September

On Labor Day we went over to Brown's and played games in the afternoon.  They are BIG board game players!  We started with a group charades game and then the kids played their games while the adults played games.  It was really fun.  One thing....Jacob needs to learn to like game (non screen time) a bit more. 

Lunch on their swing picnic table

 On the 2nd weekend of September Jason, Ben and Tom had me drive them up Big Cottonwood Canyon so they could ride the Wasatch Crest.  We didn't know about (and didn't think to look since we ran into this same problem 2 years ago when we tried to do breakfast up in the canyon with Jared and Stephanie) the REVEL marathon. 

We left our house at 7:15 and finally got them up there (having to take various detours) at 8:30.  I got home at 10.  But they had a good time!

 Jacob had a "I want to be independent" weekend. On Friday night we let Jaxon and him go to a $2 movie and Saturday they wanted to hang out at the library.  I was at the library (in another section) and they had a good time. 

The third weekend Jacob had a scout camp out and Jason and I went on a date!  We went to see Downton Abby, the movie.  I had watched all 6 seasons and loved it.  The movie was good, but hard to live up to the TV show. 

I have been trying to finish yard work that needed to get done.  I had trimmed the bushes around the house and the next week, that Monday, I painted the front door and noticed how shabby the shutters now looked.  Lesson leaned:  Don't look up!  

 Cornbellys!  We went again this year.  We had parent teacher conferences, which went well, and had a comp day on the 27th.  We went with Cathyeys and took Andy and Alex. 

Can't leave without our traditional picture!!

After Cornbellys, Catheys came over for dinner and them we went out to make s'mores.  It seemed to begin to rain so we went inside to finish them in the microwave.  We could have stayed outside as it never really began to rain.

Saturday Jaxon came over to play and Tom did some computer designing with Tom.  Then we went to their house for dinner.  They are a fun family!

The Rest of August

 The week after we got home from Glacier I took a girls trip with the in-laws.  MarySue had wanted to go somewhere this summer and Randy didn't feel up to it so Irina, Hannah, Jenny, MarySue and I went down to southern Utah. 


We left Friday morning at 10 from Draper and got to Irina's about 11 a.m. We did a lunch stop at Denny's where I got my first senior discount lunch for being 55.  WEIRD!! 

 We drove down and stopped at Cedar Breaks.  Irina and I hiked a tiny bit to see the canyon. 

Later we checked in at Holiday Inn and Express.  Then we headed to Lupitas for dinner.

That night we went to the Shakespeare Festival and saw the play Joseph.  It was wonderful!  I think Jacob would have loved it! 


 Saturday Irina and I were up at 7:30, she went on a run and then we tried to get the others out of bed to go to breakfast. 

After breakfast we drove to Parawon for a cinnamon roll.  It was advertised as the thing to do.  It was actually just trying to get you into town.  We went to order and the waitress apologized because the only rolls they had left were those with raisins.  Score!!  I wouldn't have had one without raisins.  You can take raisins out, but you can't put them in!

 We visited the local drug store, the rock church (the first LDS church in that area) and then went back to Cedar City.

Hannah met up with her aunt to spend the afternoon with her and the rest of us went to the St. George temple to do initiatories. 

We then went back to the hotel, met up with Hannah, had dinner and then went back to see the plays.  Hannah and Irina saw Hamlet and MarySue, Jenny and I saw 12th Night. 

Sunday we got up and headed for home.

School!  We went school shopping and scored!  Jacob needed another pair of jeans.  We found 2 shirts and they were cheap at $4 and $5, but when the pants rang up at $2.97????  Amazing!!!    Great school shopping. 













Before school started we went with Catheys to Airborne to jump.  They opened a new area and the kids loved it! 

On Friday I took Jacob, Jaxon and Ashlyn to the skate park, but it was hot...because school was starting on Monday we went to Jacob's school to he could work on opening his locker and looking around. 

Then we headed to Jaxon's school and saw where he would be attending.

Practicing opening the locker at Indian Hills

Jaxon opening his locker at Draper Park

Jacob helping me get gas

Later in the afternoon, after the boys had tried their lockers etc., I went pack and decorated Jacob's locker. 

The first day! 

Getting on the bus on Monday

Getting on the bus on Tuesday

Scouts did Battle Ball as an activity at Airborne

After getting Jacob to school on Monday, Emilie Ralph had the moms over for breakfast. 

August 31st Kristen and Hank were married in the Salt Lake Temple.  They had a dinner the night before and then the reception on the 31st at Thanksgiving Point.