8th Wedding Anniversary, Mesker Park Zoo, and Fall Football,

Happy 8th Anniversary to Ryan and I!  Tuesday Sept. 30 was the big day, and we celebrated that day by having lunch together at Biaggi's.  Tomorrow we are having a date and driving to Pattis' Settlement in Grand Rapids, KY.  This is a fabulous restaurant, and I have only been there one time when I was about 15.  Ryan has never been, so I thought it would be nice to go somewhere different.  It is about two hours away, but well worth the drive.  Here is the link to the website.  www.pattis-settlement.com.  They are famous for their bread in a clay pot, pork chops, and pies!  I can already taste the yummy goodness!!!

We decided to head to the local West Side Mesker Park Zoo last Sunday and had a really nice time.  The kids were great, and Jaycee even crashed for a nap in the stroller for about 30 min.  The new exhibit Amazonia is pretty cool, but they increased the price to get in to cover the cost of that one.  It was $24.50 for 2 adults and 1 child.  I guess that is about the same price as it would of been for a movie, and we had 2 hours of fun at the zoo.  Here are some of the pictures from our trip. 

Broderick has joined the Castle Youth Football League (CYFL) and is playing flag football.  He is on the Vikings team which is purple and is number 44.  He started off really hating it, but is now starting to come around and listen more to the coach which means he gets to play the positions he wants to like quarterback and running back.  Ryan decided to Assistant coach, which I am not sure was a good idea, since Broderick thinks he doesn't have to listen since Dad is there.  Here are some of the pictures I was able to take while wrestling Jaycee at one of the games.  The season ends on 10/25/08 where they have some big playoff game or something.   So far he has played two years of T-Ball, 3 years of Swim lessons, including one year of the Newburgh Sea Creatures Swim Clinic and now this 1 year of flag football.  I will have to say that his favorite is definitely the swimming, and I think he is pretty good for his age.  Second choice would be football, and then the T-ball.  But above all of these his favorite activities include playing Playstation 2 games, and Nintnedo Wii games.  His favorites being the Lego Star Wars on PS2 and the bowling and Tennis on the Wii.  

Well, that is about all that is going on with us right now.  Just staying super busy, and I am looking forward to some of the colder months when things start to slow down, because I feel like I really need a break!  

Take care friends,

Heather