Apparently the rest of July and all of August flew by with tons of activities, but no blogging. Annie had been holding off on cutting her hair until after she started first grade. I got a haircut and she decided that it was a good time to join the fun. Her hair had gotten long, so we cut a lot off.
She was happy with it. We were haircutting twins:
I guess over the summer I had taken a break from meal planning and making snacks for the kids. I usually have homemade peanut butter balls or granola bars or both available for good, filling snacks, but apparently not since about April or May. Rachel was so excited to come home to find I had finally made peanut butter balls she wanted a picture with one.
Grandpa Knight went in for his 4th back surgery. We had a family fast and had been praying that it went better than his last 2 surgeries, and our prayers were answered. The kids were super excited to see their prayers answered and Grandpa recovering so well so quickly.
They were also super excited to ride the elevator, see the cool couch that turns into a bed in his hospital room, and get the pixy stix that Grandpa always has for his grandkids.
Rachel decided to dress up like Dad, so Megan ran off to get her favorite dress up on, too.
Wierdos. ;)
A little while after Annie's haircut, Megan decided she wanted a haircut, too.
She's not the best at sitting still, but I managed to get a mostly straight haircut. Good enough for her tastes, anyway.
The big excitement in August (besides the temple cultural celebration and dedication, and the eclipse) was that Jacob had a BIG birthday.
I sent a co-worker of Jacob's on a mission to post this sign and string up some black crepe paper on his office to surprise him on his actual birthday, since we had celebrated as a family a couple of days earlier.
The kids were super in to making cards for Jacob. Ryan had this one ready a week or two ahead of time:
And the back:
(The rainbow was fitting since it appeared after it had rained 40 days in the times of Noah's Ark, much like Jacob survived 40 years of life, thus far. ;)
We gave Jacob a list that the kids compiled of 40 reasons they love Dad.
They included things like how he drags them around "dust-mopping" as they hang onto his feet, he helps them jump super high, plays monster with them and tickles them, and brings home the bacon (figuratively), and shares his bacon (literally). He's a great dad and an awesome husband and we are all blessed to have him in our lives. Even if he is OLD now.
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