Nick with his date Chance. They went to Fremont High's Homecoming. Bergan's is this weekend. Nick will be going stag for that one.
No, it's not another baby! Their little one, John, is walking. There will be no stopping him now. 
He is an eating machine. Here he is with one of grandma's chocolate chip cookies....then he had two bananas.
He cuts down a section of a tree of course! We have a beautiful magnolia in our front yard that is slowing being taken out by a virus. Pete cut out the dead wood and we are hoping that the section that is still sending out leaves will recover. Yes, we are optimists. I missed the lumberjack moments and arrived home in time for clean-up. Nick and I were away having his Senior pics taken (yes, I was a little misty). We weren't away long enough because Nick was put to work right away helping Tommy pick up the branches.
This stump will be cut a little lower.
Tommy is 15 today! It is a tradition in our home that the birthday celebrant is served a Mickey Mouse pancake (complete with a Skittles face) and has a fun helium balloon attached to their chair. The kids were so young when I started this and they still love it. Nicole and Ashley now do the same for their children.
My dear friend Peggy and her husband came buy today to share their bounty of apples. Wow. I have never had this many apples in my possession. I plan to make a deep dish apple pie tomorrow and I am currently researching how to store (be it canning, freezing, etc.) these puppies with the least amount of work and money :) Today was a lazy day, it was rainy and dreary. I cooked breakfast for the grand kids while Pete worked in his garden and then just took it easy. Pete ordered the Husker game on Pay per view. They won, but Pete was disappointed in their performance. Not being a football expert, nor wanting to become one, I'll take Pete at his word. I had planned to spend the day sprucing up the house, but there is something very alluring about the sound of a football game on a cool day. The couch beckons with it's comfy throws. A lovely mug of tea and thoughts of house sprucing are just a passing whim. I did work my way through several loads of laundry so I guess not all was lost. The cool weather and going back to work makes me neglect my garden. Some of the roses are having a second wind, which is lovely. I think that I am ready to put the garden to sleep and mulch everything in for the winter. I am ready to turn my attention to the house. We could use a bit of sprucing up and organizing before the holidays.
Tommy surprised us this year by deciding to join Cross Country. He ran in his first meet tonight at Indian Trails golf course in Beemer. Here he is before the race, smiling and stretching with his team mates.
The course was 3.1 miles. They ran around the perimeter of the course and up this hill. Do you see that little strip of grey down at the bottom? That was the road that they came up from. I heard the cross country runners call it "Killer Hill".
