Happy Fall Ya'll

Hello everyone...I think we have skipped fall down south. Seems like it went from 90 to 40 in about six hours. Oh well, that's how it goes. We are all doing well. Work is the same, still loving day shift. It is a lot more work but the trade off is feeling "normal." The kids are great...never a dull moment. Mason has started calling me "babe," which I think he picked up from his dad. We are in the throes and woes of potty training. He's doing ok but by the end of the day, I'm pooped :0) Maddie is really growing up fast. She may be walking by Thanksgiving weekend. I think she will skip crawling altogether. Matt is good...working and golfing a little. We hope to see everyone at Thanksgiving. Sounds like a Neary-good time.

Love you all,

Melissa, Matt, Mason and Maddie

The Final Season

Hi All. This is Cole's last weekend as a Carroll Cougar. Next year will be 7th grade football at school. He has played 4 years of youth football with the last game sheduled for this Sunday at 11:00 am in Valley Stadium in West Des Moines. They finished 4 & 1 this year and missed being the wild card team in a 4 team playoff by 1 point. They are the 5th seed in a 24 team league and will play the 6th seed team to end the year. In their 4 wins they out scored their opponents

116 - 0. They lost to the other Carroll team 12 -19. Cole played mostly at tightend or wide receiver and linebacker. He was backup quaterback and got to play about 4 qtrs at QB. It's been fun! The pictures are from team photo day and a game last Sunday on a miserable rainy day played on a muddy field. Sorry we'll miss the cleaning party at the farm. We are heading to Des Moines Sat afternoon to cheer on the other Carroll teams playing Sat night. All's well with everyone else. I'll post another family update soon.