In September I got to go up to Kearney for our stake Relief Society conference. Shad had a fun day with the kids. They got to see loads of motorcycles in town for a fundraiser ride for our movie theater. (Side note: our theater is in danger of death. By January 2013, all movies will have switched from film to digital. So they need a digital projector. Which costs $120,000. And they've been denied several loans and grants.)
They also had fun at the park. Tom loves having Katie on his lap for swings and slides, even though it's really unneccessary.
This is a picture of Harlan Lake that I took on my way home from Kearney. This is just outside of Alma, NE, and shows how bad our summer drought has been. The lake bed was completely dried up and filled with all these beautiful green weeds. Hence, the lake you see is green, not blue.
The third weekend in September is the Highway 36 Treasure Hunt, which is not a trail of clues to get to a treasure at the end, like we thought last year. Rather, it's statewide garage sale day. We had fun visiting one of our neighbors with her moving sale. Katie got adventurous with the yard toys.
She and Tom shared the police car.
Goodnight Moon has become part of our bedtime routine. It helped make going to bed easier since we got home from Utah and had a rough time readjusting.
Katie is so big and energetic playing at the park.
And she's a climber, too. Shad and I were playing a game in the living room and heard funny sounds coming from the kitchen. This is what he found. Don't know how she got herself in there, but she was sure proud! And one night while I was cooking dinner, Katie climbed up on the yellow chair and had fun playing with cabinet doors.
The last Saturday in September was the General Relief Society broadcast and our ward decided to have an activity beforehand, which we think was a complete fail and they think it was an outstanding success. So next year when it gets repeated, we'll be sure to stay home and enjoy ourselves instead. Anyway, on the way home, Katie was cranky and needed to breastfeed, so we pulled over so I could take care of her. Shad took the opportunity for some star gazing with Tom. They saw the moon, stars, satellites and airplanes. They even went for a run down the road to "find birds." Shad says he actually had to work to keep up with Tom! Tommy had fun standing on top of the van to see the stars.
Here's a picture from our weekend at Shad's parents' house.
And here's Tom sleeping in my bed one morning after he woke up at an earlier-than-acceptable hour and fell back asleep with me.
Miss Katie asleep after a walk.
Helping Mom in the garden.
Our garden is now finished, mostly. I haven't checked to see if the pumpkin vines survived the frost. Shad and I picked everything else Friday night. We harvested a bag of honeydew, a bag of cantelope, a bag of squash, a bag of green peppers, and two bags of green tomatoes. We're hoping that things will ripen nicely for us, and if not, better luck next year.
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