Kade went to his friend's birthday party. He had a fun time playing at their pool at their country club! Some of these boys are on his soccer team and he's become good friends with them.
A few weeks later, Damon invited Kade to go to his cabin in Woodland. Kade got spoiled all weekend!
Tag's tooth was growing sideways. He had oral surgery and a bracket was placed on the tooth and a chain attached. The chain was then attached to a bracket on a different tooth and a rubber band is helping pull the tooth in the correct location and direction.
James raced in the Timpanogos Invitational. In the past years they've raced in the after school race. This year he raced in the morning race. That made it so nice for holiday weekend! He didn't do as well this race. His time was 16:04. He was 15th so it was still really good but he wasn't as happy with his race. I tried to point out all of the good things. He was still 2nd on his team, he was fast than most of the other racers there, and he is still very fast even if it wasn't the time he wanted.
James decided he didn't want to play club soccer and instead form a AA team and just have a chill season. So he formed a team. Marshall agreed to be the coach or responsible adult. They named their team Akatsuki and designed their jerseys. They had their first game and won!
We celebrated August Birthdays with my family. We had meatball subs. Mmmm! Dessert was ninja turtle cake. Double Mmmm! It was good eating! It was fun seeing everyone. It's always not enough time. I can't wait until we have early church and can have longer time with family on Sundays.
I had two weeks off in between summer and fall semesters. I packed my weeks full of projects, cleaning, and errands. I started off with extending the sidewalk to the street with pavers. I've always wanted the sidewalk to extend. It is a lot of money for a tiny piece of cement. Pavers were in the budget.
Since it is James's senior year, each race gets it's own post. He is one speedy guy! His first race was in Spanish Fork. UIAAA Invitational is the name of the race. It was held at the Spanish Fork Complex. We had soccer games so Grandpa and Grandma Lowry went to the race. Unfortunately they didn't get any pictures. James had a great race! James took 8th place in the boys varsity 5k. The top ten got a medal so he got a medal! His time was 15:49.
While Marshall, James and friends were camping, Sienna had a cousin sleepover. London and Scarlet joined us for a fun night and morning. They had fun playing dress up and pretend.
The first day of school and James's birthday happened on the same day this year. This is a first. School used to start the third week of August but it keeps getting earlier and earlier. The next post will be about James's birthday.
We were so lucky to get to use Aunt Kathy's extra tickets to the Utah Symphony at Deer Valley! It even included a VIP dinner. Mmmm! We got there around 6:00 and ate dinner in the lodge. The food was so yummy and there were plenty of gluten free items so I filled up and felt good. We went out to our seats around 7:20. We were on the third row right in the center. It was so awesome! It felt so intimate. The band who performed with the symphony was a Journey Tribute band so they performed songs by Journey. It was perfect because I went to a Journey concert in high school and I own lots of Journey CDs. I loved all of the music! They waited to play Don't Stop Believing until the 2nd encore!
We took my Dad's boat out at Jordanelle. A cold front came in so it was a little chilly and very windy. We made the most out of it though and had fun cruising around the lake. Some of the kids enjoyed riding on the tube. Betsy joined us and that was really fun having her hang out with us!
Our stake combined with 11 other stakes for the youth music festival. It was a really nice night of live performances of all of the songs on the 2025 youth album. I was at a cross country meeting but made if for the last few songs. The youth who performed did a very good job!
Thanksgiving Point had a week where Lehi residents could get in for $5 each. I took Kade, Tag, and Sienna and they each invited a friend. I had a lot of homework that week so I dropped them off, did some homework at home, and then went back. When I went back I took them lunch. They came out to a grassy area and ate. Then they went back in and played. They were there for about 5 hours total!
Lowry Door celebrated their 75th anniversary! That is quite the accomplishment! Marshall and his staff had a fun afternoon planned. Orem City had a representative there and they had a ribbon cutting.
Arctic Circle was also celebrating their 75th so they donated 75 shakes for the festivities. They also had sandwiches and chips, activities for the kids, and shirts and hats.
Aunt Kathy hosted a pool party and invited the extended Jarvis family. It was so fun to see distant cousins and catch up with close cousins!
