Keeping up to date seems to be harder than it should be for some reason! Summer is definately over and I am trying hard not to get depressed about the impending winter and just enjoy the brilliant leaves. To say that Cleveland has a lot of trees would be a gross understatment and so the fall leaves are fantastic! They are in full swing right now with bright reds and oranges. However, it's already dropped to the 50's and has been really windy. Luckily that doesn't bother Hayden one bit and he still insisted on going on a wagon ride yesterday around the neighborhood.
We had a lot of fun with Kim here, she was a great help and kept me good company during the days. We drove out to Nauvoo and had a great time with the family there. It's amazing to see how grown up the girls are getting, especially Jane. Hayden has finally taken to saying a lot of words and they seem to get better every day. His favorite things continue to be playing baseball and football and coloring. Oh, and of course he is a Stinchfield male and loves to play football on the X-box, he now even wants to play during the day when Tom isn't home- it's getting out of control!
They realigned our ward boundaries for the second time in 6 months because there are so many students out here. Even with all the families we lost we still flow out into the overflow! Tom and I are still both working in the nursery. Kim got a good taste of the Shaker Heights nursery when she was here visiting. She agreed helping us out and I think she is sorry she did. There is nothing like a hot little room full of 14 kids ages 18-22 months old who are still adjusting to nursery and missing their naps...she was a big help.
Tonight we are dealing with the fun of living in a old Cleveland house and we are feeling really grateful we don't own a home. A pipe in the basement broke and they can't fix it until tomorrow because the stores are closed so we haven't had any water all afternoon. As you might imagine tomorrows FHE lesson will be on Emergency Preparedness and we will be filling those empty water containers we have in the basement... I can't believe we actually have them but they are empty when we need them! :) Well I have to go get started on putting Hayden to bed, it takes quite a while these days because we put the pacifiers away and now he doesn't want to lay in bed. Hopefully he'll get used to it soon! It's great to hear from everyone. We hope to see a lot of you soon!