July-October

July:

Curt took the older kids to see their cousin get baptized at a lake house they were visiting with family...then they got to stay and play too.

 {dentist checkups}

 {neighborhood pool visits}

 {Curt got the kids some light sabers}

{Curt had a birthday}

August

 {water play in the back yard}

 {library visits}

 {still losing teeth}

 {school starting for the big kids}

 {we have old people habits...we were the only ones on time for the neighborhood adult pool party and then left before it got really rowdy}

 {Curt took the young men in the ward river rafting}

 {McKay had his first day of school, then greeted Evie getting home}

Curt and his brothers had a guys weekend. Their dad was going to be coming too, but had to stay home and prep in case a hurricane hit them (it was threatening).

September

 {painted some exterior trim}

 {changed some grout to a color I like better...the right hand side is the 'before', the left is the still drying 'after'}

Somewhere in this time frame my brother Lane came for work and stayed with us to visit. I can't believe I didn't take a single picture of that.

 {singing together for family home evening...being led by Evie with some interpretive dance arms}

 {Chick-fil-a driveway picnic with my buddy}

 {he's been so naughty and drawing on things he shouldn't}

 {spider web season}

 {Shauna came for a night and let us go for an ice cream date}

 {saw a turtle on a family walk}

 {everything is much dryer than usual...we were in a drought}

October

 {dishwasher emptying partners}

 {conference cinnamon rolls}

 {doing a trim project in the dining room}

 {hardware store run}

 {melt my heart, found them both reading in my room...they had been there for hours together}

 {Shauna came for the Time Out For Women conference}

 {preschool field trip}

 {side yard bonfire to burn off our pile}

 {Des' friend's birthday}

 {Edison eats pizza backwards}

 {Halloween prep}

 {mishmash dinner...cereal, pizza, hot dog}

{McKay had a birthday}

 {Halloween...the Greatest Showman, a pirate, a jedi, a knight}