The last month of summer started off with the boys first lemonade stand. They hung out for an hour at the park and made $5 each- first success with capitalism. We checked out Harry Potter night at the park. We hiked to Donut Falls and went farther than ever before- halfway up the falls and then enjoyed a scenic lift to lunch and a beautiful view in Solitude and ended the day with our first and only slurpy of the summer. The boys (especially Carter experienced their first mosh pit at the Linkin Park tribute concert. We went up to Bear Lake for one last hurrah and paddled halfway across the lake (debatable how far we went), enjoyed shakes, games, and hanging out with the Meeks family. We had a family football game in the water and decided it's our favorite place to play football. We finished off the trip with a hike and the boys made rock towers. We finally got to see a movie in the park- Inside Out and Brad laughed so hard, he probably enjoyed it more than the boys. We got our first day of school pics- Jefferson 5th grade, and Carter 1st, and dropped off the boys at school and headed to breakfast to mourn the end of summer and decided this will be our new first day of school tradition. Comfort food does really help you feel better. Our garden has been flourishing and we are taking a tip from intuitive eating experts and trying to "go pro" produce and protein with each meal. And the end of September we visited Grandma Great to start her birthday week with flowers. So amazing to be able to play duets and word games with her still! So grateful we have so many memories with her playing games, laughing about scrabble 2 letter word finds, and now playing name that tune with disney songs and watching her laugh and laugh and laugh when Brad guessed "Cinderella and the Seven Dwarves". Spending time with her makes us embrace living in the moment. This was an amazing summer we were able to spend so much time together and create so many family memories. Our favorite Carterism was when he woke up from a nap in the car when we were driving to the Idaho side of Bear Lake and he said "Is Idaho even really a state? I don't even like Idaho anyway."
