Five on Friday

1. On the yellow jacket front, everything seems resolved so far. We found one more spot where a couple managed to get inside but plugged that up and haven't seen more since. The Orkin man has treated the nest a second time and will be sealing the whole thing up shortly. Whew.

2. We're adjusting to our new normal around here with Noah off at CSU. We miss him, of course. But we're blessed to still be so close. Additionally, we're finding there are some perks to being a household of four: we have more leftovers available for lunches...it's easier to divide things by four, lol...there's less laundry...and we don't have to drive to JOAD practices and tournaments on weekends. 

3. Micah would like you all to know that he's officially taller than me now. He noticed last week (Oct 11, to be exact) and demanded that we measure...and, wouldn't you know it, he's finally just a smidge taller. :) 

4. Knowing that the forecast called for snow last Sunday and given how grey and chilly it had been earlier in the week, Nathan and I took advantage of the gorgeous day last Saturday to visit the Fort Collins Nursery's Giant Pumpkin event. The pumpkins were pretty impressive...

(Apparently, the winning pumpkin weighed in at 1568 pounds!! I think we might be standing in front of it in that first picture...you can't really see it.)

5. By the way, in case you haven't seen me lately...I had the ends of my hair dyed "extreme teal" last month. It's not as blue as I'd anticipated (which is what you get when you try to color over the top of what used to be purple, lol) but it's pretty fun and definitely more visible in the sunlight...

And now...since CEC has the day off today and, having planned accordingly, we finished all our homeschooling for the week yesterday...Asher, Micah and I are off to enjoy a beautiful Friday!