August

I love this time of year! I love how the weather is cooling down and things start to calm down briefly before all the holiday chaos happens. After our trip to Colorado, we had a week before school started. Cameron was so excited for school to start, but Kimball just wanted to keep swimming every day. School came before we knew it!

Kimball is in 3rd grade. At his school, they have homeroom teachers, math teachers and English teachers. Each day Kimball comes off the bus reading a different book, and he loves the "I Survived" series. Cameron's in 1st grade and his school is doing a super hero theme...a little boy's biggest dreams come true!

First day of school- 1st and 3rd grade!

We went to the park one night and rode the carousel and train...

and then played at the park for a while (while I took pictures)...

We're finally getting some tomatoes and are hoping to get enough for at least one batch of salsa. After all the rain this past spring, nothing grew for the longest time because all the seeds washed away.

Cam with a caterpillar from the garden

We have lots of adventures walking to the bus stop each morning...but we've only missed the bus once so far!

Cameron has made his own version of Pokemon called Poka and spends much of his time drawing his creatures.

"Focus"

I miss the lazy days of summer, but it is nice to have a routine again. Kimball loves to read before bed.

Lily is probably bored each day without her brothers home to entertain her. In August, she got two molars on top. She learned how to climb on the couch, point to what she wanted, went through a screaming phase, started signing "please", pointed to her nose & mouth, folded her arms for prayers, and finally learned how to climb down off of kitchen chairs (though she still usually just sits there screaming for us to come get her down). She loves to take care of her baby doll and pat it's back.

Dale is busy with work, and especially busy now that seminary started. Supposedly he only has one more year of teaching seminary, and this year it's Old Testament. I (Judy) started teaching violin lessons to two kids in our ward. It's interesting working around everyone's schedule and having three kids home, but I'm enjoying it and loving the chance to give kids the opportunity to learn string instruments since there's no orchestra here.