August

We've made it a family tradition to go to Lagoon every summer. Well, except when we go to Disney World. This year we went, and got to take some cousins with us. Luckily, one of those cousins is older and brave and could get Logan to go on ANYTHING!! Wahoo! And . . . the moment we've all been waiting for . . . Lauren was tall enough to go on WICKED! She got a little scared right before and almost chickened out, but she was so glad she did it. I've never seen it before, but they have boosters for kids who aren't quite tall enough, and Lauren got a booster seat for the roller coaster. Excellent! We brought Easton for the first time, and afterwards we were thinking we should have waited one more year. Oh well, he had fun. His favorite ride was the bumper cars (4 times), and at the end he loved the Rattlesnake Rapids, where he got soaked!

Easton in the orange shirt

The weekend before school started we got to go to our ward campout. We all had a good time, and Easton only got in trouble 2 or 3 times for running off without a parent. Some friends brought up their dune buggies and my kids thought those were great, especially Logan, who got to drive one. Okay, David really liked it, too.

The family (and a pesky ward member) at the ward campout

Then, it was over. All of the vacations and things we had planned to do for the summer were done.

On Monday, school started for Logan and Lauren.

Logan ready for 9th grade (and early morning seminary, notice it's still dark?)

Lauren all ready for 3rd grade (with her new glasses that she got barely in time . . . phew!)