We went to the zoo a while back with some friends and just had to post this picture. There are a lot of new things at the Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha, it was cool!

Way to go Zach!

Today was Zach's last game for the Screaming Eagles. He did an awesome job, with a total of 72 rushing yards! In the fourth quarter he made a 50 yd. touchdown (his 1st) and ran the ball in for the extra point. He was so proud:) His team won the game 47-13. They are undefeated and start playoffs the next two weekends. After that it looks like they will be playing in Olathe, KS against the best teams in the midwest. The dates are Nov. 11&12 so if you Kansans are free, come on out to see us. We will let you know more details when they are made available to us!

Who's the boss?

The kids don't have school today or Monday so we went to spend the night at Grandma's last night. The sewing room at Mom's house is awesome and all I want to do is sew, sew and sew! Hayley had her first sewing machine lesson last night and did great. Ally was in there with us too and she is just a kill sometimes. She asked grandma sheila who the boss of her house was, and of course grandma said "ME" Grandma asked Ally who the boss is at her house and Ally answered "ME and MY MOM" it was too funny!

Gardening

We got pumpkins!!! I'm so excited about the pumpkins this year. We actually picked up some seeds at walmart for $1.29 or something and planted them this spring. About six months later about a dozen big pumpkins grew:) Some were pretty big and some kind of weird shaped, but I guess you never know what your gonna get. What's weird to me is it almost takes as long to grow a big pumpkin as it does to have a baby! The kids got a big kick out of it too. We grew watermelons and cantelopes in the same area and they did good this year too. My tomatoes and green beans were just crappy this year though:( Steve wanted to plant carrots and onions this year and they are always a bother! The carrots always taste like dirt and the onions never get that big, so they taste bitter. Steve hates onions so I never quite get why he always wants to plant them???? Men!!!
I love gardening more and more each year. This past weekend I totally bribed my kids to rake leaves:) We have a huge tree in our front yard and it has lost all of it's leaves already! I told the kids they could have a can of pop if all the leaves were cleaned up, it got done speedy quick! Then yesterday Steve mowed for (hopefully) the last time this year. Steven also took out this stupid-ugly bush I planted a long time ago. It's the one to the right of the big front window. Last week I trimmed the whole thing up thinking it might look better, but, well no luck there! I need ideas for this empty space, suggestions anyone?