September 2023

September 1 - I got to go to the Idaho Falls Temple! Then I got stuck in a car wash for about 5 minutes! There was a beautiful full moonrise! It almost looked like a sunrise.

September 2 - The day started with a beautiful sunrise, and ended with a another beautiful moonrise.  We found another Little Free Library that is not registered, this one is in Basalt.

In between the sunrise and moonrise, we went to the State Fair Parade.  Blake was really enjoying it! Ryder got lots of candy, Jared plugged Penny's little ears when the sirens were noisy.  The vey last float had some really cute little dancers! We loved watching for Molly and Hallie!

September 3 - Playing a rousing game of Scatergories! Guess is it didn't rouse Aubrey, she and Penny had a good little nap.

In between the rainstorms, the kids went out to play on the scooters, the crazy cars and bikes.  

They all had a great time, and the puddles was great fun!

September 4 - After going to the fair, Ryder, Molly and Hallie decided to eat their little lunch on the patio.  Molly thought she was such a funny Pringles Duck.

September 5 - We got a new gate to keep Penny from falling down the stairs.  Hallie was so proud that she finally buckled herself in my car!  Blake hates the puddle at the end of the driveway, so he pushed the water across the street with a snow shovel.  Hallie and I made banana bread.

We took Hallie and Penny to McDonald's for lunch, Penny loves French Fries!

Blake took Ryder, Molly and Hallie back in to the fair, and met Brian's family because they had got rained out on Monday!  They had a blast!

September 6 - Another wonderful start to the day!

September 7 - This sunrise was breathtaking from 2 different angles.

Penny was so thrilled to find a little friend in the mirror.

Randy shot and antelope while he was bow hunting!

September 8 - We thought we were going to the swimming pools at the Lava Hot Springs, but it turned out they were closed even after they told us they would be open! So, Michelle and her family, Nikelle and her girls and Ryder and Blake and I went to the hot pools.  They are really hot!  The kids had fun, but were also pretty disappointed that the other pools were closed.

After leaving Lava Hot Springs, we stopped in Pocatello at Outer Limits for some arcade fun and pizza.

September 9 - Blake, Brian and Aubrey went up tp the hunting spot to pitch the tent. Aubrey was pretty cold.

Brian and Aubrey's new house is finished! They can move in! I went over to take some pictures, so I could show them to my parents.  It is so pretty and will be so nice!

September 10 - We have a curious little mover!

A beautiful end of the day!

September 11 -  I dead headed some roses, and Michelle and Paul came to help.  Michelle crawled behind the Brody tree and pulled some weeds, Paul carried my bucket around and helped pull up some weeds.

September 12 -  Nothing is safe within Penny's reach!  Beautiful flowers in my front yard.

Michelle came again and helped me reorganize the storage room! I forgot to get a "before" picture, just trust me, it's so much better!

September 16 - Jared, Randy, Ryder and Blake went to Gem Lake for one last trip out on the boat.  These are the only pictures Blake took.  It was also moving day for Brian and Aubrey, but no one took any pictures!

September 19 -Oh how I love to spend some time with this cute Penny girl!

September 21 - She's getting so big!

Celebrating Blake's 68th birthday at Texas Roadhouse with some coworkers! He had to ride the saddle! I guess he's a party animal now!

September 22 - Another deluge! So much rain!

I finally updated the pictures in my frames!

September 23 - It's very difficult to put a tv above the mantle in brick.  Jared, Blake and Brian worked hard til they got it right.  It looks so good!

September 24 - Hallie and Molly finally got to celebrate Grandpa's birthday!

September 25 - I'm just always in awe at the beauty around us every day!

September 26 - Hallie wanted crazy ponytails just like in the book "Stephanie's Ponytails".  Penny is discovering more and more everyday!

September 28 - Penny found her friend again, Hallie is "saving" Penny from touching the mirror.  Such cute girls.

September 29 - I guess you would call this a moonset - this was at 6:30 and 6:45am! I couldn't decide which was better the sun coming up in the east, or the moon setting in the west!

I turned the front porch from Sunflowers to Fall!

I did the same with the entry way!

We had a fun dinner with Shauna and Troy and Michelle and Adam at 7eighty5 to celebrate Michelle's birthday.

I will never tire or apologize for taking so many pictures of God's beautiful paintings!

September 30 - Jared has some really cute, gloved helpers as he fixes the brakes.

We had a party for Declan (he will turn 6 on October 7). He was thrilled with his gifts and cake.  Penny loved watching Jared play with Taz.

After the party, we went to the Wild Adventure Corn Maze.  The zipline was a little out of Ryder's comfort zone, but with a little help from Molly, he got pretty good at it and thought it was fun.

Clark and Declan love playing the corn pit, Annie got a little crazy on this jumping thing!

We took a little ride on the barrel train. 

I didn't get a picture of the first corn hole round, but Maden and I went back for another round, he skunked me! Annie and Hallie are burying their friend in the corn pit!

We ended the day with dinner at Culvers.  The kids thought it was great to get ice cream with their meals.