2023, August 14-20

Not tons of news this week. Landon started the school year, and we got a little rain from the tropical storm that hit the southwest. 

"Hey, girl." Fergus found a cozy corner in the bookcase where we store some towels. We couldn't find him for a bit. Fergus would do great at playing hide and go seek.

Monday late afternoon Hallie took Landon and his friend Sonny to Sophomore Orientation at the high school. In our area you go to the high school building in 10th grade. Trying to help Landon find his 6 classes (he has an A day and a B day, 3 classes each day) was a bit crazy. After the orientation we headed to the Springville Farmers Market for dinner. Yummy! 

On Tuesday morning, Hallie got trapped by the pets. It is not often that both pets will lie down so close to each other. We had to capture the moment.

Mike spied the neighbor's cat out of his house. Getting the cat back in took some skill only Eliza has, and our neighbor was grateful for the rescue. 

Eliza was kind enough to get him and return him home. 

Landon saw Stacey Harkey (formerly of Studio C and part of JK! Studios who made the movie Go West) down at the rec center, where Stacey teaches some fitness classes. Landon got brave enough to ask for a picture!

Hat head, amirite?

The neighborhood dogs all spontaneously got together to play Tuesday evening. We live in a truly great neighborhood. 

Summer ended for Landon on Wednesday, as he started at Springville High as a 10th grader. Mike took him on the first day. Once preschool gets closer to starting Hallie, will drive every day. 

Hello, kitty. Fergus is finding new spots to lie around during the day while Kai is around. Eliza spent two different shifts at Bridle Up Hope on Wednesday: Yoga and Art, then Art and Embroidery.

With the start of the new school year Hallie is back to taking tickets for sporting events. On Thursday afternoon Hallie, Eliza, and Lily (a neighbor) went to the high school to take tickets for volleyball.

Kai went back to his other family for a week on Friday. It is weird to not have Kai greet us at the door when we come home after having him here for six weeks.

After dropping Kai off, Hallie got her hair cut. This is the first time she has had bangs in a while. It was either bangs or shave the whole head. Jamie took the conservative approach and gave Hallie bangs. Later that day our neighbor and her daughter didn't recognize Hallie right away.

Friday afternoon Eliza went to a gardening class at Bridle Up Hope. Eliza said they researched about what kind of vegetables they want to plant for next year.

We had some friends over for a movie night on Saturday. Ferg liked having a fluffy spot on the floor. 

Outdoors, we got some rain in the afternoon and early evening along with a really bright rainbow!

We had colorful marshmallows as part of the Sunday Social this evening. Our new neighbors' daughter had her ninth birthday. So, of course we couldn't just do s'mores.