Lots Going On

...since my last post.  Has it really been over a month since I've put anything on the blog?  Shame on me.  We've seen a lot of activity over the past month.  First and foremost, Bode started 2nd grade on 18 Aug.  Here's a nice shot of him on his first day of school--such a grown up young man.

He has a very nice teacher, and it's her first year teaching, just like his kindergarten teacher was a "rookie."  She's very motivated and excited, so we are confident she will do a fantastic job.  Nothing too exciting has happened in school, which is good.  He says he likes it, although when we ask him about the best part of his day, the answer is always, "Recess."  At first, we thought this was not good, but then he would ask me about the best part of my work day, and my answer is usually, "When I went to the gym," so we can't get too upset with him.

Bode also started swimming for the Rocky Mountain Rapids swim team.  He practices three times a week, and we think he's doing awesome.  We have some videos, but those are on Ashley's camera, and she's yet to upload the videos.  We have practice tomorrow night, so I'll be sure to get some action shots and post them (hopefully before mid-October).  Bode is also running cross-country.  He's more of a social runner--he likes hanging out with his friends, as evidenced by his demeanor at the starting line--not exactly laser-focused on dominating the race.

I did get the below action shot of him on the course.

He ran the whole way, and we are very proud of him.  Bode's friend, Hunter (the tall kid on Bode's left is the pictures above) won first place--he's quite fast and has a nice stride.

Another new event in the McGuirk home is we have a new "manny"--Corey has been taking care of Bode after school.

We spent Labor Day weekend in Breckenridge at the Mountain Estate.  For some reason, I didn't take any pictures (not sure why).  We had some friends visit on Saturday (the Hardman's), and we all enjoyed an Auburn victory.  And even though Auburn won yesterday, we can't really say we enjoyed the game, as going into OT versus an FCS opponent was enough to make Ashley say, "I'm going to the Mountain Estate this week to cool off," (she's going up to work on some things, but it's funnier to say she had to leave town to recover).  The dogs are doing great--Bode really enjoys playing with them.  I'm not sure if they dogs enjoy everything Bode does, but they sure seem to love their boy.

The garden is winding down.  We've had 20+ tomatoes, lots of excellent carrots, peas, lettuce, broccoli (I'm very impressed how this has done), about 15 strawberries, and a couple ears of corn.  The weather is still very warm, and I'm hopeful we'll get five or six more ears before the weather turns.  Our raspberry plants have really grown, but no fruit yet.  Maybe in a couple more years.  Finally, we have a very large pumpkin growing.  It's about the size of a honeydew melon, so I'm hoping it's really large come Halloween.

Pleasant week to all!