August

 

On August 1st, the big boys finally got to cash in on their big birthday gift- HAMILTON! We made a whole night of it, starting out with some back to school shopping, then dinner at Gourmandise (their favorite restaurant) and then finally on to the show. It was incredible and we all loved it!

Right before school started we had another epic trip to Bear Lake with the Smith family. We had everyone there except Nate and Halie and we had so much fun! We did a lot of four-wheeling, playing at the beach, pickleball, playing games, doing crafts and just enjoying being together so much!

Katie ran a yoga session and I was impressed how long it kept the kids attention. Lila especially hung on her every word and executed every pose with care- even following her instructions for breathing!

The girls played in their imaginary land a lot! While Davis took every chance possible to get out on the pickleball court. I found him and Nora out there playing at 7 am one day!

I took the kids out every night to shuck the corn. And twice in a row a big rainstorm started right as we got out there! It was such a funny memory to have multiple nights of doing the corn in the rain!

My dad rented a boat for a morning and we had so much fun! Hudson and Davis could not get enough of the tube- Hudson was a little maniacal on it! Nora loved it too. The younger three girls were all okay on the boat when Papa went really slow, and poor Chase had a migraine all day and missed it altogether. Everyone else had a blast though!

This was the perfect sendoff to summer. We came home just two days before school started with lots of happy memories!