Pictures are just going to have to be worth more than words right now

We've had a supremely busy week since midterm ended on Monday Oct. 13. I've been putting in 12 hours work days every day, and Heather's been giving about 10 hours a day. All that while splitting time watching our two boys. But I got all my papers graded today, just put the boys to bed, and am enjoying a nice stress-free late night right now.

Thought you'd enjoy some pictures of midterm. We went to this lake nearby (45 minutes away) and you can get out of your vehicle and walk relatively close to the animals. The top picture is Asher and me looking at a family of giraffe from about 60 yards away. The middle picture is Heather and Micah out on the lake in a rented boat searching for hippos. The bottom picture is of the closest hippo we saw--about 25 yards away. We saw about 20 or so that day, including a baby hippo on its momma's back. It was one of those "oh-my-gosh-I'm-in-Africa!" kind of days. Yes, we still get those after three years!