September has arrived!

Last week began the second week of school.  The kids got a little busier but so far so good.  Rachel started swim conditioning. The only problem is that her swim coach is now coaching Alta and Corner Canyon so all the practices are either at Alta or Dimple Dell (which is right next to Alta) so we are picking her up at school and driving her.  Ugh! Spencer continues with football which keeps him extremely busy with practices 3-5 times a week.  Caitlin and Courtney are taking gymnastics as well.  Add to that piano lessons, activity days, cub scouts and young women and you can see we're always on the go. 

I took this gorgeous shot while the boys were running around the trampoline and having a great time.  They have been busy getting into all kinds of trouble. The most amusing thing they did was climb on the kitchen counter and chuck apples around the kitchen like they were baseballs.  They are so adorable right now despite their busyness.

Little monkeys climbing on top of the patio table and proud of it!

Yes, he's inside the piano.  At the same time, Jake was climbing on the outside of the stairs.  Danger lurks in the most unexpected places.

Thursday, one of my best friends, Tammy Vallem came and spent the day with me.  She has now moved to Provo.  It was so wonderful to catch up.  I am so glad to have her near me again.  

Friday night, Paul and I drove up to Snowbird Ski Resort for dinner.  It was a great date even though we had a dust storm and rain so we couldn't see much of the beautiful views.

This weekend, my family organized a garage sale for Grandma Black.  She has moved into an assisted living facility and we needed to clear out her house so I spent Friday afternoon and much of Saturday helping with that.  Even though we sold TONS of stuff, there's still more but we're donating it to DI.  During the garage sale, three of my dear friends from Pennsylvania appeared unexpectedly! BJ (the mom) has moved to Utah and only lives a couple blocks away from Grandma's house.

Arianne, her baby, BJ, me and Aubree Weeks

Spencer had a football game but they got creamed so Paul took him and two of his football buddies to Classic for laser tagging.  They had a great time and they soon forgot their frustrations about the game.

On Saturday evening, Paul's brother, Greg, his wife, Laurel and their son, Aadien, came over to watch BYU stomp #15 Texas 40-21.  It was an awesome game!

Rachel went to her friend, Brayden's sweet sixteen party.  I can't believe Rachel is almost sixteen.  When she got asked to homecoming (she isn't going because she's not 16), it made me realize she really will be dating soon.  It kind of freaked me out a bit.  Oh well, children have to grow up even though we'd love to keep them small.  

Sunday, we went to my cousin, Karen Gottfredson Cox's son, Calvin's mission farewell and open house.  It was great to visit with their family.

1, 2, 3. . . whee!  Just missing Caitlin who was already in the car when I snapped this pic.  

Sunday night, we ate a delicious dinner at my parents' home. All in all, it was a busy but fun-filled week.