Commitment

I challenged Isaiah to giving up Soda's with sugar. He worked on it real hard this summer and only had it on occasion when we went out to eat. Before he left, I told him that I'd put a $1.00 away for him for each day he would go without for the next year. Wil then told him that if he goes a full year without that he would match it. Now we know that is asking a lot for a Coke lover but we think it's a good health choice. I got to thinking that if he makes that commitment then I should be willing to make one as well. Corn is one of my allergies and I have fallen by the wayside. The consequences are weight gain, headaches and so on. I asked Isaiah if I should commit to staying off corn and he thought that would be a good idea as long as he didn't need to get me anything. It's only been a few days and I'm reminded how corn syrup is in everything. I'm only telling you all this so you can keep us accountable.

Random pictures from the summer

This is our 3rd evening in a row of no grandchildren. We discovered how tired we were! It was kind of hard keeping up with the grandchildren but we wouldn't have traded it for anything. Anything? Oh well, it sounded good and seriously we had a lot of fun this summer. We got kind of used to no privacy and it reminded us of how it used to be. We still have the dogs for a few more weeks. Tonight I went with Wil on his walk with the dogs. We stopped at what used to be Isaiah's Amish sitters, Larry and Elsie. They were married over 10 years before they had any children and then named their son Isaiah. Isaiah still spends some time with them each summer.

Isaiah & Isaiah

Isaiah went with Larry, Elsie and Isaiah to the Topeka Zoo.

We got the Wii Fit game on Isaiah's last day here. That I'm discovering can be quite the workout. That will definitely be my way of exercising this winter.

Just like me, Isaiah loves to get a good fire burning. Late one night he decided he had to start a fire. Success!