A Busy Fall

September has brought beautiful weather to Fresno, though some days are still hot enough to swim. Since it's never too early to start embarrassing your kids, I thought I would share these pictures of Norah in the pool. She's grown a little bit since last summer:) After her swimming lessons at the beginning of the summer, she has loved being in the pool. Now we've packed away our pool toys for the season, so she'll have to wait until next year to practice her swimming skills again.

Summer 2009 and 2010

Dan and I are working hard to get our yard under control- a project that has been ongoing since the spring. Weeds have overwhelmed the lawn and flower beds (I guess that's why we shouldn't have ignored our yard last summer!), so we spend our "free time" on weekends trying to reclaim those spaces. We also recently started a bathroom remodel on all of our bathrooms. The walls had strange texturing when we moved in (along with colors that were not exactly our style), so we brought in some professionals to re-float and paint the walls. Even they are having a tough time removing all the old texturing, so Dan and I are glad we didn't take it on ourselves. Next up- new mirrors, faucets, and towel bars. As with all of our projects, we tend to move pretty slowly, so it may be Halloween before we're done with everything!

Finally, the Irish football season is once again underway. Dan's Saturday class is getting in the way of his ability to watch the games, but luckily he can catch up online when he gets home. (Of course he would never consider watching the game during class- he is much too responsible for that!) Norah has her own version of "The Shirt" this year, so she and her Daddy had matching outfits on to celebrate Notre Dame's first game. So cute! Love to all!

Go Irish!