bring on the fall...

Well the last big weekend of summer is in the record books. The Van Ness family did a variety of things. We kicked it off with some OH football on Friday night and the Eagles came away with a CIC victory against Ole Miss. Kathryn spent the night & weekend with a friend and they went to Holiday World. Matthew spent Sat. & Sun. with his grandpa & grandma while Andy & I headed north to South Bend for the PU v. ND game. While the Boilermakers came up with out the W they showed a lot of promise. Yay for the start of College football season! On the return trip home we stopped at the Hazelwoods for a cookout. Sunday involved church, dinner with Ed & EJ. Kate got home around 3 and at 6 we were off to the Crauns for another cookout. I do enjoy a bonfire, grilled food, toasted marshmallows and good conversation. Monday was enjoyable and we didn't even do anything special! Slept in as all alarms were turned off! and just did what needed to be done about the house.

Today is a new day! perfect weather for walking! and even better I got some new kicks that really seem to be helping my sore foot issues. woo hoo! I've got a lot going on today. Random stuff that typically I'm not at all a fan of. But stuff that must be done nonetheless. It's suppose to be a warm one today. Sure hope the wind sticks around to make it more tolerable.

On the school front, mid-terms go home tomorrow. I must say I'm proud of the grades so far. Matthew has a motivator...football! hopefully it'll continue to motivate him.
I'm already looking forward to fall break! I'm sure we'll remain home bound but I do enjoy just being together!

I'm sadly approaching the end of a series of books written by Jen Lancaster. I've slowed down my reading so that I can make it last. I've no idea what I want to read next. She, Lancaster has mentioned a few books in her writings I might look in to.

Relationships: Andy & I are approaching our 15 year anniversary. I don't know about anyone else but this excites me. I've been so blessed to have him in my life. Kate is not dating :) and Matt is being perused by many yet isn't really interested in any. :) It's going to be interesting as the kids begin this whole "interested in the opposite sex" stage. Some advice: Boys interested in Kathryn, don't show signs of stupidity. She's a strong, funny, self-assured, intelligent young lady who isn't very tolerant of "dumb". Girls interested in Matt, don't be pushy or indecisive. And to both sexes...it's best to not piss of the mom. (& dad for that matter)

Well, much to do today...so I'm off.