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Michelle and I got home from Kansas with one day off school to spare, which she spent at the orthodontist, doing homework, and hanging out with her friends.  Another mom grabbed this photo for us since these girls go to two different high schools so it’s kind of a special occasion when they are all together now.  This week was also Michelle’s first high school orchestra concert titled “Into the Stars” where her group played: Meteor Shower , Quasar , and Jupiter .  The black and white photo is from a dad who was taking photos for the music wing’s Instagram account and he is doing such a great job with that account. My guys provided some basketball and softball games to watch as well!  I was shocked when Danny said he felt up to playing less than a week after getting his wisdom teeth pulled.  And he showed hustle!  I could tell when he was sitting on the bench during the second game that he was in a lot of pain but he got out and played again the next day. ...

One of the things I get to do this school year is work in the student store with our sped students and we have one student who is a star worker there.  This month, at the end of helping a customer, she will tell them, "Happy Spooky Month."  I thought this artwork I got to see on the wall of the high school when I went to parent teacher conferences was amazing -- and it turned out to be Kate's.  Actually, I wasn't surprised that she could turn an astronomy assignment into something beautiful.  And I think it goes well with the theme of spooky month even though it's science based.  Said artist got to  help celebrate H's birthday and I stole this photo of Instagram to share here. This photo was also taken by someone else since the photo I took included the principal BUT my favorite volunteer had her eyes closed. She gets that from me... or... she's exhausted from being one of the top volunteers in her leadership program for this school year while maintaining ...

 The weather continued to be perfect to watch Natalie play softball in, this time a double header at a place that had shade sails installed over the bleachers.  It was amazing!  But then the next weekend she was due for a double header in windy Wyoming and the girls were so cold they were huddled up under blankets in the dugout. Hubby even went and bought himself a camping blanket at Menards. That’s really saying something because he likes the cold! Although the weather was better at home, the drizzle put a damper on the Homecoming dance for a lot of high schoolers. Danny and Michelle just had us take pictures on our porch right before they left with friends but Kate had joined her friends early enough in the day that she got some good ones to send me. Luckily the powder puff game, drone show, football game, and parade had happened while the weather was still perfect! That drone show after the powder puff game was very fun to watch. I didn’t get our favorite parts on came...