In August, we REALLY needed our friends and family, and they were amazing!
On the first Saturday in August, I had the opportunity to photograph a wedding from my friend Jenn Washburn's son, Mark. I taught Mark in Sunday School when he was in high school, and I also took his senior pictures, so it was so great being able to take his wedding photos. Brian and I got invited to his fairly exclusive reception dinner at the Joseph Smith Memorial Building in downtown Salt Lake City. We got to catch up with another one of my Sunday School kids, which was really fun.
Gabe's friend Logan's mom is good at setting up play dates, and I tried to be better, thanks to her example. I can't remember whose idea it was to go to the Dinosaur Island exhibit in the Thanksgiving Pointe Gardens, but the important thing is that we went and checked it out. We invited Bianca to come with Rachel. The only complaint is that it was really hot.
Partway through our walk, we had an opportunity to try watercoloring.
We saw T-Rex
and the Koi Pond.
As mentioned in a previous post, Taryn and her kids came to hang with us one Saturday. Next year, maybe we can get them to come on a day that ISN'T stormy. We still had fun though.
Papa took Danny and Michael fishing the day before 7th grade day. We dropped them off on Sunday night so Papa could take them first thing in the morning. As usual, they all caught a lot of fish and had a great time.
We went on a date with Dustin and Serene to Gardner Village. I had gone there a day or two before with Serene, and we found several furniture pieces that we thought would look good, and we needed to get Dustin's approval, so we made a date out of it. We ate at Archibald's while we were there.
We had our next door neighbors over for dinner, and Michael held baby Gabriella, so we had to get a picture. He's so cute with the littles.
We played Tee-K-O in the Jackbox party pack where everyone submits random drawings and then slogans, and another player puts them together to create a funny t-shirt. This combination popped up on my screen, and it made me laugh so hard, but it felt entirely inappropriate to actually create and throw it up on the screen, so naturally I'm putting it in the blog instead.
We love having these amazing people living right next door.
Our Cul-de-sac used to have a reputation for amazing parties and all around fun, but when the major instigators of such fun things left, Brian and I have tried to fill those shoes, but we've done a poor job of it. Our neighbor, Saroj, suggested having a block party, and I mentioned it to Amy, and we put together a party on August 27. We had a great turn-out. We ordered pizza, and people brought sides to share. We had a few games out for the kids, but mostly there was a lot of visiting and meeting of neighbors. Here's a picture to prove we did it. Dustin came with the kids and felt rather awkward, then there's Brian, some of our kids, Amy, Jon, and Me. We have great neighbors, and we feel really blessed to live where we live.
On Sunday, Brian took Rachel and Gabe to go see The Piano Guys perform with the Tabernacle Choir for Music and the Spoken Word. (Michael and I went to Church instead. It was one of two Sundays that we meet with the Young Women, and I didn't want to miss, especially when we'd missed so many days this summer.)
Kirt & Julie, and Lea and a couple of her kids came over after dinner, and we roasted marshmallows. They were there to provide love and support for Brian and I since it was the night before my heart ablation. Kirt and Julie were staying the night so they could get the kids to school in the morning.
Before bed, Papa gave Michael a little music lesson, which was really cool.
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