And Adrienne's b-day later on, number 15 - her Quinceañera:
August had the typical back to school events for the kids, plus ortho appointments for Nicky, who's going into braces soon. Yay. And marching band is in fall mode now (only Adrienne is in it this year). Over the summer they worked hard on getting their field show ready for the first football game, which was last Friday - pictured below. They'll still practice about 5 hours a week through early November, perfecting the show for the 3 remaining home games, two competitions, and several homecoming week performances. Band geek alert!
This was during the zombie headbanging portion of the show. Yeah, it's a cool show. Here's a snippet of it I'd taped during a rehearsal run-thru that parents were invited to:
Nate threw together some super spiffy Adirondack chairs and a 'lil table over labor day weekend:
We got rid of the old swing so the birds would have something new to poop on.
And finally, a back to school pic. Only Nicky was ready to go out the door in this shot, cuz it was before 7 a.m. Zach is still in his pj's and the older 2 are sopping wet. Michael is a senior (gasp), Adrienne's a sophomore, Nicky's in 7th, and Zach's in 3rd.
