When September Ends

It's the last day of September and I am a little sad. It's the best of months. The first part still feels like summer and then a slow and gradual slide into fall. The mornings are darker and cold and long. The kids can feel it too. They hauled out their sleeping bags onto the tramp early one morning when they didn't have school to rush them. If it had been a school day, they would have waken early to watch cartoons. But a whole empty day ahead of them, they take it outside.

This is a first. My car has never been in the garage before! We've owned the house for 5 months, lived in it for 3.5 but never parked inside. My brother-in-law came over to help us install a new garage motor. Now we have remotes and a keypad!

 He also adjusted the door to open fully so my car barely fits in with the roof rack. 

I was afraid we'd have to take the roof rack off. That's how I find my car in parking lots.

The girls did the high school's drill team clinic. They spent all week learning a dance and then performed at half time of the JV football game. They had fun. It was hot outside.

Henry's football season also came to an end. They had a so-so win record but his team was completely better than last year's so it was fun to watch his games. Last year was painful--you'd think they put all the kids that had never played before on one team. This year they seemed to be evenly matched most games. Henry usually had one or two big plays each game so that kept it fun for him too.

He played quarterback often last year but not this year. We aren't sure why he told his coach he didn't want a turn. He really liked playing receiver and kicker. 

His friend Conner threw the pass that Henry caught and ran for a touchdown. We used to live by Conner and he is one of Henry's best friends--if not best friend. He may not see him much until middle school. We'll see.

Isn't he so cute?!

Erica made this at school. She forgot to label James up high. We do like doughnuts.

On Saturday we went to Logan for the Ag Day bbq. I've been twice before but not the past 2 years (bad weather and then covid). It felt good to be back. There's nothing like all you can eat chocolate milk, corn on the cob, pork sandwiches and free bags of tulip bulbs.

And Creamies. We hit up the Creamies tent several times.

This is the group heading back to the car. Matt's and Rachel's families plus ours.

We played an epic game of nerts then went on a hike on the shoreline trail.

Back at Matt's they got out their snowcone machine one last time (they closed the shacks for the season a couple of weeks ago). The kids got to shave their own ice and pour their own syrup. We sat in the garage and chatted for a long time while the kids played pickleball and returned to top off their snowcones every so often.

Then we headed home. We stopped at Macey's for some new USU t-shirts for Sarah and I and some kinda sorta dinner food to eat on the ride home. Logan is always a good time.

Tomorrow is the day James has been counting down for weeks. October 1st, aka the day I let them get out the Halloween stuff. He misses his wolverine costume.