School started and life got BUSY. This month seemed to fly by and it feels like there is always something either with school, track, young women's, and just life. It has been so good though and the girls are thriving at school and it is always nice to get back into a routine.
The evenings for the most part have still been pretty nice so we still enjoy playing outside in the yard which means riding bikes with friends, afternoon strolls through the neighborhood, and of course fun in the yard which usually is gymnastics, playing with some sort of ball, or bubbles.
We went to the annual Labor Day Parade in Black Diamond with lots of cousins again which is always fun. McCall was so cute waving to everyone and waving her little flag she got.
I spent one day getting all my canning done- peaches, pears, and pear jam! It's so nice to have the cupboards stocked again.
I know most people deep clean in the spring but for some reason this month I have been on a deep cleaning and get rid of mode. A project that has been on our list for awhile was to take our big area rug into the garage and carpet clean it which let us move the couch and it was like a search and find under it. It felt so good to get it all clean!
The girls got free tickets to a Seattle Storm basketball game by completing the summer reading program through our local library. We took public transportation to get there which the girls loved and thought was so fun, got some Dick's for dinner, and then enjoyed the game from the very top of the stadium. The city and Space Needle were so pretty in the evening. It was such a fun outing!
We had fun with Nona and Pops and had a birthday party for President Nelson to celebrate him turning 100. The girls loved putting 100 candles on the cake and everyone helped blow them out.
One week we had some rock painting fun with the young women and we had them do one gnome inspired rock and then we hid them the following Saturday at the gnome trail in Maple Valley.
We have enjoyed our garden this month! Jalapeno poppers for game day, homemade salsa, stuffed peppers, fresh strawberries are always a must, roasted red potatoes and so much more.
Sometimes I take it for granted but I love being so close to this amazing park. It's a favorite place to go and walk and I really enjoy going there with McCall during the school day since there is hardly anyone there.
Baylor lost her first tooth! It's been loose for awhile but she won't let anyone touch it and then one Saturday morning, it just fell out when she was watching TV. She was so excited and even more excited about the tooth fairy!
Nate has been on a selling kick and getting everything listed he has bought in the summer.
Paige started track. For this first meet, she did long jump. Her best last year was 10 feet and she jumped 10 feet 8 inches at this meet!
It's always a bonus when Paige and Brett compete against each other so we can watch both of them.
It is so fun to watch Paige interact and cheer for her teammates.
Then this past week was her second track meet and it was a hot one. The track at this school has a small grassy hill to sit on to watch and Baylor and McCall kept entertaining rolling down the hill over and over again.
She had a disappointing day for long jump but it wasn't her fault. I could tell her legs hurt (she has been dealing with shin splints) and her run wasn't her best but the person running the long jump was scratching a lot of people. Paige ended up scratching all four attempts and was devastated and she said she knew that she didn't scratch at least one of them. She watched some other people go and found out that if somone fell after they jumped either forward or backward (didn't stay on their feet) then the person would scratch them which is incorrect, but it was a learning experience for Paige and her teammates were great at cheering her on and comforting her.
She tried the 200 long hurdles for the first time and did amazing. I knew she was nervous and I was super nervous for her. She got 2nd in her heat and really enjoyed it.
Her friend Emily was super excited for her along with other teammates which was sweet to see.
Then we ended this month with a fun watermelon carving activity.
Now onto October and the fun holiday season of the year.
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