Playing Catch-up!

The weather has finally started to cool off a bit so we've been outside as much as possible lately.  The kids spent most of the weekend raking Ms. Summer's leaves.  They had a blast raking them up and then jumping in the piles!

This isn't even the whole gang... somehow I missed
James and Peter.  We are so lucky to live in a
neighborhood with so many young kids!

And when the kids weren't raking leaves, the boys were in battle-mode.  Note the father walking down the hill in the background.  He came to tell the boys to stop shooting his three daughters.  Oddly enough, later that afternoon his oldest daughter, Lauren, told me "it isn't as much fun without the boys chasing us."  Right.

James is totally enjoying football, even with two 2-hour practices a week and a "losing" game record to date.   Entertaining the little boys during those long practices can be tough but I try...

In other news, Clumsy Beth fell during a run with a friend on Thursday.  It seems silly but my goodness, did it hurt!  My entire left leg is bruised and swollen, my chest and shoulder and knees were bloody, and since I landed on my face, my chin has a bruise!

I forgot how much it hurts to FALL!  Fortunately I feel fine now and went for a long-ish run by myself on Friday and felt great.  Hmm... perhaps it is just a reminder to slooooow down.  Or maybe talking and running is just too much for me.  Ha ha!

Hope your week is off to a happy, sloooow pace!