Update

Not too much has been happening since my last blog. Mike left on September 24th to work in Illinois for a while, and his first time home will be tonight! In 9 years we have never gone this long without seeing each other. He will only be home for the weekend, then has just one or two weeks left. I have kind of enjoyed the time, but look forward to him being back, and it will be nice for him to come home to see Lara and help me out! She is such a busy girl so I don't think it has really bothered her that he has been gone, but I know she will be excited to see him! Lara and I haven't really done too much since Mike left. We went up to Siren one afternoon to celebrate my cousin Claire's birthday, and check out the pumpkin sale. My dad, along with one of his brothers and a neighbor planted a huge pumpkin patch, and have been busy selling them around Siren for the past few weeks. Here is Lara with Claire. Last Sunday we went to Uncle Jon's house to watch the Vikings game and carve pumpkins. I actually had my brother's roommate Matt carve mine. I was more concerned with roasting the seeds. They're my favorite!

My brother's friend Joel and his wife Megan came over with their son Josh, who is just a few months younger than Lara. They had a wonderful time running around being crazy.

Here is my favorite picture of Lara. My bro's roommate Kris took it while we were watching the game. Go Vikings! Of course they lost, that's nothing new. : ( Still love them though!