Potato Harvest

 The younger kids were gone for about half of harvest and Laexin was hard at work  --it's long days but he sure enjoys the paycheck at the end!  Luckily they only had about one day with rain so it was a successful harvest without disruptions!  Mom and Dad brought the kids home and stayed a couple of days.

When Mom and Dad brought the kids back they brought us some of their halibut and Salmon from their Alaska trip...the kids love it!

Right after harvest we finally got the slab poured for our House floor --the progress has felt really slow but I'm grateful when things happen.  I'm going to document the whole build in its own book!

Visit to Vernal

 The middle of September we got to go to Vernal where Cade and Shaylee were having Baby Rock blessed.  The kids had so much fun playing with cousins!  When it was time for us to leave my parents suggested the 3 youngest stay to hang out with the cousins for the week then they would bring them back to Grace.  It worked perfect as we were out of school for Potato harvest the following two weeks.  

Using her mask to help her sleep 😂

We love baby Rock!

These cousins had so much fun getting pushed crazy high by LeGrand

Go Cart is always a big hit!

The kids had SO much fun getting to stay the week and play their hearts out, we don't get to see our cousins nearly enough!!

After Cade, Shaylee and the kids left it was a bit quiet, and bare!  Mom and Dad were prepping for a remodel so they had cleared the place out!

They took advantage of the remodel and got to draw on Grammies walls...

On the way home they stopped to see the Kokanee Salmon

Labor Day fun!

We took advantage of the last really warm weekend of the summer, on Labor Day --pretty impressive for Idaho to still be warm enough to hit the pool.  The kids talk about going to Riverdale Resort every time we pass by, so we surprised them and took them.  It's a bit run down but we all had a blast on the tube slide!

 

8th grade Football

 One of the BEST things about being back in school was getting back to sports!  Laexin decided to play football this year for the first time since 4th grade.  He loves football, but has been nervous about getting hurt...do you blame him, he doesn't want to get smashed 😵

Turns out, he is a pretty good player --he had some amazing first couple of games where he scored a touchdown at both of them and some major turnovers.  Then he lost a bit of his confidence and got nervous and had a couple of crappy games but ended the season with an amazing game fighting like a champ in defense with some great tackles, making a touchdown and a 2-point conversion!

Thank heavens for other Mom's who got some good shots for me 😀