September 2026

 September 1 - Penny was thrilled to find her shadow again. We love it when Cole comes to play!

September 5 - Fun at the fair!

Always fun to see the horses, especially when you find some named Annie, Clark, Molly and Hallie!

Scottlynn loved riding the pony.  We found a cute little Highland Cow for Cindy.

Scottlynn and Penny loved feeding the goats.

Reading with Scottlynn.

September 7 - The fridge in the garage died, so we bought a new one.  Thanks to Jared for getting it home in his trailer, and for fixing the wiring in the garage so the new fridge will work.

September 8 - Penny is way excited for her first day of Busy Bee's Preschool.

September 10 - Penny was so excited to help Grandpa mow the lawn, but she was too tired!

September 11 - Cross Country at Freeman Park in Idaho Falls. We saw Maden run.

Next, we saw Annie run.

Then as a bonus we saw Michael Cook run. Funny thing, Maden is in the third picture and I didn't even know he was standing there when I took it.

Michelle and Adalyn are enjoying watching the racers.

September 12 - Carter and Alina came to meet Adalyn.

September 13 - Carter and Alina came for Sunday dinner.  We celebrated Blake, he will turn 71 on the 21st. Cole chose Jared for his person. 

September 14 - The Brody Tree looks so good!

September 17 - I saw this rainbow on my way into town.

We had a huge hail storm, it looked like snow!

There was constant thunder and lightning.

September 19 - We got to tend Scottlynn! We went to Texas Roadhouse, she had a nap, she was funny with toys on her fingers, we went to Dairy Queen for a treat, she helped build a little table and chairs, then she loved pushing the little chairs around.

September 20 - Penny and Scottlynn loved sitting at the new little table.

September 21 - Blake got a free Sundae art Dixie's Diner for his birthday! Then he got to help Ryder with some math homework.

September 24 - Penny is trying out riding on the scooter with Grandpa. We went to mow the lawn at Grandpa Early's house.  The Brody Tree and hydrangea are really pretty pink. 

September 25 - We went for a drive around Palisades and saw some nice fall colors.

We also saw how low Palisades is.

We went to the Star Valley Temple.

We came home through Montpelier and saw more fall colors. We also saw a huge herd of sheep on the hill.

September 26 - A beautiful sunset, then a beautiful moon in the east.

September 27 - Now the moon is setting in the west in the early morning.

Penny and Scottlynn are having fun with the little table, moving the chairs around, eating, and doing stickers.

September 28 - Randy and Cole came to mow the lawn, then Cole had to eat a cookie at the little table. 

August 2026

 

August 2 - We celebrated Courtney one day late!

Brian, Maden, Annie, Aubrey and Blake tried to play volley ball. Clark and Declan were trying to drop a ball into the cups.  Scottlynn got her hands all dirty playing drums on the side tables outside. 

August 3 - I went to Pocatello to watch Maden play tennis.  He came from behind and won the match.

August 6 - A very smokey sun and sky.

August 7 - The Brody Tree is looking really good.

August 11 - I love sunsets!

August 14 - Luau at Parkwood with Mom, Dad, Michelle and kids and Lynne and Rob. Then I tried to curl Mom's hair.  

August 15 - Maden is watching Scottlynn paint.

August 16 - Blake is sweeping the puddles out of the driveway.

We went to Coeur d'Alene for anesthesia meetings and these pictures are at the resort. We had a nice patio off our room with a beautiful lake view.  They had this huge fish tank with huge fish in the lobby.

August 17 - we took a little boat trip around the lake. It's very pretty and big. The menu at the restaurant were iPads!

August 18 - We went to the Spokane, Washington Temple. It was a very nice small temple.

August 19 - We went to Cat Tales in Mead, Washington.  They have rescue animals of all kinds. It was hot, so the animals were not very active.  Blake had to pet the cat that was roaming around. 

Our patio was not in a very good place to see the sunset, but it was beautiful.

We watched some kids do a little cliff diving into the lake.

August 21 - We went to the Helena, Montana temple. It's another nice small 

temple. Now we have been to 51 different temples.

We found this cat on the lawn when we got home.

August 22 - We went to my Aunt Arlene's funeral in Trenton, Utah. My cousin, Rita has taken good care of her for many years. Lynne and I had a nice visit with Aunt Jan.

Cousins, Aunts and Uncles and Lynne and Rob at the cemetery.

They lowered the casket into the hole while we were there.  

Marlene, Rita and I.

It was so good to see so many cousins and relatives.

We had another visitor when we got home.

August 23 - Penny, Scottlynn and Cole having fun with the Connect 4 game. Can you see Scottlynn in the green circle. 

August 27 - Penny's first day staying with me in the new school year.  Apparently it was "Sunflower Day"! That's what she told me as we redecorated the front porch and entry way.

Penny loves helping me decorate!

August 29 - We took a little drive to Arco, We went to the EBR1 exhibit and to eat at Pickles Place. 

August 30 - Beautiful sunrise!

Scottlynn is a big girl now!

August 31 - Everyone is back in school! How did they get so old?

We ended the month with a huge thunderstorm! It was raining buckets!