Another week

 Last Sunday we were coordinated without even trying. Aren't we cute? 

Ryan got hold of my phone and I ended up with lots of pictures of his nostrils. This was the least blurry one:

For Labor Day Karolee invited us to meet them before it got too hot at a park. It was super fun and the weather was great until about 9am when it started getting hot. Todd brought his kids, too. We all contributed for breakfast: breakfast burritos, donuts, fruit, and juice.

We played Kubb, a lawn game. The Allens killed us every game.

There was a lot of roller blading, scooter riding, playing on the playground and with frisbees and balls and tennis rackets. We went to a park a little farther away than our normal park, but it was worth it because it wasn't busy at all and had a great area for all our activities.

We came home and chilled, the kids watched Ninjago and a movie and played. We went over to grandma's for a labor day BBQ for dinner. The kids had fun with huge water balloons (regular balloons filled with water). And jumping on the trampoline and swimming in the pool. A generally relaxing day.

Tuesday it was back to school. Peyton has a "passion project" where she's supposed to learn about something she's passionate about and she chose art, so Grandma taught her some watercolor techniques. The other kids that were done with their work joined in, too, and really enjoyed it.

The weather finally started cooling off after the hottest summer on record, so we played basketball for PE a couple of days. And we got out the bikes and the kids had fun riding for the first time in months for most of them. We took the pedals off of Annie's old bike and Peyton used it to get her balance down, then we added the pedals and she picked it up pretty quick. She still is working on starting and stopping, but once she gets going, she can balance and make progress, all in the course of 2 days of practice.

Friday was 9-11. Annie made a cool art project as part of her social studies for the day.

Next year will be 20 years. Wow. 

Saturday was another low-key day. The kids spent a lot of the morning out front riding bikes and playing basketball. We're grateful for an uneventful week.