Football Season--Preseason Game #3

I promise this isn't turning into a football blog, but since it's so hard for me to go back and catch up I'm attempting to stay current.

Adam and Tess joined us for this game since they live near Brighton High School (Amy was out of town and Bella and Megan had other plans), but I didn't get a shot of them.

Friday September 4th was our last preseason game against Brighton. They have a gorgeous stadium and it was a beautiful, breezy evening with a tiny hint of Fall in the air.

Landon lost his spot on the Offensive Line and got moved to Nose Guard on Defense. He didn't know how much he'd get to play this game, but ended up playing quite a bit.

It's still a bit surreal for me to see him out there.

He amped up his intensity (as a result of losing his spot) and played harder than usual.

He held his own.

It was an exciting game, but sadly we lost by one point because of a missed extra point that hit the uprights.

Our Summer So Far

I had a very successful DI run to kick off, I love finding books for $1 or $1.50.

We've had mostly pleasant, window-open weather but the house has gotten up in the high 70's a couple times and we've had to turn on the air conditioning. I really prefer having the windows open, but I'm not a fan of sweating.

I started reading The Book of Mormon again and have a schedule that has me finishing on Christmas Eve.

Whitney and I have gone walking around the pond a couple times.

Adam invited me to lunch, which was delightful and emotionally draining (it's never small talk).

I got my first pedicure of the summer, woohoo!

I moved the bistro table and chairs to the front yard (since it was basically a bird pooping place in the back yard) and we have really liked it so far. Whitney actually got out of the house to draw while listening to The Book Thief.

It's official, Whitney is in full teen mode!

I read in the shade while Whitney baked in the sun...the shade is way better.

Lori and I saw "Fault In Our Stars" and thoroughly enjoyed it. I expected to sob more than I did so that was a relief.

Kale hired Landon to sand and paint the trip on the house. 

It's a big job and is currently on hold while he is on a Canoe trip in Oregon with the 16-17 year olds from church.

Randy and I helped Robyn move last weekend.

I am currently reading the 5th Flavia de Luce mystery, "well bust my buttons".

I have wanted to put a flag on the house for years, but knew we couldn't drill into the brick. I thought I'd figured out a way around it but it didn't work so we ended up hanging like this, which I love!

The Waffle Luv truck was down the street this week so Whitney and each got a Biscoff and Cream waffle (so good) and took it home to eat on our bistro table under the trees.

We let Junie have some whipped cream when we were done.

I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE these trees in our front yard.

Tuesday Tidbits--Lots of Them

I'm way behind on tidbits, so buckle up.

Every fall I plant daffodils and tulips in the hopes of having a glorious Spring display. This Spring started out pretty well with our daffodils and they made me so happy for a couple weeks (they are now shriveled and dead). 

We saw a lot of this lovely face.

Cathy and her family came to back from Saudia Arabia for a 3 weeks at the beginning of the month. She came over to visit on a Sunday afternoon and then we went walking several times during Spring Break.

Speaking of Spring Break, it was a little rough. My car was in the shop (where it still is!) with a dead transmission plus we didn't have plans or funds to go anywhere. I don't usually my hanging out at home, but it wasn't very pleasant since the kids were grumpy about it. Landon mowed the lawn and then spent some time soaking up the sun afterward.

Whitney had her Monster Dolls and their homes all over the place...no it didn't drive me crazy at all. I am constantly at odds with the lack of space we have in our house because I like it that we're cozy as a family but can't stand it when there's no where for stuff to go.

I gave my co-worker this cute glass dome filled with Cadbury Eggs for her birthday, I thought it was a very pleasing gift.

One day at work the orchestra teacher brought in a quartet of violinists to play for us during Flex Time. They played "You Raise Me Up" and miraculously the phones didn't ring and no one needed anything for those few beautiful minutes.

Lori and Whitney have been taking a cake decorating class at Michaels but had to miss one of the classes because of the school talent show and Lori's bookclub. Because of this Lori had Whitney come to her house one evening to work on the stuff they would be missing in class, this is what they made!

I found Landon napping in the middle of the floor (again)...I just don't understand it when cozy beds are so closeby.

Whitney and I updated our photo wall a bit by adding the S's and a few more frames.

I have fabulous, new visiting teachers who have spoiled me already with a flowering plant and chocolate-covered strawberries in addition to their thoughtful lessons and wise comments.

My blogging friend Ashley stopped by the junior to bring me Jim Gaffigan's book Dad is Fat to borrow. We had a fun visit (she came at a surprisingly calm time) and it was an unexpected surprise in my day...plus the book is very funny.

We are still plodding along a half chapter to a chapter at a time in our morning Book of Mormon reading. One morning last week was particularly rough and I captured it with my phone. I didn't even get mad because it was just so funny.

We started a new Secret Pal rotation at work last week and this is the first thing my pal gave me. I had actually seen this at Walmart the previous week and thought it was mighty cute. It's now in our kitchen window.

The lilacs are blooming! Saturday was super rainy and mellow which was oh so pleasing.

I spent much of the rainy afternoon finishing this book, which was delightful but ended with me sobbing.

Amie was going through her old stash of Christmas cards and texted me this photo of ours from 2006, ouch.

Michelle and family are in Paris for BYU's Spring Term and we spent some time texting back and forth and I had her take this selfie by the window. I love it that I've been there and can picture the apartment and city so well...it's painful not to be there though.

She's Instagramming from Paris which is both awesome and painful too.

So Adam ended up putting an Easter Eggs Hunt together for his neighborhood and jokingly said something to another guy about bringing a bunny suit, and crazily enough someone did! Adam in a pink bunny suit just makes me happy!

One of the teachers at school has a ton of tulips in her yard and has kindly brought some to me twice. It was amazing to watch these flowers open up like this because they were closed when she brought them to me.

My Secret Pal gave me these cards and this nice note!

It snowed on Monday! It was swirling and cold, but didn't accumulate. 

Today I needed ice cream for breakfast.

37?!

Lori turned 37 on September 8th! She still looks so young that it's hard to wrap my mind around her being that age.

She actually had to host her own party so Randy and Adam could install a peep hole and a storm door for her.

Apparently it's amazingly easy to install a peep hole...who knew?

Even though the Home Depot video I watched said the storm door was only a 2 out of 5 scale of difficulty it still took about 2.5 hours to do and Randy had to go back the next day to finalize the fit.

Lori requested super nachos for her party food and I must say this was a great choice. My mom made some fabulous shredded pork to go with them. I made quesadillas for those who wanted them, but had to wonder why I would decide to make something that involved me standing over a hot griddle for a long time. The simplicity of the task is opposite of the sweatiness of the task.

Andrew kept a low profile upstairs in Lori's room away from the crowd, but did surface for some pizza and ice cream.