It's October!

I'm usually not this anxious for fall, but I'm ready to get outside and enjoy it without feeling we are going to pass out from the heat. Something about the fall just makes me thankful, the weather, the leaves turning and falling, it's just nice.

So I have to share what happened in the car on the way home the other day, but first I have to catch you up a little. Before we go to bed, we have a few moments of family time. We try to read some, but that sometimes ends up with us reading and Benjamin running around the room. He's a bit restless. We then have a prayer that we start and Benjamin says who and what he is thankful for. Then we say, "and thank you for Jesus," which is followed by a loud Benjamin "AMEN!" Then he gets in the bed. Soooo, in the car, I heard Benjamin in the back seat saying "Ank oooo Daddy, ank oooo Mama, ank oooo Daddy, ank oooo Mama." He was saying a prayer! I know he doesn't understand all that completely, but I'm so thankful for his sweet little heart.

We've had a pretty relaxing weekend....filled with sports of all kinds. Friday we decided to get out of the house and go watch some soccer. I have never been to a Troy soccer game and Benjamin loves "occer ball" so I thought it would be fun. No drama, except for when a kid tried to attack him and steal his ball. I always take a ball to keep him entertained. Guess I need to take a few for other kids too. So far, Benjamin does pretty good. He's not real big on sharing but doesn't flip out and whale on the kid who takes his things. That is sooo difficult to teach this age. Share. But then again I guess we don't really like to do it either. We're working on it.

We had one of my favorites (breakfast for supper) and then went to watch the Troy volleyball team. We did a super fun birthday party Saturday for Benjamin's buddy, Grayson, then watched football with some friends. And now we are watching the Braves today. I'm praying they can pull out a win today, or I'm going to have to skip town for a few days. :) Today is it for the Braves. All season (162 games) boils down to this game today. They win - playoffs, they lose - seasons over. I know, who cares? It's pretty serious in this household. It gets intense, so we'll see how it all shakes out.

Back to the party, it was a blast. Benjamin got to ride a horse. A huge horse! My big boy looked so tiny riding up there. It was the first time. He wasn't so sure at first, but after a few steps was saying "Giddy-up." So I kind of thought... these were the cutest ever.