August 2022

Clayton busted out his old Nintendo and we were still pretty good at it!

Always fun to reconnect in person with everyone!

Classy garbage bag jacket designed by Spencaroni the San Francisco Treat TM

More writing on self. It's the age!

Also, the age of selfies. But she is just so lovely!

We had this grill on our back patio and I thought we need to get rid of that, I bet we could sell it! And yep, we did! Next to it, was a wolf's mouth bottle opener. A house with character is the best house!

River and William working together. River loves to come over and work hard and get sweaty and talk all about it. He is pretty hilarious!

Blake and Spencer were on a hiking trip with the boys from church and we got some beautiful pictures!

William and I made it to Roaring Springs and there was a concert there that night, so we stayed and listened. He is great fun!

Proud of these baby shallots!

Culvers date!

Got some cotton candy at Kuna Days!

Floated the Boise River for Chris's birthday! It was a great group.

Mary Ellen always insisting on a group picture!

High Adventure! This one was crazy! Lots and lots of hiking, 22 miles and even an adventure on the Devils' Staircase where lots of people almost tumbled down. They had a great time and were exhausted after! They worked so hard together. I love that Blake can go.

I took the kids to Oxford to visit my parents. They are always fascinated by the trailer and the dog!

Star Realms in action!

We always get to go on four wheeler rides. It's been fun to have the kids old enough to drive us too.

In his happy place

Winston is a huge attraction.

We usually help Grandpa with some projects. Happily, we already know how to use the outside tools!

Spencer drove Grandpa and Winston home. Blake and Hailey couldn't come this time!

William and I shared the couch and Spencer happily slept on the floor! No allergy attacks as long as we gave him a ton of allergy medicine!

Winston likes Spencer.

Back to Napoleon Dynamites house!

I love these people!!

There was a hole in the knee of Spencer's pjs, so Hailey started ripping it bigger until the leg came off. Soo, Spencer made them equal. They are now known as "pirate pants".

Spencer had a job weeding this side of a house. He got Christian and they worked hard and got it done!

Always legos

I practiced making cheesecake a few times because I was making the cake for Dalton's wedding gift. Everyone loved being the taste testers!

Caught fish with Christian and Spencer.

Christian stayed at our house while his parents were out of town. He and Brooke had a fun long conversation on the patio. Good times!

Had a movie night at our house. Good turn out!

Took Spencer to 9th grade back to school day. We had lots of time together in the 90 minute line! We found his classes and got lost a few times but we did it! He is feeling pretty good about it!

Weeding. I recently was told the kids would put old weeds into the buckets just to fill them up, those stinkers!

Olivia came over to help decorate for Brooke's birthay party!

Brooke wanted to make pizza and hang out, so that is what happened! There was a bit of drama this time, so learned a lesson about not inviting everyone to everything! But it was still a good time with lots of new friends.

No idea

We went to the Parade of Homes. Always a good time to imagine living in the houses! Or at least get an idea of how to decorate!

Hailey holding a "baby". Not yet!

Everyone fell asleep on the way to the ward campout. Even in the same direction, funny!

Stopped at a good will and found some ridiculous items.

Hailey and Gideon rescued a squirrel from drowning. So proud, ha!

Such good friends, these girls!

We camped at a boy scout camp. We had dinner, dutch oven, stayed up late playing games and just had a good time.

Blake gave a little devotional and did a good job.

We stopped at a little town on the way back. There was a farmers market and some fun shops. Then we were exhausted so we went home!

Painting bathroom time!

Happy birthday gifts!! And First day of school 7th grade! She's excited!

First day of 9th grade! How has he gotten so old!

First day of 5th grade in a new school! A little nervous but he's excited!

Hailey didn't have school yet so we went to get lunch!

Spencer made this art at mutual. Damon Demars used to make them to sell during college, so he taught the boys. He had a good time and is quite an artist.

Always bringing joy!

German pancake for birthday breakfast! Can't believe she is 13 already, another teenager! She is such a driven girl with so much personality! She has always been that way! She has a delightful laugh and is pretty dang smart too!

William riding the bus to school with new friends!

We went shopping for Brooke's actual birthday. We got her out of school at lunch and went to Chick Fil A and Hobby Lobby. Brooke is a masterful shopper! She can look at every item for a long time! She is just so excited about life and doing things. A good reminder for me!

Then time for shoe shopping!

Love my time with these girls. Grateful that they get along and want to spend time together, most of the time! Brooke is so friendly and makes friends wherever she goes. She is artistic and athletic and good at organizing!

So so happy about the shoes!

Chick Fil A for dinner! Always a winner!

We went to Lovejoys for ice cream and present opening. Olivia came along and Hailey was working so that was fun too! Brooke is so good at finding fun things to do and she loves ice cream!