Labor Day Wknd Fun

We had a great 3 day weekend. Saturday we did some running around .. groceries for a BBQ, daydreaming at Home Depot, some fall flowers ... and hunting for a fire pit.

Then we watched the MU - IL "Arch Rivalry" game ... all the ESPN analysts picked against our Tigers. But we showed 'em! Big ZOU win. Fun game to watch with the boys. They all watched the whole thing.

We relaxed the rest of the evening with some Cranium family fun ... then after the kids went to bed, Daddy & Momma played a couple rounds of Scrabble.

Sunday we slept in - no barking dogs woke us up! Woot! Then we cleaned up the house a bit and just enjoyed the day. We had our neighbors over for a cookout -- BBQ ribs and all kinds of good eats. Then when it got dark, we lit up the new fire pit and make s'mores. We stayed out pretty late - in fact, the kids eventually all went inside and fell asleep to a movie, while the adults sat around the fire pit outside. I can see us doing that a lot ... it was a nice, relaxing and fun evening.

Today, we all went to the Royals game. It was the first time Momma had seen all the new renovations -- cool stuff! Billy Butler got 2 home runs - exciting! It was a good game to go see, and perfect weather.

We're getting ready to have some leftover ribs for dinner ...and get ready for the week. Sure was a nice weekend.

School's Back .. and so are the fundraisers....

The kids are selling stuff. Cookies and trash bags. Yeah, you read right. Not really sure who thought trash bags was gonna be a big seller, but there you go.

We emailed "key" family our sales pitch. But we won't turn down a sale to anyone else ... pre-made, already in serving chunks cookies are in a box of 48 for $15.00.

Email us at ryan@thegerdings.com for more details.

And ... We're Back!

Team Gerding is blogging again -- from the littlest guy, giving his stream of conciousness on his blog .. to the oldest, talking sports, sports and more sports.

But this is the main page for the main updates on what we're up to .. and pictures to keep you posted as our family ... our TEAM... takes on the world.

And we like to know you've stopped by - - so please, leave comments -- say "Hi" -- or comment on the post. And be sure to scroll down to see everything .. from Twitter updates (which are done very, very often) to the links to the kids' blogs (they LOVE comments).

We'll be bringing back the "quotes" segment ... as well as "kid stories." So stay tuned!
Go Team Gerding!