We've been busy on various home improvement projects around the house lately. Most has been painting (Clay's room, basement, and dining room) and we've also put up some lattice around our deck. Here's some after shots:
We did manage to get away for a day or so up to the lake over Labor Day weekend for some relaxation. Grammy Boyle brought some sidewalk chalk, which everyone loved (Clay drawing on everything, Holly and Grammy drawing nice pictures, and Brad and Brian drawing naughty things), we took some boat rides, and tried to recover from our recent bouts of sickness.
We also had a chance to head to Champaign for the first Illinois home game over the weekend with Uncle Brad, Grandma and Grandpa Swinter, and friends Hazel and Terry. The game was a 6pm kickoff so we stayed over that night. We played Illinois State, Holly's alma mater, so she made sure that Clay was appropriately dressed in both ISU and Illinois clothes. We were able to get some Papa Del's pizza for lunch and Clay did a good job making it through 1 quarter of the game (we were actually pretty pleased with that).
Only hiccup of the trip was Clay face planting in the parking lot on the way to the car to head back home. Some ice, hugs, and a trip to the Carle clinic later (just to verify stitches weren't needed, which they thankfully weren't) and we were on our way back to Indy.
Hope all is well with you!
