In October, I spent two days up in Estes Park, Colorado, for the Colorado State Service Conference for AmeriCorps, Senior Corps and others in service-related fields. 
The elk were out in full swing so that was neat to hear them bugle and see them interact. 
There were over 500 people in attendance and it was impressive to see them also participate in a service activity as they created a new path from one part of the YMCA to the other. The attendees were very enthusiastic and I hope they garnered a lot of new skills and new contacts thanks to the service conference. 
Eban got his first black eye. 
The pictures don’t do it justice as the following days created a beautiful mix of purple and blue hues around his little eye. Some little tot at the zoo ran into him when Quincy took the boys there. Jack wanted me to take pictures of him too at the time so here’s his messy little grin!
I ended the softball season this year. 
My team for fall ball was interesting as four members had hearing impairments. I wish I knew more sign language besides the alphabet and baby sign language. It certainly was a new experience for me as yelling in encouragement for the team didn’t quite work or yelling at the team that the play is at second didn’t work either. We didn’t fare too well this season, but I did have fun and attempted to learn sign language for softball. 
Elk from my YMCA room - - too bad the airplane was flying by
