The leaves are gone now, but they were very beautiful this year. It was the warmest fall we have had since moving here, we just have been so busy outside raking leaves and hiking and playing football and Black Panther that we haven't posted on here for awhile.
We haven't even posted about My Mom and Sieglinde Kolberg coming out in late September/early October for the Akron Marathon. Sieglinde ran the whole thing, David ran the half marathon and I got to run the 8 mile leg of the marathon relay. Mom supervised the kids at the kids run!
Alec finished up flag football in October and is looking forward to next year. I don't have pictures off the camera yet, but Titus and Kaytra came for Thanksgiving this year and we got to play some flag football with them on Thanksgiving Day. It was a highlight for Alec.
Anne has been trying out the community ballet class on Saturday mornings. She almost floats as she walks into class. It is wonderful to be four.
This is a horse named Regal that Jan got to ride last month.
Three little stinkers waiting around in the barn for Jan to be done riding. They all get to help with grooming the horses and once in awhile Miss Jenni the teacher gets out the miniature pony and they all groom him and Jan leads him while the younger kids get to ride. God's provision for these riding lessons has been amazing. It is fun to get to hang around for an hour or two in the barn a couple times a month since we are stuck living in town. Nice to hug and pet horses and chase cats and scoop horse poop. We don't have any practical way to have a pet other than a goldfish so the trips out to the barn are really fun.
Christmas is here. We have been doing Advent for almost a week already! David is home for the day (!) and if we can get him enough rest in the first part of the day, we are hoping to get out and find a tree this afternoon.
Being in a cold horse barn and then thinking about my sister giving birth to my new nephew yesterday, I am struck with the reality of camping out in a stable to deliver your first baby. Not very fun at all. All those pictures of smiling animals gathered around a glowing Mary and Jesus in a cozy looking stable just can't be much of what it was like.
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