September 2018

The first saturday in September is Lotoja

We were the support crew this year

it was there 15th official finish

and hopefully there last....

Not that it isn't fun

they are just getting too old for this stuff

it stresses me out

We met Brennen at the cabin and went to Bear Lake friday afternoon

it was cold

but the water in the shallows was warm

Saturday morning was a little cloudy and rainy

but they started the race

Got a flat in smithfield that slowed them down

but still met us just before Afton in good time

We stopped at the river and had a great time throwing rocks (aka boulders) in the river 

Learning to skip rocks

We barely made it to the finish in time to see them cross, they made up some good time
it was a good day, a long day but a good day

The kids fell asleep on my bed one night while I was folding laundry

I came in and if you look close Collins has her little hand tucked under Foster's arm

No room for Mom

when dad hunts they beg to sleep with me

Foster and Hazen love to play hunting and always dress the part

I took the kids to the park

They played and played until someone else showed up

then they parked there butts in the sand and stared at the other kids while they were playing

They claimed they were playing in the sand but that was hardly the case

For some reason they love to stare

Grandma Julie decked the kids out in new church clothes

Another crazy night of sleep

We hit up the Homecoming parade

and thanks to Katelin

and all the other high school kids that know Brennen 

We were overwhelmed with treats

Our thursday preschool gang

Grandpa is in trouble

He signed up for the Bear 100 and didn't tell any of us

I had a patient that knew he got in tell me a week before the actual race

so he got in trouble

he was going to do it without telling us

Not a chance in heck I was going to let him do it alone the last half

so we figured it out and had enough people to pace him

He did great

It was a long 28 hours of worry

I told Collins to give a high five to grandpa

she went right in for the hug

Trying to get a good pic of these too went well obviously 

I got a good face 

of maybe a little bit of how he really felt

this was halfway

He did It

The best part about the whole thing was the beauty of fall

it was a perfect day

Collins and I one of the many nights waiting for Foster to get in his skate park ride

we tried to get him in the background

it was tricky

but that is him 

Uncle Brandt had a birthday, of course he had lots of help opening his presents

Brennen went hunting with Rob in Wyoming and of course they came out with something

Our summer project complete, lights and all, it turned out great it mostly gets a lot of scootering but a little shooting happens as well

Brennen helped with corn a couple nights

Where Brennen spent most of his time in September on some peak somewhere looking for a big deer

September flew by, lots of nights with out Dad because of this hunting thing he loves, but we tried to have some fun without him