August

So many girls!  We watch Brave and did masks.   

Christian requested going to Lagoon for one last time before his mission so we splurged, took a day off and went.  It was a perfect day!  The weather was nice, there was no one there and we had a great time together.

This year we took advantage of the $2 Tuesdays and went to Thanksgiving Point a couple times.  We did the butterfly biosphere and the gardens.  

Amber and Livi played a lot of tennis this summer.  Thank goodness for getting them out of the house!  Amber went on to win 4th in Regionals and Livi won first in Regionals.  They are getting good!

We scrounged up some change one night and went to Nickelcade before Alyssa went back to school.  The kids worked together to earn their prizes.  It was fun!

Probably the most exciting news of the month was Christian got his mission call!  He opened it on mom's birthday, we had a lot of people over to celebrate.  He's going to California Sacramento speaking Hmong.

My birthday present!  Lyssa bought us a fondue experience at Taste.  It was so yummy and thoughtful!

And then of course we went to do our yearly moonlight ride at Sundance.  He's such a romantic.

First day of school pics.  One kid at each school.  It's weird.  Livi'sin 8th grade at Dixon, Soran's in 6th grade at Lakeview and Amber's a junior at PHS.  They have to wear masks while they are at school, and the day is shortened.  They all started out going every other day, with Fridays off.  Soran and Livi are back Monday-Thursday, Amber has still been every other day.  But it's nice to be back on a schedule and seeing friends!