Welcome to October!  🙂  Today was a pretty busy day for everybody in the family.  In addition to General Conference and watching all the sessions, we had Zach’s football game and Metea’s Marching Band went to Northern Illinois University to perform an exhibition performance.

Zach had a lot of fun during his game.  We “clubbed” up his arm and he was so excited to be back out on the field playing.  His teammates were excited when they saw him too.  He looks like a more formidable opponent when he has that big thing on his arm.  🙂

They played the Browns and did pretty well.  In the end, they came up short again, but they had fun.  Zach had to go up against a 182 pound 2nd grader who he really couldn’t block (or he would just get thrown to the ground).  So instead of blocking, he just bumped him and went around.  🙂

The kids got their football pictures today as well.  They turned out pretty good, although Zach looks like he’s in pain in his individual one.  🙂

We also got Sarah and Brittany off to Metea to go to NIU for their performance.  Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to go because of the game, so I was kind-of bummed.  We had a great time last year.  They did a GREAT job and had a blast!

The video of the performance is posted on YouTube (not sure for how long), but here is the link if you want to watch the whole thing!  They do such a GREAT job!  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOo31dkxkS0