September

September was full of getting in the back to school routine.  We all struggled with getting up early and out the door.  One morning, I had to e up extra early and got dressed in the dark so I wouldn't wake Jason up.   My workout had gone longer than I had planned and the big kids needed extra help finding things in the morning before I took them to school.  I realized I needed to go to the grocery store in the morning to get the meat that I needed for that nights dinner, so that I could get it in the crockpot early enough in the day to be ready in time for dinner.  Getting ready for the day had to wait.  Since I was already out with the kids, we went ahead a ran a couple of other errands too.  When we were finally home and I was getting Paige from her carseat, Ashlyn said, "Mom, why are you wearing two different shoes?"  Wow.  I wonder how many other people noticed?!

 I loved seeing the office get used the way we hoped it would. Here is Austin doing his homework.

Paige missed Ashlyn when she gone to kindergarten in the afternoon and couldn't wait for her to get home.

Austin started driving!  Yikes!  I tried to snap a picture as I was driving behind him and Jason, who were in the Tahoe.

I went with Alexis to her ward's Relief Society activity.  I loved their owl theme and took a couple pictures for ideas for our upcoming Young Womens New Beginnings

I got some snuggle time with Paige.

Lauren and Ashlyn had the "Wolf Walk" at their elementary school.  It was a two mile fun run that they used to raise money for the school.

Lauren 6th grade, Ashlyn Kindergarten.

We still thought it was crazy to pull up in our driveway and see a big buck hanging out in the yard.

The weather was all over the place.  There was snow in the mountains, rain in Alpine and beautiful days of sunshine.  I don't think I will ever get tired of the view from my front porch.

I took this picture from Austin's friend Maddie's Instagram page.  Here they are at a BYU football game.