have had 2 good frosts so things aren't reallly growing, but I can still use a lot of what is still out there.

Fall

Where did summer go? In my mind it should still be August. I really don't like being so busy that whole seasons get by me!
Football is in full swing, obviously. Maybe that should have been my clue that summer was coming to a close. Anyway, Aaron is playing on Leo's 8th grade team. This team is awesome! They haven't been scored on since they have become a team!! Last year no points were scored on them and so far this year, with 3 games to go, they haven't been scored on either. If they can last this season they will have a school record.
Isaac made a touchdown this season! He was thrilled, of course it was the one game that I didn't have the camera with me. So, now he has to do it again and I have to have the camera at the ready everytime he touches the ball.
I might be safer on the football field than in my own kitchen!! Last week, while canning grape juice, I had a quart jar almost full of boiling grape juice explode on my leg!! I have a nice sized 3rd degree burn on my thigh! As Ben would say, "a 3 degree burn." This week, I sliced my finger and it didn't want to stop bleeding. I actually had to wear a bandaid for a couple of days!! Both accidents were my fault and a result of doing stupid, careless things. Today, I will be canning salsa. I'm almost afraid to get started. I'm thinking I should get Allan's safety goggles and gloves out of the shed before I start! The goal today is to use up most of my remaining tomatoes in the garden so I don't have to think about them anymore.
Benjamin lost 2 teeth this week!! The tooth fairy forgot to come both times! He comes down and reminds me that I forgot and I let him get some money out of the change basket. I guess we are developing a realist! A little reality is probably good for him because he still plays in his imaginary world quite a bit and he gets upset when we interrupt that "world".
Caitlin is enjoying her time in the Dominican, she loves her host family and is even enjoying her schoolwork. She posts fairly regularly on her blog so you can get the details and see the photos there.
Breagan is looking at houses to buy. We expect him to have one in the near future. Our little guy is all grown up!!

Football

Aaron - middle of the picture just before a tackle on red #22

It's obvious which one is Aaron!

Isaac (yellow) getting tackled on the 4 yard line at the half time buzzer.

Breagan's Birthday

Some of the Beers and some of the Eichers

What do you get a 25 year old, civil engineer? Food, of course. A large container of maple syrup and a case of Clif bars!!
Okay! Open your eyes.

After the Beers left on Saturday, we gave Breagan his birthday gifts.

Paintball

Caleb let Alex shoot him in the front and the back without a shirt on, after we came home. I don't get boys. It actually broke the skin! Caleb's back. I still don't get it!

Allan, ready to play with the boys.

AJ got it right in the mouth. It went through the mask and into his mouth!

The first casualty - Caleb's glasses. Taking a break and refilling paintballs and CO2. Caleb, Ben D, A.J., Grady, Alex, Matthew, and Allan.

Renell helping Caleb fill up.

The outdoor course.

Logan's Birthday

Since he is 16, he got a bunch of car stuff. He bought "baby blue", a little blue Ford Ranger, from Dillian after Dillian bought a bigger truck.

This will be Logan when he is 90! Still thinking he's a jock and still playing basketball!
Pizza Hut with Trenton and Tanner.

More fair 2

Awards ceremony for non animal projects. Isaac got an Honor Class and a blue for his poster.

Aaron entered Mae in the pack goat class. He is trying to make her go through the obstacle course. She was not very cooperative this particular morning.

Aaron, Isaac, Benjamin, and Chase Callow sat in a goat pen with

Chase's goat Dora. They were holding the end of a piece of fishing line. The other end had a plastic spider on it. They threw it over a beam in the barn and dropped it on people who stopped to look at the goats!


Ta-dah!!

more fair

Isaac showing Joy.
Aaron won intermediate showmanship using Mae.

Aaron showing Mae. She isn't "set-up" very well here.



Our "fat butted" girls.

Allen County 4-H Fair

Isaac got a blue, but was told our chickens have fat butts!! We had to give the chickens a bath before fair. Isaac is cleaning out her toes and nails before taking her to the judge.

Aaron being judged on his honey notebook. His honey won the champion place in his division and went to the State Fair.

Ben is done!

Ben and his goat notebook.