August Happenings

 August was a busy, fun month.  Besides Flaming Gorge, we finished up birthday season.  One of the best days of the year is the day after Sage's birthday;)  Kate turned 16 while she was at FSY.  Her group did fun things to help her celebrate.  We celebrated Sage's birthday in two parts.  On her actual birthday we had a combined YM/YW activity where we went and did baptisms and then went and played at the park.  A couple of days before she requested that we all play games and watch a movie.  So we did.  And it was fun.  Something tells me this might be the last year she requests family time for her birthday.  Le weep.

School started on the 16th this year!  I swear it gets earlier and earlier.  Zack headed to Utah State!  I was so excited for him, and so sad to see him go.  I mostly cried the whole way home.  I think part of my sadness comes from knowing he's not much of a communicator.  We don't hear much from him, and what we do hear we have to pull out of him.  From what we can gather, it sounds like he's having a great time.  His classes are all easy, except for Calculus 2, which is definitely not easy.  His roommates are pretty good, although details are still vague on basic things like names, majors, and where they're from.  What do guys talk about anyway??  We definitely miss him at home, but love hearing about the great time he's having at school.  

We had our first mountain bike race in Eagle Mountain.  The girls did great!  Kate's an old pro at this, but isn't sure how much she likes it this year.  Sage went from hating it last year, to loving it this year.  I've had a lot of fun being a ride leader with Sage.  Pretty sure it won't be long before I can't keep up with her, so I'm enjoying every second.

In our quest to figure out why Sage's back hurts we found out she has minor scoliosis.  Unfortunately, we're still trying to figure out what to do about her back pain.  Hopefully we'll figure it out soon.

Sadly this was our one and only hike this summer.  Lame.  But glad Sage came with me to Bloods Lake

The only pic of the Heber rodeo.  

Kate got her license!  

This is Kate's car that we recently named Golden Girl

Playing in the creek after mountain bike practice

Sage's birthday

8th grade for Sage!  Last year of middle school hallelujah!

Can't believe Kate's a junior this year

Zack's pile of stuff for school.  I don't think he did any packing before the day he left.

Saying bye to the girls.  Kate's missed driving to school every day with Zack.

Zack in front of his apartment because his roommates were in his room.  His apartment building was built in like 1954 and is being torn down after this year.  It's real old.  He gets to sleep on the top bunk of ancient bunk beds.

We've had some beautiful rain storms this year!

Getting ready to race

These girls have a lot of fun riding together.

They only stop fighting long enough to smile for a picture.  I tell them that some day they'll be best friends.  I hope...