August brought us beauty and relaxation, in addition to everything else we've already mentioned. We had some really awesome lightning storms, which these pictures couldn't even come close to capturing.
We saw deer around the neighborhood.
Rachel danced in the Highland Days Parade. She did a one-handed cartwheel multiple times; we didn't even know that she could do that!
Brian and the kids, along with Kirt and Julie, attended the Highland Games after the parade, but I had to go shoot that wedding, so I missed that this year.
Michael's football season went into full swing, and we loved going to the Maroon and Gold Games at the high school. They made a big deal out of each team, and we watched a short game of the two B teams playing together. We felt so much a part of the community, and it was really fun.
Gabe was happy in August, but he was also sad. Usually multiple times with each emotion each hour.
We grilled for the first time all summer something that wasn't hot dogs. We discovered how good grilling corn on the cob was too.
I participated in a chalk war with the Young Women, but I was a little late to the party and only got a little chalked up.
Brian and I decided that after putting it off for three years, it was time to tackle all the kids school work. It took FOREVER, but we finally trimmed all their amazing work down to just a few items, took pictures of others, and recycled most of it. Our kitchen table was completely overrun by school papers from the last three years for at least a week. This is actually after we were 95% finished. We now have a system and rough standards list for future years.
We roasted marshmallows and had s'mores.
Rachel continued to work on doing her own hair.
I helped my young women made candy grams for one of their classmates that had Covid, and a new classmate that had just moved in. (Note to self: DO NOT take Michael with 5 girls to a store).
We went to Michael's football games.
We tried out raincoats.
This pink one didn't make the cut.
We moved Fil the Fish up to Michael's room. Someday, when Rachel can keep her room clean, Fil will live in there.
Michael tries to teach Rachel all she needs to know for when that day arrives.
Gabe was as sweet as ever (and maybe also as sour as ever. What would we do without this kid?)
I went through Gabe's room while he was at school and took out a good chunk of toys to donate. Gabe doesn't really play with toys. I had a friend that said that about her kids, and I didn't really understand until I had Gabe. It was a sad day. We said goodbye to these awesome toys. (We did keep one Rex since he had two). It was painful, but he hasn't noticed.
We went to more football games.
Gabe ran into the stairs pole. It was sad.
Michael cleaned up the craft room so that Nana and Papa could sleep in there.
And we soon found ourselves saying, "Where did August go?"
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