10 weeks down, 4 to go

Time is moving quickly again!  I can hardly believe we'll be headed back to Pittsburgh in just a month.  We've now completed 2 of our 4 weeks of swimming lessons, which has made the days go by faster.  Eli is getting much more comfortable in the water and we've all been enjoying the swim time.  The new library is now open too! It is beautiful.  We've been a few times since it opened and the boys have a blast.  I snapped this picture a couple days ago when we were there.  I was so happy to see them looking at books instead of just playing with the toys right behind them.  Proud Mommy moment!

Connor probably would have been playing with the toys, but he has turned into Eli's shadow and does absolutely everything Eli does.  Eli coughs at the dinner table, Connor coughs; Eli runs down the hall, Connor takes off after him; Eli jumps up and down, Connor "jumps".  It's actually very adorable.  And luckily Eli is usually a very good boy, so I don't mind Connor copying him.

Work is going well for Jeremy.  He's been very busy, which is a good thing.  I'm starting to get nervous about going back to PA.  This has been a VERY chill summer.  Sure, Jeremy's been EQ President and I've taught Sunday School every week since being called (so much for being the back up teacher!), but it has been SO nice to have most evenings and the weekends to spend as a family.  Once we get back up to Pittsburgh, things are going to be CRAZY and our time with Jeremy will be minimal.  Job recruiting starts the very first week of school - in face his resume is due this weekend - and almost everyday they have companies coming to give presentations.  Then the interviews start, then the flying around the country to second-round interviews and job fairs and who knows what else.  Ahh!  Deep breaths.  I guess a boring/relaxing summer was just what we needed. :)

Anyway, we have grown to enjoy it here and I think I'll actually be a little sad to leave.  Certainly not about the cockroaches (which I've seen alive more in my house than outside!), but we'll definitely miss some things.  To conclude, here is a cute video of Connor "jumping".  He cracks me up.  At the pool, Eli and Connor take turns "jumping" in to me - although neither of them actually jump, they just kind of step off/fall; Eli's too afraid and Connor doesn't know how yet.  Anyway, so I was telling Eli at home one time to jump on the ground and I said that's how you should jump in the pool too, and then of course Connor started "jumping".  Then they started running around and getting loopy since it was bedtime...