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I'm back! I don't know where September went, but here we are in October.

We kicked off September with a get away with my family to Timberbay in Babbitt, MN. It was a beautiful location for relaxing, time with family, and, of course, lots of eating! Brent, Luke, and I drove up the Friday before Labor Day weekend with Bridget, Ross, and their dog, Tommy, and my parents met us there late Friday night. We spent Saturday playing yard games, fishing, and shopping in Ely. Sunday, the weather got even nicer (it was pretty windy on Saturday) so the guys did more fishing, Bridge, Ross, Luke, and Brent did some canoeing, Mom, Dad, and I did some hiking, and we all hiked Kawishiwi Falls near Ely. We finished the day off with a pontoon ride while the guys made their final attempt at fishing. A perfect day enjoying the great outdoors! There are LOTS of pictures at the September 2010 link on the left, so check them out if you have time.

First night at Timberbay

Yard games with Tommy

The one, and only fish caught all weekend.

Canoeing with Bridge and Ross

On our pontoon ride...I just love that smile:)

We kicked off September refreshed and rejuvenated after our trip up north, and found ourselves at the brink of football season. Football season might not mark a "season change" at your house, but at our house it certainly does. Brent LOVES football and counts down the days to both the college and NFL season kick offs. In addition to watching football, he also plays any chance he gets. This fall he plays Monday and Wednesday evenings for city league touch football, and Saturday mornings for an FCA flag football league. It's been extra fun this year because Luke has gotten more interested. He's been doing picks for the NFL games, and he looks forward to making picks Sunday mornings during breakfast with Daddy.

Doing picks

Luke has also loved being involved with the city league team Brent plays on with Corey. Luke went to several of their practices before the season and even got his own water bottle from Corey who runs the team. Luke was so excited that he had Brent write an L on his water bottle so it would not be confused with Daddy's water bottle:) Luke also has fun going to the games, telling me all about what each player is doing, and playing football on the sidelines with anyone willing to play. I don't know if you've heard Kenny Chesney's song, Boys of Fall, but it makes me think of Brent every time I hear it. He is certainly a 'boy of fall" and we've reminisced about the days of high school football when we were dating that the song makes us both think of:)

Along with the football season, September brought schedule changes, as I'm sure it did for many of you.

September brought the kick off of MOPS at Hope Summit for me. MOPS stands for Mothers of Preschoolers and this is my fourth year in the Hope Summit group. I have been on the leadership team since we started MOPS at our church, and we do a lot of planning in the summer prepping for the MOPS year (September - May). After all of the planning, it's always fun when we kick off the year in September! We've already had two meetings and we're having a blast with lots of familiar faces as well as several new:)

I also started watching a friend's daughter one afternoon a week while she and her husband's work schedules overlap. It was has been so much fun having sweet, little Audrey (17 months) to play with for both Luke and I. Luke looks forward to her coming every week and loves showing her around the house to toys he thinks she'll like and "helping" get her ready for nap:) He has such a tender heart, especially for those younger than him. And, Audrey demands nothing less than all of our affection...she is just so precious! As you can tell, we're having a lot of fun spending time with Audrey:)

Another major change for our family this September was Brent beginning a new job! After about six months out of work, Brent started at Think Mutual Bank as a banker on September 20. We are so grateful for the new beginning! Brent has really adjusted well to being back to a work schedule. He's a pretty busy guy, with work, football of course;), and his online masters program, but he is managing well and, yes, we do get to see him in between it all:)

This year, September has also gotten us thinking more about our family. It has now been two years since we started trying for another baby. Last year, around this time, we found out we were expecting our second baby, who we, sadly, never met. We lost the baby last October because of a ruptured, ectopic pregnancy. We're still hoping to add to our family and have been touching base with our doctor every few months this past year. We met with him in September and decided to move to another medication, Clomid, to hopefully increase our chances of pregnancy. It has been going well so far and I have not had any side effects, thankfully.

I think that about covers the past month, but I will have more to share soon as we have some fun things planned for October! I hope you're all enjoying the fall weather and colors as much as I am:)