Wow, I just can’t seem to keep up with blog posting anymore! Yet again I find myself a month behind – yikes! I do recall this week though as it was a busy and fun one.
During the week we headed downtown to the Slice of Columbus at Columbus Commons. We’ve gone every year since Griffin was born, making this our 4th trip! It’s fun to see how much Griffin has grown up and each year he participates in more and more of the kids activities. The event is a fundraiser for Nationwide Children’s Hospital where numerous pizza places donate their pizzas. You buy a ticket to get in and after that you can sample as much pizza as you’d like! This year there were probably 12 different pizza places – anything from indian flavored to regular pepperoni! There were several kids crafts and a balloon artist too. Finn was pretty happy with his sword, sword belt, and parrot combo. 
Over the weekend we headed to the Delaware County Fair where we had our share of fair foods and entertainment. This year Griffin was big enough to ride several rides so he rode his first roller coaster! He also went on the helicopter ride, a dinosaur ride, and a race car. He also enjoyed sitting on numerous old tractors. He’s a lot bigger than the last time!
Uncle Sean was also in Ohio for a week long visit so we enjoyed the afternoon at Kevin’s parents. Even Lily came with us this time, she was quite happy about that! We all enjoyed a nice family dinner at Jim and Pat’s new house to celebrate Pat and Sean’s birthdays!
And here are a few others from our week. Finn and I stopped at the zoo and rode the camels and later that week he went with Debbie and Sammy too. And there’s one of Lily in her regular spot watching all of the neighborhood happenings. 
This week just kind of flew on by! I didn’t snap too many photos this week as I was fairly busy doing some prep-work for the NPC Fall Fest at church. A few weeks back my friend Paul asked if I would be willing to help with the Fall Fest activities. There wasn’t any designated organizer of the event, basically all of the staff was taking on additional pieces of the event to make it work, and he felt it was lacking some cohesiveness and someone to piece together all of the details. Kevin and I helped last year with the Chili Cook Off and he remembered we had some suggestions – so he asked if I could help. I guess that’s what happens when you open your mouth, eh? So, I took on the challenge and enrolled the help of Kevin and Amy too! Didn’t seem to daunting of a task, but man, there are just a ton of details to make something like that work. In the end it turned out to be a beautiful day. There were kids craft activities (pumpkin decorating, tattoos, leaf drawing), a balloon artist, bounce houses, a flag football tournament (complete with medals this year!), a chili cook off (with trophies for the winners!), and a bonfire with s’mores. Thankfully with the help of Kevin, Amy’s decorating skills and ideas, Sarah and Tricia’s help in the kitchen, and numerous other volunteers – it was a great day. Kevin conducted a double-blind contest for the chili using 4 judges. This year ended a 9-year losing streak for Pastor Dave as he finally won! But man, was it a busy day! We started the day in the nursery during church, and then stayed after to setup and then cleanup after the event. We didn’t get home until nearly 9 pm! And we were BEAT! Next year I’ll remember to take the next day off work! Sadly I didn’t snap too many photos but here are a few including the flower arrangements I made (cut at Millcreek, of course).
And here are a few others from our week. When Kevin got home one night he got his bike out of his car (his brother borrowed it while in town) and Finn wanted to ride, of course. Lily enjoyed being outside with us too. And some of Finn’s artwork and mess making creative skills. 
Take a look at our Tiger! Finn started school on Thursday this week and he had a great day! His teachers, Miss Jen and Miss Irma, are really sweet. They are really big on the kids being independent so when Finn arrives at school he puts his lunch in a basket outside the classroom, finds his cubbie and puts his book bag there, and then heads into class. When i picked him up he was so excited to tell me about his day! He always likes to show me how much of his lunch he ate. 
Our week was full of other fun times too. On Friday, Millcreek hosted our annual Open House. Kevin and Finn arrived just as the festivities were ending. Kevin only stayed a short while so he could go pickup George, the RV, from his parents. He put together a thoughtful tailgate for our friend Chris Manning’s 40th birthday. He went down to campus at 5:30 am to get a great tailgating spot. Finn and I joined him in the morning prior to the other fellas showing up. I called it the breakfast shift! Anyhow, it was Finn’s first time for tailgating on campus – he loved playing football with daddy, eating timbits, and watching all of the activity. 
Look at Finn’s awesome throw and follow-through. This boy has some skills 🙂
And here are a few other shots from our week. Finn always loves to help me water the trees and the garden, some basement fun learning about dinosaurs this week, and Uncle Sean’s arrival in town for the week. 
