School has started!  Crazy!  8th and 11th grade!

Recently celebrated Joseph's 14th birthday.  I always told him when he turned 14 he was gonna start working.  He isn't involved in any type of sport/club, etc so he just hangs around the house a lot.  Well, a few days before his birthday he told me he wanted to go pick up a few applications for jobs.  There are a few places that hire at 14, so off we went.  He got 3 applications and came home and filled them out.  The morning of his birthday, he dropped off the first one and the owner took it from him, had a 2 minute conversation with him and told him he could start the next day!  He was so excited!  It is a local taco place.  He is normally on the drive through window/register or the lobby register.  By law he can only work until 7pm so hoping he can get 8-12 hours a week!  

Some other pictures I forgot...At Rushmore we hit the batting cages.  I won't name names, but had a blast showing up my boys.  I hit way more balls at 40 mph than they did.  I think they were impressed with my abilities.  We also went to a high ropes course, zip line, tubing, etc.  Drove the Needles HighwayThe weather was beautiful!

Jose's cousins moved back to FL a year ago.  Recently their oldest daughter has decided she wants to move back.  She is in an apartment not far from us!  (If you notice an unfamiliar face in a picture)

It is football season.  We are currently 0-2, but games have been closer, so that is progress.  #3!!  This year the coaches are giving 'awards' at the end of each game.  First game he got Defensive player of the week t-shirt.  He had an amazing interception (on of the pictures below).  They both went up for the ball and Jacob came down with it.  The second game he got a 'Crunch' bar.  He had an amazing hit in the second half.  One of those where he read the field perfectly and got in early for a tackle.  Both of these were on video but it is so small, hard to see.