Token September Post

I just realized that I have gone almost a month with no post! My apologies! Life has been pretty busy with Ryan returning to school and me returning to classes after taking the summer off. Here are a couple of updates:

Ryan is still enjoying soccer. He usually makes at least one goal per game. He is definitely getting considerably more assertive and confident in his abilities.

Last Thursday, Ryan was awarded his Wolf rank in Cub Scouts. It was fun to have Rara and Papa at Pack Meeting to witness his mommy giving him his award, and then Ryan presenting his mommy with the Mother’s Pin. He does accept hugs from me as he receives his awards. It is a lot of fun being his leader.
We’ve also had some sadness in our lives. Our next-door-neighbor, Del Bigler (Ryan and I have both known him for most of our lives), passed away a couple of weeks ago. Ryan enjoyed visiting with him and had come to know him quite well during our time here. We will really miss having him as our neighbor and friend.

We are anticipating a couple of exciting events in the near future. This Thursday, we have the opportunity to attend the premiere of “Forever Strong.” Most of you know that we “pre-screened” it a few months ago. We have seen the trailers in the theaters and the billboards advertising its September 26 general release, so we are really excited to see it on the big screen.

Frances is now at 34 weeks with the babies. They are anticipating an October 14 delivery, unless the babies decide to come sooner than that. I happen to think that October 7 would be a GREAT day for them to come into the world. New nieces for my birthday, wouldn’t that be a fun present? I’ll definitely keep everyone posted! Many of you know that October 7 was also my grandpa’s and my uncle’s birthday. We just need to keep the date going through the next generation, don’t you think?

Speaking of the babies, one is still not named. Marc and Frances have been jokingly referring to the babies as either Barbara and Jenna or Mary Kate and Ashley (none of those are the names that have been chosen, just to be clear). Many of you know that Ryan and I have read most of the Harry Potter books together. We were talking about the babies last night (incidentally after reading a book about the presidents that mentioned Barbara and Jenna), when Ryan said, “Marc and Frances need to start calling the baby ‘she who has not been named.’” If you have any ideas, I'd be happy to pass them along to Marc and Frances. :) We’ll continue to provide updates on the arrival and the names.