Fall

Not a lot of news to report. Just a pretty normal weekend in Centreville. Fall is here so we've begun the process of raking the crazy amount of leaves that fall into our yard....well that or Matt just mows over them with the John Deere: :)
And now we move into the business that is High School homecoming. As advisers we have the joy of supervising the creation of floats, or in Matt's case golf carts. Cass homecoming starts this week and our theme is "Old School Music" which according to my students is MC Hammer and Vanilla Ice...any suggestions?

The Fair

I took my wife out on the town tonight and by town I mean the dusty, farm animal filled, greese smelling county fair. The highlights of our evening:

1. Meeting Pogo and Roo the sad looking red kangaroos in the "exotic animal" section. We were going to see the 6 ft alligator but soon realized it cost $1...per person! We were on a limited budget.

2. Getting in free...it pays to know everyone in town. I am now the mayor of three cities.

3. Treating my wife to 1/2 an elephant ear. (actually he only gave me 1/4 bc he gave the other half to the school secretary working the gate...how romantic!)

(pfft...this night was all about romance to begin with...hence our next adventure to the cow barn. )

4. The Cow Barn...need I say more.

5. The second cow barn. There were long-haired Scottish cattle. Kate said I could get one if Bryan got Amy a puppy. (Come on Amy!!)

6. Determing what type of deep-fried candy bar/twinkie/oreo to get.

7. Then realizing how disgusting that actually was...but secretly still wanting to try one.

8. Taunted by every kind of Carnie folk imaginable saying I could win whatever prize I wanted if I just gave them a dollar. Pfft, I've seen the Simpsons, I know the Carnie Tricks.

9. A romantic walk home under the stars with the sound of raging tractor pulls in the background.

10. Arriving home to find that our dog didn't pee all over the house as we left her out of her cage for the first time while we were gone! Whoo hoo.

Our blog...

As we find ourselves in Centreville for one more year we thought that this might be a fun way to keep in touch with all of you who are oh so far away. We know you are all wondering what exciting things happen in our little town! Feel free to leave lots of comments and remember you are always welcome to visit.

Sydney

For those of you who don't know yet... we got a dog. Her name is Sydney and she has been quite entertaining to say the least. Besides her selective hearing and her persistence at using the bathroom indoors she has been a great addition to the Baer household. We recommend that everyone get a dog like her...especially the Depottys :)