VOLLEYBALL

Jenna is a freshman this year and she made the junior varsity volleyball team. It was a little tough in the beginning because she didn't know any of the girls since they're older, but she's fit in just fine. She's been doing very well. It's a good thing she's used to having four brothers. That way she's not too embarassed when her older brother watches some of the games with the football team and hollers dumb things at her like, "Make it rain, Mulert!" She just rolls her eyes, and hits the ball. She's #9.

Here she's in black.

She's moving so fast, she's like a ghost!

CROSS COUNTRY

We've been to several of Dan's cross country meets in all kinds of weather. Once we had rain gear on and had umbrellas and I could still wring out my shorts before I got in the car. Dan has done well this year, (he's a junior), and has a couple medals to prove it. He had a bit of trouble but an inhaler seems to have helped. He just started running last year and has made a lot of progress. Of course his grandfather couldn't help giving him a few words of advice after seeing him wave at a girl as he ran by-Don told him he should keep his eye on the path. This is really funny when you consider he's never been a runner, AND-he never keeps his eye on the road, especially in spring when girls start wearing shorts. But, I digress. Hears Dan, running by. (He's in black.)

A medal ceremony.

He's third from the right. Five out of the top seven winners were from Burke High School.

He humored me and posed for this one.

LAST SCHOOL CARNIVAL

Joe is the last one in elementary school and we went to his last school carnival with him. Where does the time go? Here's one of the halls at Catlin Elementary.

This is the area right outside of his mother's kindergarten classroom.

I got him to pose outside of his 6th grade classroom.

They had many games and he was really excited because he won enough to acquire enough points to get a strobe light. He ran down the hall to get that one! Here he is giving his tickets to the lady at his favorite game booth.

Jenna came to visit and ended up helping.

We had a great time with Joe and he even bought us supper! Thanks Joe!!!

WALNUT CREEK PARK

We're still in Papillion at Walnut Creek, and walk almost everyday at the lake behind the campground. We're up to 2 1/2 miles a day. It's marked every tenth of a mile and Mulert has several mathmatical equations to make a game of it. There're always things to see along the way-notice the butterfly.


Many people in the area have views of the lake and some houses are larger than others. They're currently building a big one that we pass everyday and watch the progress.

We can also see the campground.

Each day we walk across this old wagon wheel bridge.

Fall is here and the cattails are done.

It's 3.1 miles around the entire lake-this is just a small part of it.

I guess if you have to do this exercise thing-it's a pretty place to do it!

OMAHA UPDATE

I simply don't know where the time goes. We're busy going to the grandchildren's various sports events-2 play football, 1 runs cross country, 1 plays volleyball and 1 is going to start soccer today if it stops raining. After he gets his chance, I'll put some pictures on. In between, we're working on genealogy-Don made a discovery about his father's family and he's trying to organize-I'm working on starting to write a book about my great-grandfather since after many years of searching, I found a picture of him. We're also trying to do some research for a friend in AZ, but he's tough to find. Besides this, I've been working on scrapbooking and Don put a new hose on the toilet. Yea!!! (Note to Al-still no light!) One thing at a time. We've been walking the trail around the lake and yesterday we went 2.2 miles. We're currently at Walnut Creek which is part of a city park in Papillion overlooking the lake. We'll probably go back to Lake Manawa in Council Bluffs after the first of October when it becomes $11 a night. Don't know much else-just having fun!

LINCOLN ROSE GARDEN

Across the street from the Sunken Gardens are the Rose Gardens, next to the zoo. There are thousands of roses in bloom.





Here's a closer look at a couple.




Another lovely place!

TRIP TO LINCOLN

We've been in Omaha almost two weeks and have been attending the grandchildren's sports events, so one day we went to Lincoln to go to Jenna's volleyball games. We went early to do a little sightseeing at the Sunken Gardens. At the entrance is a neat dome full of leaves and snowflakes.

This isn't a huge area, but created on land given to the Parks group from the back yards of three families. Part of it is on the side of a hill, but full of flowers.

The impatiens have gone wild.

There's a water garden with koi in it.

It's a very pretty place and free.