Going East

Everyone, well lots of people talk about "seeing the colors" on the east coast.  We have see the changing leaves in Wisconsin and this year we had the chance to see them in Indiana.  We took a longer way to see some new country, going through Iowa instead of Missouri and splitting the trip with an overnight stay somewhere in Iowa.  We stopped at a small cheese factory and bought some gouda cheese.  That's the only kind they make.  We found that we really don't like gouda all that much, but I grated it and put in in soups and eggs, and we like it that way.  

We celebrated Lynette's birthday with a cake.  She chose the color of the frosting, she probably should have chosen someone else to make it. I got too much liquid in it and we ran out of powdered sugar, thus the interesting outcome.

Even though we don't have the variety of colors in our part of Nebraska, I love the gold and blue colors we do have.  

My brother in Texas is planting milkweed to entice Monarch butterflies to his area. So, I sent him all the milkweed pods from the 8 plants in my flower garden.  It was well over 100 seeds.  I have other spots of milkweed so I'm not shorting myself.  

We have some butterflies and the gorgeous October day I took these photos we had several enjoying these marigolds.  

Jim is making progress on his chicken house/garden shed.

I think it is important for kids to read and I love to see that Lorene's boys enjoy it. 

I don't read as much as I should and I enjoy non-fiction best. 

Boys, Boys

 When I told my mom we were going to watch the boys play football, she said you wouldn't catch her out doing that.  Of course, where she was it was cloudy, chilly and windy.  When we went it was sunny and warm (with a jacket on) and windy.  

After some trouble finding the football field in a little town of 300 people (depending on GPS was a mistake, using our common sense and eyes would have been a lot better), we were greeted by running hugs from our grandchildren. And I thought, "That's why I watch the boys play football."

There is a mom that has a son on Barry's team and takes wonderful photos.  I wish there was one such on Zane's team.  Lorene's camera is okay for these actions photos, but mine is horrible.  

I really enjoy watching the boys play and noticing how they improve during the season.  Barry is a killer flag snatcher and watches so that he can run to be in the right place at the right time. I can see him sizing up the situation and running like mad to get there.  Zane threw two passes that were caught and run for touchdowns and was responsible for one 2-point conversion, which they were doing for the 5th and 6th graders instead of having them kick the extra point.  Younger than that, they just forget any extra points at all.  

They run on an 80 yard field, but that's still a long way for the little kids.