Wake me up when September ends.....

I couldn't think of a good title name and that song has just been in my head since it's the end of September. It was actually a really good September so I didn't necessarily want it to end, but you get the point, right?

Okay, moving on... So for Rachel's birthday this past summer she got one of those butterfly habitats. It was actually really cool to see these little caterpillars turn in to butterflies. (Strider really liked it too...we had to let them go into the wild for their own safety). So this was the big day of kicking them out of the house and sending them off to college....

 It was very fun that they got to hold them before they flew away.

 Only one of them didn't make it. We "found him" the morning that we were going to let them go. Total bummer!

 I just love bubble bath pictures....especially very bubbly bubble baths.

 And here's some more soccer pictures. How I love being a soccer mom! The games are getting so good and so intense! They both were SO close to scoring a goal at their last games. You could tell Josh was thinking about a giant ice cream cone the whole time he was playing so hard. They get the giant ice cream cones if they score.  Maybe next time....

 And for a couple weeks they got on this kick of where they were all superheros and the game would continue for days and days picking up right where they left off the day before.

 For family night a couple weeks ago we went up to Silver Lake for a picnic dinner and walk around the lake. As always, it was gorgeous up there!

 Everyone had to have a turn balancing on the log......

 By this point William still wasn't walking. I know, 17 months....sheesh. But he walked around pretty much the whole lake just holding onto one hand. And sure enough...the next morning he was walking all over the place by himself! Yep, we have an official toddler on our hands! More rightfully known as the "tornado."

 As we were strolling around the lake all the sudden we could hear a ton of people coming. What in the world?!? Apparently a young single adult STAKE had the same idea we had. There were young single adults everywhere!!!! Luckily we got some pictures before the trail was crowded. Not just a ward, a stake. There were like 150ish of them. Holy cow.It was nuts. But it was totally funny to listen to their conversations. Was I ever like that when I was dating? I sure hope not.

 And then this past weekend we got Rach a new bike! She had totally outgrown her old one and we were going to get her a new one for Christmas. Since they ride bikes to school every day we decided we'd get it for her now so she can ride it a little longer before the weather turns bad. She fell in love with this one at Target then we found the exact same bike on KSL for half the price. Ba-da-bing Ba-da-boom. She has been all smiles ever since.

 The Maughan bike brigade...

 And don't forget the leader of the pack.....

 Kate inherited Rachel's old bike and daddy put the training wheels on. She's been zipping all over town now too!

 Oh, William has discovered some new "toys." He raids my bathroom drawer and carries them all over the house. Please don't be grossed out if you come to my house and there are tampons all over the place. That's just what we do here. Educate them early!

 My sister was in town a couple weeks ago so we got to have all the Schick's that were around over for dinner one night. It was so good to see her and 2 of her kiddos. What a bunch of crazy kids....

 For some reason Kate is always a blur in the pictures. that girl cannot hold still!!!

 I never got a good shot of all the adults, so here's the best one I could find.

 Another bit of news. Last week they had a "Freedom Run" at the school. Each grade had 30 minutes to run as many laps around the track as they could. Josh ran 7! Rachel ran 9! That is equivalant to 3 miles for Rachel (and over 2 for Josh)! Holy schmoley! Not only that...Rach got the most laps of all the 4th grade girls so she won a $5 gift card to Sports Authority. Woot woot! She already spent it on some new shinguards which were greatly needed. I was so proud of both of them. Future in track?  We shall see.....

And here's one last picture for the road.... my sweet baby boy. Why are they so precious when they sleep? Is it because they are so naughty when they are awake? I certainly think so.