Kade at Damon's

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!

Swiss Days

Swiss Days weekend is looking different every year now as everyone gets older. It was a crazy busy weekend. James guest played with an Avalanche team in the Mayor's Cup. It was held at the Regional Athletic Complex in North Salt Lake. He had a game Friday afternoon after racing that morning. His team won! Then Marshall and James came to Midway for Swiss Days. I took everyone else to Swiss Days after they got home from school. London spent the weekend with us because her family was in Nashville. It rained on the drive to Midway so when we got to Midway everything was very wet. It rained so much that the ground was muddy at Swiss Days. It was so crazy! It's rained at Swiss Days in previous years but it didn't lead to mud. This was just crazy! We all had our new school shoes on and they are white. I walked so carefully the whole time and kept the white part of my shoes clean. I cleaned everyone's muddy shoes at the end of the night.

We walked around for a little while and then watched Ivy's performance. It was so fun to see her and she did a great job!

Chewie came with us and I was so grateful to Beckie's family for watching him while we walked around the booths Friday night. Everyone had fun walking around and shopping. Sienna and London shopped until around 7 or 7:30. Tag and Kade did speed shopping. Lynnlee shopped a little on her own and a little with Betsy, Grandma, and me. 

Saturday mornin we decided not to run the 10k. Tag was injured, Kade doesn't like running, Marshall was injured, my hamstring was still causing problems, and James's coach didn't want him running another race with all he already had going on that weekend. James still needed to run some and I still wanted to run but we didn't want to go race pace. James and I went running on the Deer Creek trail. I got to watch the sunrise. It was a beautiful morning and a great start to the day.

The parade was the most crowded it has ever been. It was fun but not as fun as previous years because of the crowds. Marshall pulled the M&M band float. Lynnlee and Kade went with and enjoyed being in the parade. The rest of us watched. 

Jenny and Jordan joined us as well as Diego, Marshall's employee and his wife. I could only watch half the parade because James had a soccer game. He and I left around 10:45 to his game. After the parade, everyone shopped a little more, Lynnlee helped in the scone booth, and then they headed home by 4:00. It was a very quick Swiss Days weekend!

Tag's Surgery: Button and Chain

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.

He handled it like a champ! He was happy that they put him asleep before putting in the IV. He woke up happy and quiet. No silly video to laugh at. I'm glad he was calm and a good patient. His recovery was uncomfortable for about 4 days and then it got better. He didn't need pain medicine after that.

James XC: Timpanogos Invitational

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's Team: Akatsuki

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! 

It is going to be a fun season!

Rose First Day of School and Lab

My first day of school was also my first day of lab. I wanted my picture taken on the porch. Can you believe I've been in graduate school for 1 year!

I carpooled with Tressa and Jackie to lab. It was so nice going with them! It's going to be a great semester.

August Birthdays

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.

It is so crazy how grown up these three are!

Rose's Two Week Break: Pavers and Blankets and Queen of Hearts

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.

Next I finished everyone's high school blankets. When Joanns went out of business I bought fabric for everyone. They still have to wait until they are in 9th grade. The blankets are finished and ready for them.

After that I made a Queen of Hearts costume for Sienna. She went to a mystery party for her friend's birthday party. Ava used to live by us and now lives about ten minutes in north Lehi. Sienna enjoys playing with her still and eventually they will go to middle school together. Sienna said the party was fun but also tricky because she only knew Ava. The rest of the girls are in Ava's class or neighborhood. Sienna felt left out but tried to make the most of it.

I deep cleaned my house including the fridge, art room, lockers, and my room. It was a very exhausting but productive two weeks!