Monday, January 29, 2024

August

Oh man. August was a good  month even though it sadly means the end of summer is approaching. Here's a bazillion pictures of some of the stuff we did this month.
These cute girls showed Elsie around KJH so she knew her way around. I love that they look out for the each other
Will's hair was getting a little long....
Much better!
My friend Natalie celebrated her 40th! Her hubby rented out the Kaysville theater as a surprise party. We couldn't stay the whole time but it was fun to go for a bit to celebrate her. She is the greatest!
Kate and I were totally addicted to this game all summer. I only won it ONCE. I blame Rach for teaching it to us.
We went to a concert at the park (at Cherry Hill) which is always fun
Here's some before pictures of the "trek"

Will's thinking he might be ready to go next year.
The boys planted some sunflowers this year and they did amazing!

I know it's blurry, but I just had to capture the tippy toes. I know it won't last forever.
Chillin' at the dentist
While dad, Josh and Kate were at the wind rivers we tried to do some fun stuff to stay busy. So we went to the splash pad.

And the Bountiful splash pad



Jonah made some armor
We also went to Red Butte Garden. It was hilarious to see a new, young mom keep her toddler out of the water because she "didn't want him all wet". Wait until you have 5 lady....just let them get wet. This was the highlight of their whole day.







Cute Rach is growing up way too fast






Snail trail...
They boys got to come to young womens messy twister with me.

When all of the sudden, a barricade came walking by! They spent the rest of the time rolling around in the "very clean" construction barrel. These two definitely know how to have fun.
  
This was a picture from our last activity with Rachel, Molly and Cameron. We had a campfire in our backyard and we noticed this amazing rainbow! Those girls are definitely going to be missed in our young womens group!!
More playing....always playing....


We woke up early one day and went to the hot air balloon festival in Sandy. Sadly, it was too windy so only one balloon dared to go up and only for a few minutes.


At least we got to stop at Grannie Annie's for scones after.

Still playing.....
Occasionally reading...
A new toy store opened in Kaysville and we had to go check it out. It has a lot of cool things!
They even gave us a ton of "doorbusters" which was fun!
Spent some time at our favorite pool....



Then we had back to school night...


The day before school started Kate got braces!
She still looks great!
Then we blinked, summer was over and school started. Josh is a Junior this year.


Kate is in 8th grade.


Jonah is in Mrs. Hess' 2nd grade class

Will got Mrs. Hewett AGAIN!!! (we are SO excited about this!!). He's in 5th grade with the theme "Mission Possible" and she got them all sweet sunglasses.










We had the back to school neighborhood ice cream truck
And we finally got a peach from our tree!! Our wildest dreams have come true!! We've waited years for this!!
I threw a bridal shower for my niece, Brie.
We got snowcones


And Jonah just keeps losing teeth!
I mean.....
I apparently broke Jonah's heart...

Then this awfulness happened. Rach started packing up her room
I cried the whole way to Provo

I was brave while unloading her stuff
(and making sure her room was brother proof)



And now she's all grown up, looks so old and has moved out of the house.


I'm happy for her...I really am, but that was one of the hardest days and I cried the whole drive home too. 

I LOVE the young woman she is and know she needs to move on and move out and she has amazing things ahead of her in the future, BUT I feel like I've lost a limb not having her around. It really did go fast just "like they always say." It was a little comforting when we visited grandma not long after, she had moved a gnome Rachel re-painted to be by her front door.

We also got some family pictures by my friend Natalie. They turned out great! It was on a hill so Rach looks like the tallest one, but other than that they turned out great!




Will, 10 years old
Jonah, 7 years old
Kate, 13 years old
Josh, 16 years old
Rachel, 18 years old









 Love this family of mine!!