Life after school started

 

So reverently taking selfies while we were trying to do a "Come Follow Me" lesson one Sunday morning. 

Lila and Rosie, doing their thing! These two are too cute.

She came in like this and announced she was on her way to a meeting and I needed to watch her beloved bunny until she could get back. Dress for the job you want, not the job you have.

One final cookout of swim season! 

After only one week of school, the germs found us! Davis, Chase and Lila all came down with strep throat! And to make things worse, because no one had a sore throat until several days into it, I didn't even realize that was what was going on! They had fevers, headaches and body aches. So I assumed it was a random virus. Then Chase got a sore throat and sure enough, it was strep! It was exhausting to have so many sick kids at our place and we were so happy when they were all better!

Somehow, Hudson never gets this stuff! Knock on wood! There was a super blue moon and he dragged me out to admire it with him. I love that kids make us slow down to appreciate stuff like this!

Lila has a whole variety of princess dresses she's wearing these days and really nothing could be more fitting. She's our little princess!

Our neighbors generously offered us 4 tickets to the BYU game over Labor Day weekend! It was an 8:15 start time, so we decided to use a free Marriott night we had to get a hotel down in Utah County and they made a whole boys night out of it! Davis was mostly entertained by Cosmo and loved cheering along with everyone. The boys had a great night and it was perfect timing to get out to do something fun together. 

Ben sent this from their breakfast the next day on their way home. I have no idea why he crossed out the girl in the picture but he sure seems proud of himself!

Davis continues to just be delightful in every way. He was talking to Heidi on the phone and told her that he missed bringing his library book back because "I'M JUST NEVER PAYING ATTENTION! I gotta work on that!"

Evenings started to really cool off and we found ourselves outside after dinner most nights. Ben was always working- but the kids and I got some time outside. I just love our neighborhood! Lila spent like 30 solid minutes balancing on these rocks one night. Saying "focus! focus!" to herself to balance.