Random Pictures

Lynnlee did online PE through the summer so she wouldn't have to do it during the school year. She needed to do the Pacer test. Thank goodness I have church keys. We went to the gym and everyone did the Pacer with her. 

Chewie is the best snuggle buddy.

Tag taking a break with his team at practice.

Launching vinegar and baking soda rockets. Lynnlee babysat the Leland boys and it was fun launching rockets with them.

Twins losing the same tooth on the same night.

Sunrise from the Murdock Trail.

Kade keeping Chewie contained when someone was dropping stuff off at my house.

More random pictures...

I needed a picture for my badge. I took this after church.

I worked at a company in Salt Lake and this mannequin was in the room we were screening in. I kept seeing it out of the corner of my eye and jumping. 

Tag saw a classmate with this kind of blender at school lunch. She made a smoothie right there in the lunch room and blended it together. Tag has a lot of money saved up so he bought one and did the same thing that week. 

Timpanogos Invite XC

James had a great race at the Timpanogos Invite. It was at Lakeside Park in Vineyard. His time was 16:48 which was 5:25 min/mile. He was 15th out of all boys varsity. He took 2nd for Lehi Varsity. Lehi ended up taking 2nd place!

Kade's Week

Kade had a fun week! He had a soccer team party one night at his teammate's pool. 

The next morning his quorum did baptisms for the dead.

August Birthdays

We celebrated August birthdays on a Saturday night. There was too much going on to have it on a Sunday. Kade had a soccer game in Heber earlier in the day so it was perfect to have August birthdays that night.

We played Vorball after dinner with the cousins. It was a lot of fun! It's a game they all made up a few years ago and we still love the game. 

Summer of Splash Summit

It took a little bit before we could go to Splash Summit for the first time for the summer. Tag's pink eyes healed and we got to go. Finally!

 Here are some pictures of going a few times. We tried going once a week through June.

We made it a few times in July. We love the picnic area!

Rain was in the forecast the last Saturday we could go to Splash Summit. Marshall and the older kids were at ward youth conference all day so the minis and I decided to risk Splash Summit. We had great weather for about 2 hours. Then a thunder storm came through.

We ate our lunch in the truck and waited it out. 

We enjoyed about one more hour before the next storm came in. Then we went home. 

Lynnlee and her friends went on a Friday after school. The weather had a chance of rain but it ended up being perfect. I took them pizza half way through for dinner. I'm so glad there is a Little Caesars so close. They seemed to have a great time and I'm grateful for the tickets from the drawing that made it possible. Lynnlee won ten tickets at the UVHBA summer barbecue!

RAC XC Invitational

James missed the first XC meet, Cottonwood Invitational because he was in San Diego. He got to race in the second meet of the season at the Regional Athletic Complex in Rose Park. It was the RAC Invitational.

The starting gate is crazy with so many schools and so many boys. It was the junior and senior race.

He stayed in the top 20 the whole race.

He did great and got a PR. He finished 12th with a time of 16:47.

First Day of School

 It was the first day of school on Thursday, August 15th!

James: 11th grade at Lehi High

Lynnlee: 9th grade at Willowcreek Middle School

Kade: 7th grade at Willowcreek Middle School

Taggart: 5th grade at Dry Creek Elementary in Mrs. Burgoyne's class.

Sienna: 5th grade at Dry Creek Elementary in Mrs. Burgoyne's class

Jameson's 13th Birthday!!!

The day arrived! It was long anticipated. James didn't want to wish the summer away but he wanted to be 16 so bad! Cross country practice was in the mornings through the summer. Then the week of his birthday it changed to afternoons. That was perfect because it freed him up to go to the DLD first thing in the morning. I scheduled the earliest appointment I could. 

When he first got his permit he drove an old white Toyota Tundra from Lowry Doors. It was quite the truck. I'm pretty sure I posted it on the blog earlier in the year. It was missing the front bumper. The back tail gate was rust color until James and Marshall spray painted it black. Anyways, that truck ended up getting sold to a Lowry Door's employee. The Toyota Tundra he will be driving is blue even though in the picture it looks gray. It has both bumpers, not as much rust, and more roomy inside. He drove me down to the DLD.

I took all of the required documentation but ended up not needing it because I took it all when he got his permit. I'm guessing that it why I didn't have to show any of it this time. The whole process was very fast. We were in and out in less than 15 minutes.

We woke everyone up when we got home and had crepes, scrambled eggs, bacon and juice. His trip to San Diego was his birthday present but he also got some things for his truck.

His siblings were really cute and each gave him a gift. Lynnlee croquet a narwhal. Kade got him fun socks, Tag gave him money and Sienna is getting him something still.

Sienna insisted he wear her birthday tiara and sash. 

James gave his siblings coupons to take them to McDonalds once he could drive them. At lunch time he took Lynnlee, Kade and Sienna. Tag was at a soccer team lunch so he will have to go another time. 

They went to McDonalds and had lunch. Then they went to a few other places so James could cash in on free birthday treats. He shared every treat with his siblings...Crumbl, ice cream, etc.

James wanted lasagna, salad and garlic bread for dinner and homemade oreo cookies for dessert. Random side note, a crazy storm rolled in right when we were about to sit down for dinner. We were all staring out the windows in awe of the large hail, amount of moisture, high wind speeds, and noise. We had some water come in through the west wall of the court but not too bad. We heard of a lot of neighbors with flooding problems. 

Anyways, we had dinner and sang to James.

Later that night James and Kade both had their birthday movie. It was too busy around Kade's birthday for him to have his birthday movie. Lynnlee got to go too. They saw Twisters. They said it was really good!

James has grown a couple of inches since his last birthday, he is thriving in school with straight As. He's enjoying running and soccer. He has a good group of friends that he has fun with in his free time. He is kind and nice to his siblings most of the time. He definitely teases them here and there but what oldest brother doesn't. He's thoughtful and aware of others and he's friendly. He loves going to the temple and goes at least every month. For the first few months of the year he went every week.