(Mark and I at a Trivia Night)
Hi! Sorry, I haven't been very good at keeping this up. It's been very busy at our house!
Mark is back to school and is going to start coaching basketball again late next month. He got a job coaching track at the middle school as well, so he's very excited about that. His fastpitch softball team won the National title in August. They went up to Mankato, MN for 4 days and played their hearts out and took home the big trophy! They were on cloud 9 and still are! We had a big team celebration a few weeks ago, which was a blast.
Avery is growing like a weed and is so smart! It seems so odd to sit and carry on a conversation with her. She knows all of her colors, letters and numbers and is really into playing matching games like "Memory". She also loves to color and draw and play with her baby dolls. She's very motherly to them until she's done playing with them, then she throws them on the ground! haha.
I've been busy at work. Election years are always the busiest. I spent most of August dealing with skin cancer on my arm and leg. I went to the dermatologist on 8/6 for a skin cancer screening and he biopsied 2 moles and 1 came back cancerous on the back of my arm. Then when I went back a week later to have that one completely cut out, I showed him another one on my leg and he biopsied it and it came back cancerous, so I went back again a week later to have that one cut out. I think I'm clear now and I just have to go every year to get checked. It was pretty scary to first hear the c-word though. I'm glad it's all over and I hope I don't have to deal with it again.
On a positive note, I'm still vegetarian and I feel awesome! I've stuck with it for 12 weeks, so I think it's something I can stick with forever. I don't crave it at all, in fact I really don't want it anymore. I've learned to love cooking new things and the many different ways to cook veggies. I'm lucky to have a wonderful, supportive husband who doesn't mind eating vegetarian at dinnertime so I don't have to cook 2 meals. He's the best!
I just had my 10-year class reunion this past weekend and it was a trip. It was weird having everyone in the same room again, but it was a lot of fun. It's always nice seeing old friends and even making new ones with people you never talked to in high school.
That's about it for now! We're looking forward to Fall and playing in the leaves, going to the pumpkin patch and Trick or Treating! I will post a new blog next month!
