September in Tennessee…

Onto September On 9/1, I competed in a 16 mile trail race on Iron Mountain in Virginia – it was amazing.  It was very difficult (I fell 3 times) and EXTREMELY rewarding!  this is Ryan, Aaron, and I before the race (at 6:30 AM)

Jason was trying to be there to watch me finish, but I ended up finishing in 3 hours and 47 minutes and told him that there was no way I’d be done before 4 hours, so he was not there to see me finish.  However, this is Aaron finishing!  I was able to capture that

And there was a LOT of this afterwards

Connor had his first day of preschool at the Creative Learning Center on 9/4!  He was SO excited!

He and Harper are in the same class and LOVE school!  Here they are, walking into their first day together!

Best buddies!

Cole enjoys his Tuesdays and Thursdays with mommy now that Connor is in school

This is Cole on 9/5

Building a log cabin with brother

And Cole, touching cords, on 9/6 – this boy is SO mischievous!

On 9/7, we took the boys to Grandfather Mountain.  Connor LOVED this bear!

The boys, ready for church on 9/9

Playing our new game from Harper (A Scooby Doo game) from Harper!

BUSTED…we caught Cole, playing in Connor’s room while he was in the bathroom…

On 9/13, Adriel and I dropped Harper and Connor off at school and took Cole for a run!  His first time in the jogger

Cole, standing on his own, in the kitchen on 9/13

On 9/15, Adriel and I ran the Bristol Rhythm and Roots 5K!

Later that day we took the boys to kids day at Rhythm and Roots!

That night we went back for some good old bluegrass!  Connor even got to go on the high jump!

This is my friend, David’s band, Hollow Ground!

On 9/22 we took the boys with Harper and Ezra to see Dinosaur Train at Natural Tunnel State Park!  They had a great time and wore themselves out!

I found them talking like pirates…

Cole, on 9/23, helping me with dishes

This is Connor & his buddy, Luke, Miss Lisa’s kitty, who just loves him. 

My boys, playing together – best sight I’ve ever seen!

The flowers that my sweet family sent me for my birthday!  Best husband ever!

When we got home from church, Wednesday night, Jason even had a cake for me!

And the best present of all?!  My porch spider caught a stink bug in his web on my birthday!

Cole, enjoying an apple – the only way he will eat one

Jason and Cole on 9/28

I decided it was time to make some stink bug traps!

…and I caught 4 of them within 10 minutes of putting the traps up!

And…my sweet Cole, before church, on 9/30!