The Highs and Lows

The month of September was filled with highs and lows for us and our families.

Grayson and his "sophie"

This month found 2 of our parents in the hospital. Both will thankfully be okay, but scary regardless. Geoff's mom underwent surgery and my father fell from a 20 foot ladder and fractured several of his vertebrae. Luckily, everyone is going to be okay and they are both on the mend. Both sound like they are going stir crazy, but hopefully they will be up and about sooner than later.

Geoff fought in his jiu jitsu tournament and lost, but he lost to the guy who won his entire age bracket. So, as much as that's a low that he lost, he did well overall. There is a lot to learn from when competing and it makes you take a new fresh look at your training to figure out where you need to improve. It's all the cycle of learning and training to do better the next time around. 

Despite the awful news about our parents, etc, we have had some real highs to celebrate. My grandparents celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary! They invited the whole family out for a nice dinner and we walked down memory lane with pictures from their entire lives both together and in marriage. It was wonderful seeing all of my aunts and uncles, cousins, etc.

As well, we sold our house very quickly. We had our house up on the market for 2 days. We had one showing and that one showing produced a terrific offer. No more having to show the house and keep it perfectly clean for those last minute realtor phone calls. It's fantastic.

Date night with sushi 

Amongst other things this weekend, we enjoyed some date nights and family times. It was a busy busy month of September and October is shaping up to be just as busy! 

We have Thanksgiving weekend where we are hosting Thanksgiving dinner. We have Mira's 6th birthday party, a visit from my friend Vicky and her son Lincoln (from PA), another jiu jitsu tournament for Geoff, and a wedding.

So much to do and so much to look forward to. :) I'll take the lows with the highs. It's a part of life and it keeps us on our toes. We never learn anything from things being easy and perfect all the time do we?