August

During August we spent a lot of time swimming, playing tennis, and going to a lot of the great local markets that have around here.

The highlight of the month was going to Bear Lake for our annual friends reunion. We always have such a great time together. We leave every year feeling so lucky to have such amazing friends.

After Bear Lake, we came home and our days were packed before school started. We all went to the dentist and the kids had their doctor check-ups. Brandon went to climbing camp. We went to the Western Idaho Fair - which was SO fun. I love the fair! And we celebrated both Bridger and Ben's birthdays!! Brandon started 1st grade on Ben's birthday. It was hectic, but fun.

(All of these Bear Lake pictures were taken by our friend Melissa. I am so glad that not only are these pictures beautiful, but that she took so many. I don't think we took a single picture.)

So cool to see a picture like this, with so many of our kids together.

Meridian Urban Market. In the background is our favorite food truck. YUM!

Brandon at rock climbing camp.

Happy 4th Birthday Bridger!

Bridger wanted to go to a place called Pojo's for his birthday. He loves it there!

Something that is worth noting this Summer too, is that Brandon learned how to swim!!!!!!! He learned just 2 weeks before our pool closed, so hopefully it won't take much for him to remember how next year.

We have a few friends that also have August birthdays, so we kind of did a combo birthday for Ben and some other friends. We went to Eagle Island Park. It was fun, and then it started pouring :(, and then it stopped and it was even better because most everyone went home, but a lot of us stayed and the kids got the slide pretty much to themselves.

Ben's Birthday and Brandon's first day of First Grade.

We went out to breakfast to celebrate.