Fall Catch Up

I know, I haven't been doing a very good job at keeping my blog current. I feel like have been very busy. Doing what you ask, I don't know. So I've been trying to consider what it is that has kept me from blogging, I'm still not sure but here are a few pictures of the current events around our house.

A few weekends ago as I was getting ready for my day I heard sirens, so Nosey Nora that I can sometimes be, went to look out my bedroom window and noticed the fire trucks were coming into our neighborhood. I shouted down to Ron, "they're coming into our sub" as I ran to Jake's room to look out the window, I saw a house on fire a couple of blocks away, as I shouted down to Ron again "it's a house" he was telling me he saw a field on fire. Well we were both right, a house under construction was a total loss, an unoccupied house nextdoor to it was severly damaged, and it jumped the street to a field and the strong winds moved it very quickly, threatening several other houses along the way. By the grace of God, no occupied homes or people were harmed. It turns out it was a case of arson caused by a couple of boys in the neighborhood. It was very scary and could have turned out much differently, and much more tragic.

A common site from our back yard on a Saturday morning, is that of hot air balloons against the backdrop of the mountains. This is always so beautiful to see. A couple of weeks ago, while I was driving Zach to work, Ron and Jake noticed a balloon that was closer to us than usual and it appeared it was going to land in a field next to a school by our house, so they went to watch it land. Here are a couple of pictures from that day.

And of course, soccer continues to keep us busy. Last night was a much better game to watch. They did loose 0-1, but they all played a much better game. Zach has been playing goalie, exclusively, and seems to be getting better each game. He is struggling with a teammate that doesn't seem to trust him and is always in his way. These are the times the ball gets past him and they get scored on. His team has not been very supportive of him and always yell at him when the other team scores. I guess they don't realize it went past all of them before it went past him. It is hard to be the goalie mom, I hold my breath alot, and find I have to bite my tongue when rude spectators also want to blame the goalie. Anyway, last night there were a million shots on goal that Zach did stop before the one that got by during the last 3 minutes. Great effort Zach!!

As I sit watching these games, I am in awe at what a beautiful stadium we have and what a beautiful view of the mountains.