I did a lot of running in September - especially on the trails - it was hot! So I tried to run early or late with a head lamp. The race I was training for was a night run, so I did a few runs wearing my headlamp and getting accustomed to avoiding tripping over rocks in the dark... not always successfully!
Look! You can see the new Phoenix temple out in the distance! There is so much beauty in the desert - and the temple just adds to it!
In the heat, we try to stay cool... ice cream time!
Becca has been losing lots of tiny teeth!
We had some crazy rain in September. The end of summer is monsoon season, and this was the most rain I had ever experienced!
I took this pic on the way to school that morning! A lot of schools were cancelled - flood day! As opposed to snow day! Our school wasn't cancelled but only about half of the kids came that day - I got creative and found other streets to get there - but I wish I would have just stayed home with the kids and had a fun play in the rain day! On our way down the road to school, we ran into this- I turned around and found another route...
I discovered that I like some sushi! Well, most I don't like- but I really LOVE las vegas rolls! It's fried, hot, smothered in sauce and amazingly delicious! Here's our pretty sushi from one of our date nights...
More keeping cool with snow cones!
I was impressed Jake devoured his gigantic shave ice... Emma is looking rather ill behind him... haha...
More trail running pics! I just love the trails near our home - I only have to drive 2-5 minutes to get to these places - some can be walked to from our house. I would have a hard time ever moving from this area because the open spaces and desert around us is so beautiful...
Play dates with friends are very popular around here. Jake loves hanging out with his neighbor friend, London (who's also in his Kindergarten class and Primary class)
A pic for no reason, other than these kids are so cute... I'm not sure where Emma is...
Saturdays are full of chores usually - I make lists for each kid and post them - we plan a fun outing for when everyone is done - but it takes a good 3 hours to finish everything... I was writing our chore lists and these cute ladies wanted a pic...
Jake is best at being the garbage man - I love to assign him emptying all the small garbage cans around the house (there are 6 of them!). Jake likes to push his dump truck around with a trash bag emptying garbage into his truck...
Outings with these kids are always an adventure - I cannot remember why Claire was in boy pajamas during our Trader Joes visit...
Emma took these silly pics of Becca staying entertained with her Trader Joes stickers...
Haircuts and donuts!
The haircut and donut place are right next door to each other, so it's tradition that whenever a kid gets a haircut, we go get donuts after...
Emma being a goof doing a back walk over...
