Purdue comes to town

I just realized how far behind I am in the blogging since I haven't captured anything in September or October yet...yikes!

Last month, our good friends from Chicago, the Nee-Walstra clan came to visit Houston to see Purdue play Rice. The boys also saw the Texans play the Colts and that was the second disappointment of the weekend. But both games were both background to enjoying time with good friends. Henry especially liked that big boys Isaac and Elliott got to stay and his house and were good at wrestling.

Fort Wayne Fun

Earlier this month, we took a trip to Fort Wayne to attend Mark's 20th HS reunion. It was a great weekend! Not only did they have Indian summer weather, but we got to celebrate Henry's 3rd birthday with family and friends. We also made our annual pilgrimage to the zoo. Enjoy the pictures below of our visit:

First Day of School

On Tuesday, Henry started his first day of pre-school at Sugar Land Baptist Church. He didn't have one moment of hesitation and walked right in and starting playing. I have a feeling we are going to love it!

Skip, Skip, Skip to the Lou

In August, we took a much overdue trip to St. Louis to visit the Bayes clan. Mark was with us for the first weekend (which included my high school reunion - Go Lancers!) and then Henry and I stayed for another week.

The highlights of our week included a trip to Grant's Farm (free beer), tour of the AB brewery (free beer), Gus's pretzels, and World's Fair donuts...and that was just on Saturday! Seriously. In addition, we got to see a lot of Ellie and Tyler much to Henry's delight and made very good use of Oma and Opa's new basement. We can't wait to get back!

What can you do with Noah's Ark?

Who knew that the Fisher Price Noah's Ark was so versatile? Henry has found many ways and unique places as you can see from the pictures below. The second one is the animals having a tea party complete with Noah praying before it started!

Howdy Partner

Libawry (in Henry speak)

Henry loves to go to the library and I love that he loves it. It is one of our favorite outings and we try to get there once a week. Again this summer, he got a reading trophy for listening to 20 books, which we counted as 20 new books.

I also included the picture from last year with the trophy. And no it isn't the exact same shirt!