miscellaneous

Sometimes I have a hard time updating our blog when I feel like nothing terribly exciting has been going on. Here is a recap of some of our recent happenings:

--Enjoying the cooler weather (especially Tony, I actually really love summer weather, minus the humidity) and being able to go for walks at all times of the day.


--Tony and I are playing co-ed softball. It's pretty fun. We've played 3 games and I am finally starting to feel confident*. So far we're 2-1. I play 2nd base and Tony is SS. It's fun to have some time where we get to hang out without worrying about Will. Thanks to my dad for watching Will while we play (our games are way past his bedtime).

(*Side note: I had a bad experience a few years ago. Tony and I went to the Trafalga batting cages with Carly & Daniel and Meredith & Steven before we moved to Springfield. We each took a turn in the cage and when my turn came I swung at and missed about 30 pitches. When I finally made contact with the ball--just contact, not an actual hit--everyone cheered. The John's are not ones for pity cheers, so I knew I must have been pretty pitiful site. I did appreciate the attempt to make me feel better though.).


--Tony is loving football season without worrying about school and looking for a job. He is doing his part to indoctrinate Will into the ways of BYU. He sings the fight song to him each game day as well as declaring our apartment Cougartown during the games. Doesn't Will look cute in his jersey?


--Will has discovered his tounge. I will glance over at him at different times during the day and he will just have his tounge hanging out. He's a little loco.


--Will is 9 months old. He has 8 teeth. He likes to read books and turn pages. He likes his mom. A lot. He likes to babble, especially da-da-da-da-da. His favorite food is applesauce. Sometimes he gives kisses. He hates naps.


--I'm keeping busy taking a class and trying to dejunk our apartment. My class is sort of a capstone of all I've the things I've learned thus far in my program. I have surprised myself a few times at how much I remember, but I've also gotten pretty rusty on a few things too. As for dejunking our apartment, we just have too much stuff and Will is proving that to me as he gets into things all the time. It is a work in progress, but it feels good to get rid of things and have (a bit) more order.

Is it really October this weekend? This past year has flown by. Even though I love summer, I always get excited for fall. Maybe because Christmas is just around the corner? It seems like there is a lot happening during the fall, so maybe we can get some more exciting posts up in the coming weeks.

Yay for Grandparents!

Today is Will's first Grandparent's Day.

He's a pretty lucky kid. Not only because he has such awesome grandparents, but also because he has been able to spend so much time with them.



He has also had the opportunity to meet all of his living great-grandparents. I am very jealous because all of my great-grandparents passed away before I was born. We need to make sure we get a picture of Will with Bobpa next time we see him.


Happy Grandparent's Day! We love you!

Do you like spinach?

If you answered yes then you should come visit us.

You should come visit us even if you answered no.

Why, do you ask?

Because Lenexa, (our neighbor to the west) was hailed the "Spinach Capital of the World" circa 1930. And today we celebrated this distinction by attending the 2010 Spinach Festival.

It was a gorgeous day, and for that we were grateful, because we invited our friends the Divines to go with us. Last time we hung out with them we got stuck in a crazy summer storm. Yes, today was gorgeous.




Upon or arrival we immediately headed to the paddle boats. Will was NOT a fan of the life jackets, but once we were aboard he relaxed a bit.





Love that wind in his hair.




The paddle boats wore us out so we had to check out their food offerings.




In addition to the traditional festival fare, they had a variety of spinach dishes, including the world's largest spinach salad.




We didn't actually try it, but heard it was delicious.


There were all sorts of crafts, games, and activies for kids. Will is a bit too young to fully enjoy them, but it was still fun to walk around and check everything out. Popeye and Olive Oyle were there, but we didn't see them when we wanted to get a picture. We had to settle for this cut out.



And in case you were wondering, that sweet necklace Anthony is wearing he won playing washer toss. Will loves it, and now Anthony understands why I rarely wear jewelry.

All in all, a great day.