The Brittons

I feel like I am finally not as behind since school began 5 weeks ago.  The past month has been a lot of hours worked for both Nick and me.  We have also had a lot of activities for our family, too.  I wouldn't change it for anything, though. Owen's most recent flag football game.  Gracie volunteered to hold the down marker for the game.  I mentioned before that Owen's team is pretty young, but that doesn't seem to affect his love for football.  He still has a lot of fun despite the inexperience. Gracie cheering on Owen Owen ready for a pass Mizzou Football! We have been to two football games so far this fall and Nick set the bar pretty high with the first one.  We couldn't make it until about 1/2 time for the first game because Owen had been invited to a birthday party.  It was a pretty tough decision for him, but he had a lot of fun with his friends.  However, when I told him we needed to go to the game, he did not ...

So much more in August!  Immediately after we returned from Iowa, we froze corn...from about 8-11pm on Sunday evening.  Then we hit the ground running on Monday!   Cooking and freezing corn! I think we have over 20 quarts! And eating some! More corn! So glad we were able to get some while we were in Iowa! Football Games!!! Owen has started his fall season of flag football.  His team consists of all 4th graders, except one player.  His league division is 4-6th grade.  So....it's a learning season for his team.  He is having fun though!  This continues to be his love.  He is still playing a variety of positions and does not like playing quarterback, now that the defense can blitz.  I think it stresses him out a bit. More work on the barn! There have been about 2 whole days since July that we have been able to make time to work on this project.  Maybe this winter it will be enc...