Well, Sept has shown us what life "in the swing of things" is like. We're full tilt with school and all extra curricular. It's busy for us but the kids seem to be doing well with it. Ehren and I are still training, not with any goal at this point...just to make it through the winter and stay in shape. Ehren did a 1/2 marathon a couple weeks ago. Did well for most of it but struggled at the end. Looks like nutrition was an issue as he did a 1/2 marathon as part of his 1/2 ironman triathlon, and the run was fine. A good learning experience. For now we're just enjoying the nice weather and trying to get out when we can to enjoy it. Ehren's tossing around the thought of doing an ironman next year at this time, in which case he wants to maintain his performance so he can build on it in the spring. To add to it all I've started hockey and Ehren will be soon as well. It's a nice "change of pace".
We had Brendon come visit us for not even 24 hours last weekend. He was in Denver for a "conference", and came up for a quick visit. We managed to sneak in a hike at Chautauqua with him. The kids had a blast (as did the adults), and we treated our self to a nice lunch after. It was good to get in the visit and maybe we'll take the whole Johnson family up next time they're here.
I have been volunteering in Emily's classroom every other week. It's nice to get in and get a feel for how the flow of things go. She's always happy to see me even though I'm busy doing other activities. I get to take Evan with me so he feels pretty "privileged". To add to my "business" Ehren was gone to San Diego for a week on business. The combined running to preschool and school, and evening activities got to be quite a bit. By Thurs. night I was ready for a rest! :-) It was nice to get Ehren home, as well as the kids had missed him! :-)
We're expecting a lifestyle change for Ehren in October. He's planning on having PRK eye surgery done to correct his vision. We have a friend who is one of the first 10 surgeons in the US to perform lasik surgery, so we have every reason to have confidence in him. We're very excited as he has told us Ehren should be able to see 20/20. Ehren's had glasses since he was in grade 1 so it's very exciting. We'll have more updated information on this after he has it done.
That's about it. Hope you all have a great Thanksgiving in Canada! We'll update you more in a month.
