Last Hurrahs of Summer

Cleaning up the counter after lunch one day, I was matching the lids to the tupperware of all the different taco toppings.  One tupperware still had the lid on so I looked inside.  Yup, right in the middle of all our lunch was this little tupperware of treasures.

Sariah and I and the YW picked raspberries for Sister Ellsworth on Wednesday night.  Very pleasant evening and good to visit with people again!

Rex at sunset, pretty awesome!

Boys on a summer night.  

Pretty picturesque to walk home in the moonlight to the sound of crickets with shirtless boys in flip-flops.  They don't know how good they have it.

Hyrum designed his own shirt.

They were trying to find a treasure they had left behind several weeks earlier when James had taken them to the beach.

Friday morning we hiked Badger.  The last Friday morning before school starts.

Sariah had to make sure we knew she was there.  We are loving seeing her big smile!  Had her first adjustment this week on her braces.

Rex worked up quite the appetite.

Friday afternoon they found some clay and made some pretty great marbles.

Saturday, Bryant got to go to Silverwood with Nick and Payson.  It was painful to part with his $57 after a hot week of work for Jeff Middleton, but he had a great time.

Sariah got to go to Hanna's house for her their weekend party in a row.

 

River Week

Sariah made donuts last Sunday night.  We took them to Spechts and they disappeared very quickly.

Monday we went to Hood Park to cool down in the Snake River.

We were there to hang our with a few of the families of the the other Tri-City seminary teachers.

Rex was dealing with some ear pain from swimmer's ear so he settled down with Harry Potter.

Hyrum and Lyle took to the water and didn't come out.

Sariah couldn't leave fast enough.  She is NOT a fan of bugs.

Wednesday evening the YW walked down to our Columbia River Beach.  It was such a pleasant night.  Sariah and Heidi were the only ones to go all the under the water.

The boys are getting really brave, too brave, and the Gibbons' pool.

They can do all kinds of body contortions in the air.

Bryant did two days of loading hay with Jeff Middleton this week.  This picture is a very hot, sweaty, and green (and not very happy), hard-working Bryant.

Loved this screenshot of James talking to Talmage.

Friday night, Sariah had some friends over for pizza, the river, and smores.

                                                     Another gorgeous night at the beach.

With a crescent moon.  

It was the perfect temperature.  The crickets were singing and the girls were chattering.  I loved it.

Helping Grandpa take care of some weeds after he got back from Missouri.

Rex's first time driving a tractor.

Lyle, "How do I make this thing go faster?"

Sariah has been dog-sitting for Luke and Ali Strong.  "Rowdie," despite going ahead of time to meet him and walk with him, didn't want anything to do with her.  The second day, she got this close.

And today, Rowdie went for a walk with her.  Who can resist Sariah?!

Spent many hours in the bonus room this week.  I can say I don't care if I ever have to do insulation again.  James spent over 17 hours yesterday finishing up the electrical and framing.  Going to try to tackle the plumbing with Phil this week.

 

Remodel and Swimming

This week we worked on the bonus room in the mornings and went swimming at Gibbon's pool in the afternoons.  We took down plastic and insulation so that James could do the electrical yesterday, Saturday.

This is Rex's letter to Talmage last week.  Talmage likes the boys' hand-written letters.

Sariah got a selfie-stick at Vard's trinket giveaway at Spechts on Sunday night.

On the way to Connell, Sariah and I got a kick out of this reader board.

While digging potatoes, Rex found this little friend.

Sariah and the YW left beautiful chalk art pictures and scriptures on the sidewalks around the neighborhood on Wednesday night.

HOT get-up!

Lyle helping get a classroom ready.

On Columbia River Road, Hyrum and I passed this field of onions.  We were on our way to get our first books from the library since COVID started!!

There were flood lights set up for night harvesting.  Pretty impressive sight!

10:30 on a Saturday night, what else would we be doing right?  James and I seriously sweat it out yesterday.  It was 100 degrees outside and we were dripping inside.  But, we finally made some headway!