September

September flew by---and dragged at the same time. It was boring; it was fun. It was lazy; it was crazy! But mostly, looking back now, the details are a little fuzzy. 

 Both kids took a turn being sick. Rachel started it, and Michael got sick while we were in Idaho for Labor Day. I have to say, Rachel is the most pathetic sick kid around

 We had a Regional Broadcast for church one Sunday, which meant we got to go watch it at the building in our neighborhood--within walking distance of our house--and not at the building 10 minutes away that we normally meet at. It was a welcome luxury. (Technically, I think we were supposed to meet at a different building, since this one isn't in our stake, but we didn't. It was just too nice going back to our old meetinghouse.)

 We fed Rachel's sweet addiction--probably a little too much:

 The kids started swimming lessons (more on this later). It was a bit of a love/hate relationship for them. They both love the water, but lessons were a little exhausting.

 We carried on our tradition of a dinner date when Brian has his release night. Here we are at Kneaders:

 And of course, it wouldn't be a month at our house without some projects. I made this cool apron for my neighbor Sam's birthday. You can't tell from the picture, but the black and white fabric says "Sam I am" all over it. I saw it months ago and had to get it for her. I washed it and it was sitting in my laundry room forever waiting for me to think of something to do with it. Her birthday gave me a deadline and a push and this is what I came up with:

 And Brian made some shelves for our furnace room. Now we just need shelves in our cold storage and we're all set for storage room shelves! Yay!