This year Mom's birthday lasted for over a week, it started with Jamie's girlfriend Jamie and her friend Caitlyn coming and decorating the front door and ended this Sunday with a scrumptious dinner and the gormet cake you see pictured below. The boys and I have already been asked to start our own cake show on TLC so no need to suggest it! In a couple of weeks we are going to Hale Farm & Village for Harvest Fest (Mom's gift), we hope it was a great fall birthday!

This fall hasn't been all broken bones and bad football weather, the boys are managing to have a GREAT time too! Chris is loving his freshman year at Lutheran West and James is having a great time as a Junior. Josh couldn't be happier at St. Paul and Mom inspects his locker every Sunday after Church so far so good! Chris & James had some friends over yesterday for a fire and aside from Mom leaving the lighter next to the fire pit and almost blowing them all up it seems like they had a lot of fun. In super awesome and totally non-embarrassing older sister fashion I stopped over to take some pictures. Apparently James & Chris both warned their girlfriends and friends that I do this a lot... someday they will thank me!

Josh & the 5th graders singing at Church today, he strategically hid himself in the far back row. You can see him at the end reaching over every one's heads.

So I've been sincerely spoken to about my lack of recent updates, and I apologize. As everyone is well aware fall is here and that means one thing and one thing only in the Ranc/Mueller households. FOOTBALL! With the high school season in full swing, mini horns on Thursday, not to mention multiple fantasy leagues and college football all day Saturday it's amazing that we get anything else done around here. So far this season isn't exactly working out the way we have all hoped. Jamie was tearing it up on the varsity field as the starting quarterback and making almost EVERY single tackle on defense as the safety (which isn't the way it's supposed to be). UNTIL the lack of O & D lines led to his demise, he unfortunately took a NASTY hit and a helmet to the knee and wound up with a broken tibia which has officially ended his season. So far the count is 15 players out due to injuries and things are a little bleak... one of the back up quarterbacks ended up with a broken collar bone just last night. Needless to say it hasn't been that fun for the varsity team.

The JV season has been a whole different story, no wins reported yet but it's been a season of incredibly close games and it's been a TON of fun! Chris has been a maniac on the field! He is just kicking butt & taking names. He has laid more people out than any one could possibly keep track of. Everyone is constantly telling us how fun it is to watch him, he is a serious defensive force to be reckoned with. He has also scored his fair share of touchdowns this season, and to think he's only a freshman!

Josh is playing for the mini horns this season and while they are awesome little football playing dudes, I would be lying to myself if I didn't say that he is adorable in his mini horns uniform & pads, see for yourself below. It's amazing how that "my older sister puts me out" look really loses nothing in a picture... Josh also seems to have the Ranc family "we kick butt at defense" thing going, his tackling skills have been finely honed by years of front yard football games, and it REALLY shows! I think the Lutheran football programs won't be forgetting the Ranc boys anytime soon!

Anyways, below are some of the photos I've take so far this season, I've decided with all the games ahead of us I'm going to need a fancier camera so I've recently invested in lottery tickets. haha