Family Fun (Art)

 Phil bought a canvas for each of us and we had 2 hours to paint a mountain scene. Of course everyone did an amazing job...ok, some were better than others. We asked the Chan's when they came over after volleyball to name who painted which painting. They all thought I was a much better artist than I am because they thought I did Cannon's. I had a good laugh and then Brian made fun of my real painting. They went home with Cannon's painting and sent us a picture of it hanging on their wall. 

As shown from top left to right: Cannon, lyla, me, Miya, Phil and Nona (with heart volcano)

Citizenship Award

 Nona got a note that she was going to be getting an award at the assembly this week. I thought it was going to be a Tiger Pride Award that half the school gets each time. Then she got home with the award and was so proud that she was the only one from her class that got the award. She is such a sweet spirit and I am so glad to have her in our family.

Tuckered Out August 2022

 I loved these pictures from the end of August when we have been playing so hard and everyone just needs a nap. Such a great summer and so many fun activities with friend and family.

Nona's Toe

We were playing volleyball over at the park one evening with Jason, Kirk, Paige, Heather and Lee. Nona was riding her bike in the skate park and then was moving her bike and didn't have her shoes on and the bike tipped over onto her toe. The handle bars hit just right so it popped her toe right open. She screamed pretty loud so we knew she was really hurt. She is a pretty tough kid and normally keeps it together. I brought her back to the house and Aaron was over at his mom and dad's so he came over and looked at it. We tried cleaning it up and putting butterfly bandages on it. I kept in that way for the night and wrapped it again the next day, but it didn't really stay together. We went to the doctor and they tried gluing it. It looked really good once she cleaning it out and glued it. I thought it was going to be great. It just needed to stay on for 3 days...we made it 17 hours. Nona put some rollerblades on and went crazy and the glue came right off. After that we just used liquid band-aid and soaked it morning and night in warm water. It took about a week for it to look closed enough to swim again, but it was amazing how well the liquid band-aid kept it clean and protected. 

 La came over the next day and Nona snuggled right in and started snoring. It has been so fun to have Lauren live here for the last year. She decided this last week to move back to Utah in January so we are pretty sad around here.

This is her toe now with the little shiny scar. 

Final Day of Pacome 2022

 We had a beautiful morning on a little walk at Hurricane Ridge. We gathered off the path in a grove of trees for a little Come Follow Me. The sun was warm and the company was amazing. The Dahlkes had to race off to get kids to the airport to head to BYU for sports camps. We took our time and went to lunch with the Paces before heading home. I sure do love these trips with my family and amazing friends. This one was definitely one for the books.