September Happenings

It was so nice on Labor Day that we decided to run up to the cabin one more time.  It cooled down to 65 over just a week!  Our kids didn't seem to mind.  We still went out and kayaked and jumped on the water trampoline.  For my birthday, I really wanted my brown ceiling painted white so Vic waited until that day to do it and work.  By the time he got done it was getting late, but I really wanted to go on a hike with the kids so we raced up to the Heise area and did a little hike up there.  Tucker gave me this cute note for his present.

 Whitney did a pine wood derby race and while cutting her car, Vic tried to cut off 2 fingers from his other hand on the table saw!!!!  I ended up finishing her car for her because Vic's hand was out of commission for a few weeks.

 We stayed at a hotel in town.  The kids think this is just as fun as travelling! 

Friday the 13th

It's Friday the 13th!  I recreated a dinner I did 5 years ago and invited some of our best friends: the Drapers, Pearsons, Buehlers, & Yates.  I made sure to use all of the Superstitions: spilled salt, guy under a ladder, broken glass, a black cat, an open umbrella in the house, black- the color of death, & red- the chinese color for death.  When guests arrived they were forced to step on a crack, walk past a black cat, & walk under a ladder!  We all had a superstition and it's origin to read aloud, then my kids entertained us with the piano and were our waiters.  They earned a few tips at the end of the night and were pretty ecstatic about that!

Labor Day Weekend

Labor Day weekend was packed full of fun.  We went up to the cabin with our friends, the Hartmans, and played on the lake.  We lucked out and had the warmest Labor Day weekend we can remember. It was 80 degrees up in the mountains! It was a lot of fun and this is the first year our kids didn't get tired of jet skiing by the end of the summer.  They loved it just as much on this trip as at the beginning of summer.  On Monday we drove to Jackson Hole to go horse back riding, white water rafting, and then drove back home.  It was a busy, but fun day.