October update

We have all been busy and everyone is doing well. Tom is talking SERIOUSLY about retirement - not tomorrow or anything. He has surprised me 'cause I thought he would never give up the practice of veterinary medicine. I have been having fun with the grandchildren and my yarn work. I went to the second annual "Knitting for Noggins" at Arkansas Children's Hospital. Two ladies at my table inspired me; they delivered 1000 hats and had made all but 83 of them themselves - since June!
Jimmy's family is making progress on their home addition. (Julie has promised to teach me how to insert photographs into my entries. This would be a good place for some!) It looks as if the Wildcats should make it to the playoffs so B0 is happy. Tanya is preparing to spend a little over a week in British Columbia so she can be of assistance when her father has a knee replacement. Eric has been coming home every weekend to cheer on his former teammates. I think he is settling in at SAU well though. Hannah is busy with friends, piano, soccer, and school but she made time to snuggle with me last Sunday while we watched "The King and I". DanMan won two trophies (one of them HUGE) at a karate tournament. (Another spot I would like to insert a picture.) He is having a wonderful time at his flag football games on Saturday mornings. Last week he caught two passes and ran for a TD!
They are really getting ready for Halloween at Julie's. Maddy seems to understand what is going on this year. She will be Tinkerbell! (Maybe I'll know how to add a picture when she trick or treats here!) Julie is working hard - and trying to catch up from two missed days of work while she was Memphis helping a friend through a C section - and an emergency hysterectomy. John Paul is surprising himself with his success in college.
I am expecting Stephen and the girls for the weekend. The plan was to have a weenie roast and camp out but I am not sure the weather is going to cooperate. Jillers will be in San Francisco. I visited Lanie's class a few Fridays ago and was very impressed! She was so excited to have me there that, when one grandmother asked me which one was mine, I answered, "The bouncy one!" Kate is reading and wrote her name for me. Bless the person who invented her "talker"!
Jenny went back to work on October 1. She misses her little Lucy so much but knows that she is leaving her in very capable hands during the day. Lucy attends Riverfield Country Day School and I am getting to keep up with her through a daily post from the school titled "Today We..." There have been some adorable pictures of Lucy posted and the activities shown are amazing! I think both Jenny and Eric are even more enchanted with their baby girl than they expected to be.