Where did September go?

So the calendar is telling me it’s October.  The weather in the morning and the later sunrise/earlier sunset seem to concur.  Wow.  How did that happen?  What happened to September?  I’m going to try to put together a pictorial review…  It started with a whirlwind Labor Day weekend that involved Bryan going to Notre Dame for a Purdue football game, followed by apple-picking with the Lucases on Monday.

Two days later we flew to San Francisco for Sara and Oli’s wedding!  It was Jack and Grace’s first time on an airplane, and they were beyond excited!  I will have to come back with pictures later of  the plane and all the adventures leading up to the wedding on September 12th.  Everyone had a part in the wedding, which was so sweet and wonderful. 

Here’s just a taste:

It was such a fantastic, whirlwind of a trip. 

Coming home, we worked on getting back into the back-to-school routine.  Soccer season is in full-force.

Jack’s team is in the Gold division and is playing hard each weekend and practicing twice a week.  The games are farther away this year, which makes for more road trips and exploring, always fun!

Grace is really finding her own way this season.  She has gotten much more aggressive going after the ball.  She has even scored a few times along with being a great passer!

Katie says she enjoys soccer and loves to “hang out with” her friends.  She’s young, so we’ll see where it takes her.

Mary wants to play soccer, so we’re looking into it at the Y for her.  The three older ones are already looking forward to basketball for the winter.  Really, we do limit their activities!  It’s just that ONE sport each for 4 active children still equals a full schedule (not that would change it a bit!)!

The kids had an unexpected day off at the end of September, so we finally made that trip to the Children’s Museum in Indianapolis.  It was a quick trip, but so much fun!It started off as a wet, dreary day.

With 4 girls and Aunt Melanie, we were definitely going to be spending lots of time in the Barbie exhibit!

    First off was the Dino exhibit though.  The kids loved the interactive displays.

They were way excited about the trains and want Grandpa to come check them out soon!

We spent a long time underneath the blown glass sculpture.  It was so neat!

   Then, of course, it was on to the Barbies.

Jack and Rachel were good sports, but they were very happy to walk around for a minute while the older girls were getting ready for their “fashion show.”  We found this window display and had to get a picture for Daddy!

After the fashion show

        Then it was on to Egypt.  We were able to just get a taste before it was time to head back to the van for the drive home.  We definitely want to make it back for the rest of the museum very soon!

As usual, busy in the best possible way!