September

September is almost over and I have been neglecting my computer! The Kemps are alive here in Kansas! We've had a good month.

Kevin told me a few weeks ago that he missed hearing the piano, we had to leave our piano behind. We had talked about buying a keyboard here so that I could have something to play, and be able to teach the kids how to play, but we hadn't looked into it much. So he jumped on his computer and started researching keyboards. After reading up and speaking to a guy at a keyboard store he bought me this! I have the sweetest husband! This is so much more than I expected!

We are having so much fun with our new piano. It sounds like a grand piano, an organ, strings, accordian, orchestra, and tons of other things! The kids also enjoy the helicopter, gun shots, dog barking, baby crying, race car, and other fun sounds! Whatever gets you to practice right?!

I am so thankful for my new piano, it was hard to leave mine behind, and I am so glad to be able to play again.

Kevin and the boys had a Father and Son's activity on the 11th. They got to spend an evening fishing. The event was a campout, but we are not equipped for that, they still had a fun time.

We have yet to catch a mid-west monster fish, I guess we haven't lost enough lures to the lakes yet! We'll keep waiting and trying.

I'm not sure if Palmer and Nick knew they got bunny-eared! Preston can't help teasing.

This is Preston's big ol' trombone. He has band class three mornings a week and is having a lot of fun learning how to play it.

I'm glad fall is here, I love the cooler weather and the leaves. The kids are all getting their halloween plans started. I am going to start going to the gym at the crack of dawn this week, I'm going to give that "early to bed early to rise" thing a try and see if I can't get more accomplished in a day. See if I can get myself into some better habits!

We've been here for 2 months now! Where does the time go?

It's another week down, holy cow time goes by fast (which is good right?). Life is good and crazy busy, I'm glad we've made it to our first long weekend.

On Monday Preston got his trombone! Yeah!! His first band class was Tuesday morning, when he came home from school I asked him to show me what he learned, all they did was practice blowing into the mouthpiece. Baby steps! Kevin and I went to his class on Friday morning, they didn't do much more than they did on Tues., but they are learning the notes, and practicing counting, Pk struggled with the rhythm, we had a good chuckle. Preston isn't discouraged with the class not moving quickly, I think he's so excited for something new that he doesn't notice. But don't worry, he's figured out how to make his trombone sound like an elephant! he has a good time goofing around with the sounds. Maybe if I let him get it out of his system now he'll be able to concentrate when he has to practice real music!

I turned a new corner on Thursday. After 9 years I became an employee again! Tuesday will be my first day as a food service worker at the kids' school. That sounds all official, but you can just call me lunch lady. I get to wear a hair net and everything! And after observing the job, I don't know if it really should be called food services, more like food-slinging! I keep having MASH flash-backs.

We kicked off our holiday weekend by going to a Royals game on Friday night. I didn't check the batteries in the camera before we left, so no pictures. Dang-it! Oh well, we'll get 'em next time.

We went to the game with a bunch of people in the JRC (J. Reuben Clark Society), and we had fun even though we were at a Royals game. I shouldn't complain too much about the Royals though because they are actually affordable. There is a grocery store here where if you buy $50 bucks in groceries you can use the receipt to get half off your tickets, and Friday night was dollar night where they had hot dogs, peanuts, and drinks for $1 each. To top it all off there were fireworks after the game.

We had good plans, but like I said we were at a Royals game. They were playing the Angels, so Pk was excited to see them and have a good team to cheer for. He is an Angels fan because that is the team he was on this last season. The game was OK, but SUPER slow. The Royals finally lost after about 3 1/2 hours, so we could get onto the fireworks. Nick ended up falling asleep after the seventh hour, I mean inning, stretch. So he missed the fireworks all together. Those of us who were awake only missed most of them! The air was so heavy that the smoke wouldn't clear, so after the second or third firework the smoke was so thick that you only see glowing smoke! I had never been to a fireworks show where you couldn't see the fireworks, it was great! We all had a good laugh.

We are going fishing tomorrow, hopefully we'll have some success. Kevin and the boys are getting anxious to catch some of the big Mid-West fish they've been reading about. I'll keep my fingers crossed.