driving, gift basket, football, the garden, and cousins

Go to Ryan's blog to check out Eric's new mustache:
 http://currantbush-ryan.blogspot.com/2016/08/i-roll-my-own-sushi.html

Tomorrow is Adam's birthday. Eat a pineapple in remembrance. We miss him!


Learner's Permit:
Yes, here I am in the back seat while Alex drives Glen and me all around delivering zucchini from our garden as a family activity. We just have too much fun.

Gift Basket:
When I told Glen that he won the gift basket for school district employees that the Fallon Food Hub put together, he said that he must have been the only one to swing by and enter the drawing because he says he never wins anything. I don't know if he was the only one, but it was a great basket and I'm glad he won.

local raw honey, apricot preserves, and cantaloupe jam were just a few of the items

Freshmen Football:
Two of my seminary students, Zeke and Ben, are on the freshmen football team and they invited me to their first game. It was against the Fernley Vaqueros. Wow, did I have a blast. First we scored, then they did, and it went back and forth. It wasn't until the last few minutes of the game that I finally figured the vaqueros couldn't pull themselves out of the hole. We won 37-53.

The Garden:
It's finally started to produce ripe tomatoes, plus we ate our first watermelon out of it. It was quite good.

Cousins:
Kathy brought Becky to college, so they had a cousins game night, of course!

Henry, Heather, Andrew, Becky, Megan, Amanda, Todd

school started and Ryan now has a blog

School and seminary have started. I think we're off to a good start, though Alex is a bit concerned over the amount of homework he'll have.

I wasn't home when Alex left for seminary on the first day of school (since I was already at seminary) and Hannah was in Reno, so she couldn't help out either. Therefore, Glen and Alex took turns taking their "first-day-of-school" photos.

Friday was my mom's birthday. Happy Birthday Mom!!! And speaking of my mom, Hannah just saw her yesterday as she is currently is in Oregon. She surprised my parents by calling them after she was already in Brookings. Hannah goes back to school on the 29th.

Ryan has started his own blog! Check it out: Currant Bush.

And that seems about all I have to say this week! Have a great week everyone!

the last day of summer vacation...

...well, for Alex and me, at any rate.

Glen went back to work last Friday. Last night was back-to-school night at the high school and he really seemed to be enjoying greeting all the students. He teaches 3 theatre classes and 3 world history classes again. He team-teaches 5th block history with Mr. Rinker, and that's the block Alex has him in. Should be a good year.

Andrew is actually off this week after spending the previous week or two at school. They get this week off (to go to Ed Week?) and then teachers and students report on Monday the 22nd. He will be teaching 8th grade literature (4 sections) and 9th grade composition (2 sections) at American Preparatory Academy Draper Campus II again. This week he isn't really off from working as this is his last week of his job with the City of Provo. Heather starts classes at BYU on August 29th. Henry just turned 16 months old on the 12th.

Ryan is taking an intense class right now--a foundations of civilization class. He seems to be enjoying it. He's still job hunting. Eric is on a break until mid-September. Hannah is on her break now as well and starts up on August 29th.

Alex is spending his last day of vacation playing and trying out for the tennis team (he's trying out more for how he'll be ranked and not whether he'll be on the team or not). He's signed up for Spanish II, AP 10th grade English (language and composition), Video Production II, Honors Algebra II, World History, Honors Chemistry, and AP Psychology. I think it's interesting that 5 of his 7 teachers are LDS. Anyway, he'll be busy for sure. And later he will take his first drive...he passed his permit test yesterday and will now be on the road. Wow.

back to school night--I followed Alex (middle black shirt) and his friends all over

I am spending the last day of vacation painting the shed and preparing for seminary to start tomorrow. I'm very excited for seminary. I get my nephew Ben, all the other freshmen from our ward, and 5 students from others making 12 students all together. I'm really looking forward to it.

visit to my parents

Saturday the 30th, I picked up Glen and Alex in Susanville as the scouts were returning from their week at Camp Fleischmann, and we headed on up to Brookings, Oregon. We spent a great week with my parents. Like always, we played games, hit the thrift stores, the beach, and new to the mix, Alex and Glen played some tennis. The weather was gorgeous for our stay. We saw the sun every day but one (sometimes it's the other way around). Thanks for letting us come and stay Mom and Dad!

Now that we are home, we are continuing with our projects on the house. Glen goes back to school on Friday, so we are cramming things in.

Check out Alex's post about scout camp and visiting his grandparents here.

Alex did great at the archery range at camp

Ben and Alex playing capture the flag at the climbing wall

my mom and me

he's wearing a sweatshirt at 7:30 pm...it was on the chilly side at times (he removed it later)

Glen and Alex putting new hinges on the cabinet doors

proof that they are crazy...that water is freezing

coolest kite I've ever seen

his pet dragon follows him everywhere

painted the bench to match the door

I switched the door trim color from white to blue (I don't think Hannah's noticed)