Okay, so in light of my sister's snippy comment to my last post, I am doing a quick update. This is especially important because my last posted is titled "End of School" and school is starting tomorrow. So now at least I have something posted before I put up those back to school pictures.
As you can see from the above photo, Sam is playing flag football this fall. So far he is having fun and so are we. It is really cute to watch. By using the word "cute", I do not intend to take away from the fact that this is supposed to be part of his "man training." It is, first and foremost, very manly. But it is still pretty cute.
It is hard to believe summer is over. We had a great time. Mary and I started off by spending a long weekend in NYC visiting my family. Then the whole family traveled out west in late June and early July for the Green Family Reunion, which Rich and I were in charge of planning. We spent about a week in Utah and then 5 days in Clayton, Idaho (population 26; located between Stanley & Challis). It was incredibly beautiful and fun. The kids had lots of fun cousin time.
Summer ended quickly for me. I had my other foot operating on in the beginning of August. We were lucky enough to get our niece Teresa to come out again for a couple of weeks to help out while I was on crutches. That was awesome. This foot was much less involved than the other and now, only 3 weeks out from the surgery, I am hobbling around in my boot, without crutches. Another 2 weeks and I will be in a gym shoe. Can't wait!
Before I went under the knife, I had to fit in some living! We went to see Bon Jovi at Soldier Field on Friday night. We got home at 2:30 am and then got up again at 4:45 am to drive to Racine, Wisconsin, so I could do a triathlon. Rich had done the Door County tri a couple of weeks earlier and I knew this race was the only chance I would have to do a tri before my surgery (2 days later). And it's not as if I could miss the Bon Jovi concert, so I decided I needed to suck it up. It definitely hurt, but I was really glad that I was able to do both things. Especially now that I have been sitting on my behind for 3 weeks.
So now the school supplies have been bought and delivered, teachers met & classrooms visited. Tomorrow all 4 kids have to get up and on the bus by 7:40 am. It is only a half day, but I am sure the morning will be crazy. Now we can get excited for Fall.
