Who’d a thunk it? A beautiful day in October on Brookville Lake. The water was great. Here’s some pics of a fine day out on Brookville Lake with Michael and the kids.

We celebrated our six year wedding anniversary and managed to squeeze in a night out alone. Jason’s mom and grandma watched the kids. We had a very nice dinner together. The kids enjoyed staying at home and playing with their grandmas.

We celebrated Bill and Shirley’s 50th wedding anniversary together at the Canoe Livery. It was great seeing the whole family. We hope to get to see everyone again soon.

Hannah continues to work very hard in school and has completed her first grading period.

Hannah went on her first field trip. Susan went too. They went to an apple orchard. The whole class got to pick their own apple, and later peel and eat it together. They saw how apples are sorted, washed, and stored. The class played games together and had story time. They even got to go on a hay ride. Hannah had lots of fun.

We managed to get a few extra swims in at our friend’s pool in the month of September. That is one good thing that has come out of all the hot September weather. Hannah and Nick have become quite good getting around in the pool on their own.

Susan, Hannah, and Nick went boating on Susan’s brothers boat. It was Nick’s first time on a boat. We were uncertain how he would react, but he kept saying “faster, faster”. Hannah went tubing with her cousins Abby and Andrew. She didn’t want to get out of the tube when it was time. It was a wonderfully restful Sunday. Too bad we forgot our camera, but we drew a picture when we got home.

Jason has remained busy throughout the month of September working most nights and weekends. Despite his hectic schedule, he is making time to practice with his band.

The whole family came together to celebrate Nick’s birthday. We grilled out and played games. Hannah started kindergarten so Susan busily gathered school supplies and clothes for her. Nicholas got a lot of exercise riding his new and much bigger bike he received for his birthday. Hannah continues to read lots of books.

Both of us continue to work around the yard. The garden was our largest, and most successful ever. The grass is officially the worse ever due to the drought. We’re glad we didn’t pay a lawn service this year.

Here are pictures for August.

July was a busy month for us. At the beginning of the month, Jason had his neck surgery. He was back at his desk in 4 days but taking it easy. Five days after, we went to a riverside party at a friends.

The following week, we went to Moonlight Gardens at Old Coney to see Old Crow Medicine Show (a concert Jason scheduled his surgery around.) Jason’s brother Kyle came in from Korea with 9 of his extended family. We hosted a Saturday at our house, and we prepared about 7-8 American dishes. Most things were grown in our garden and Jason served plenty of homemade wine and beer (dark and light).

For the kids, Susan arranged activities from sack races to roasting marshmallows over the fire. We hoped to provide the real American experience and look forward to seeing our extended Korean family again soon.