Since Summer

Yikes, I just realized I hadn't done a blog post since mid-summer. It's been a pretty busy few months, so let's catch up.

The week after my last post, a major windstorm hit Rapids the morning we drove down to Madison for a quick visit. There were so many trees down in the area. We luckily didn't lose any, but people in the area were without power for anywhere from 1 (us) to 6+ (my parents) days. We had already planned on having the kids go to Green Bay for the week, so they just went a day earlier than expected. My parents lost a big one in the back yard.

We saw a lot of family over July and August. We had a reunion of my mom's side at my uncle's wedding. Nice to see everyone together again! The weekend after that, Nick's dad side had its annual reunion. We also went to a wedding of Nick's cousin on his mom's side, and spent a weekend with his parents up north.

We got Iris into hockey with two camps. She looked like she was doing well, but when asked if she wanted to do a whole season of hockey, she declined in favor of doing Girl Scouts again.

Iris turned 7 at the end of August! She had a friend sleep over the night of her birthday, and they went to Skate City for an hour with Felix.

Iris is 7!

The kids started school. Felix has the same teacher as last year (in the same 4/5 combined class), while Iris has a teacher new to the school. Both have been doing well so far this year.

We had a couple of evenings at the beginning of October where we got to see the International Space Station go overhead. I got this picture of Nick and the kids watching it.

Awesome things: Our trip to Barcelona, BoJack Horseman, the Brewers September (but not the Wildcard game...), the start of the Badgers football season.

Felix: 10 yrs & Iris: 7 yrs