With crisp fall temperatures and bright blue skies, today was a day of beauty, peace, and joy. We truly are blessed to be in this amazing place, to have each other, and to have the love of a God who forgives all our (ok..i'm mostly guilty here) spoiled whining and ingratitude.
Jason, not to be deterred by living far from mountains, white water, and oceans, is determined to find his latest and greatest adrenaline sport. What better way in the 'windy city' than kiteboarding! If you are unfamiliar with this sport which combines flying a kite with either surfing or snowboarding, check out this YouTube video www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjrzKaGki14&feature=related.
The kite that Rynn and Jason are flying in these pictures is a trainer kite, a smaller version of the one used on the water, which is meant to teach the skills necessary for understanding and manipulating the wind to send you soaring over waves or snow. It is way more challenging than I thought kite flying could be, and with a really strong gust can send you running to keep up with it! Jason was like a little boy with a new toy.
Eleanor and I relaxed watching the sailboats and her latest bug collection of pill-bugs and ladybugs.
An open field next to Northwestern's soccer fields proved a perfect venue.
The waves were really rolling on Lake Michigan today. Rynn said, "It should be called The Michigan Ocean!."
Our picture perfect afternoon came complete with a soundtrack- part of Northwestern's Marching Band practicing along the shores. Fall is here.
SOCCER TIME!
THe day kicked off with two soccer games. For the first time ever, the girls are involved in organized sports. I signed them up with our Parks & Rec teams in hopes of them meeting some children from their schools. In reality, they are more interested in looking for lady bugs, practicing their cartwheels, and eating the after game donuts than actually playing soccer. After their first game, the comment was, "You mean we have to play another one next week? Do I have to come back again if I want the trophy?." yeah, babe, that's usually how it works.
Your girls look adorable in their soccer outfits! Abel refused to play AYSO this year and I gave in. On one hand, I miss going to soccer games this year, but this is the first fall in 7 years that we have free Saturdays and we aren't running around jostling our time between football and soccer games! It's actually kind of nice.
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