Labor Day, Soccer, Trampoline

We were in Houston visiting my family for Labor day. Had a great time and also got to visit my longtime friend Ruth and see how her new house is coming. They have a long way to go and will begin some major remodeling soon. The kids all jumped in and finished pulling the beautiful 70's wallpaper out of the 3 remaining bathrooms. It is hard to believe we used to love these things! My mom had so many hummingbirds at her feeders and we enjoyed watching them.

We are in full swing here. Soccer has begun. We lost our first game 14-1. Thank goodness it was just an exhibition game! We still have practice 2X a week and so far I have taken Ruth and left Sara at home.....but no more. It is beginning to get dark by the time we get home and Sara does NOT like being home in the dark, so she will be bored at the practice instead.

We did finally buy that trampoline. I bought it and tried 2X to assemble it myself....no good. On Saturday after the game, we had a friend come and help. He brought her two daughters, who are the same age as R&S and are part of our carpools, and it took 4+ hours to figure it out. My advice---get someone else to assemble or wait until it is no longer 100+ outside to attempt. The girls all took a shot at the jumping and of course I had to try too. There is a photo, but you will not see this. The girls do know the rules regarding the trampoline and I now have something really good to ground them from if need be...you moms know exactly what I am talking about and don't even try to say you don't think the same way.

The girls began taking Hip-Hop classes on Sunday evening at church. There were 6 different classes and on 10/28 the kids will do the Sunday service. The girls had a lot of fun doing this.