Here are some highlights from the 4th week of August.
On Monday, August 21st, Nyles and Carter started school.
Nyles is in 5th grade and Carter is in 1st grade now.
Nyles teacher is Mrs. Vinuesa, from Spain. He had her in 3rd grade as well. He doesn't have 2 teachers this year though, so his teacher does both the Spanish and English and they are all combined the whole day (like a normal class). Carter is officially starting Dual Immersion w/ Spanish this year, just like Nyles. So half of his day is in Spanish and half of his day is in English. Carter's Spanish teacher is from Peru, Mr./Senor Laureano and his English teacher is Mrs. Bilbow.
Nyles w/ his teacher Mrs./Senora Vinuesa. Nyles, Mrs. Vinuesa and his friend Lincoln. They are happy to be together this year in the same classroom. Carter's teacher was helping w/ parking so we couldn't get a picture. He was super excited to start school though!
Silly Hudson playing before going to bed. Hudson had an orientation to meet his teacher for preschool coming up. He loved it! He is pretty excited to go to school like his older brothers. He also loves going through the car wash, so we got a monthly pass for his birthday. He likes to use the air blowers.
We have been enjoying camping as a family the past couple years, so we decided to buy a little camper that fits our family. It has a queen bed, bunk beds, and the table turns into a bed. The boys are pretty excited to start to use it!
Thursday morning we drove up to Idaho for Sage's memorial service/Celebration of Life. Hudson thankfully took a nap along the way. We pulled the boat up so my dad could help Steve make a duck blind that's attaches to it. They got to work on it that evening.
The boys had fun pulling each other around on chairs in the shop.
Lots of hummingbirds coming in. My mom's brother Brad came up for the memorial as well. We played several games w/ him while there. Hudson had fun using scissors to cut paper. He also loves to ride w/ my mom and her wheelchair. He thinks her magnifying glass is pretty fun to play with too.
More hummingbirds. Piper having fun at the kennel. My dad and Steve working on the boat blind.
The boys and I took a little walk down by the field and looked at the big tractor.
Hudson on the swing and riding on the back of my mom's wheelchair.
The boat duck blind about done. It comes up, then Steve will add camo leaves/brush to it so they can hide under it. Good work! My dad did an awesome job!
Friday afternoon we drove up to Homedale for Sage's memorial/Celebration of Life. It was a special service. There were a lot of family and friends that came. Memories were shared and of course I cried a lot. It's still hard to say goodbye, even though it's temporary. He know we will see her again, but we will definitely miss her in the meantime. We are so grateful and thankful for the Plan of Salvation and our Savior Jesus Christ who made it all possible.
Family picture. Beautiful sunset coming home.
Back Row: Will, Grant (dad), Graci, Wade, Rose, Riley, Sophia, Daron holding Dallas, Kristi, Pauline holding Lincoln, Chris, Steve holding Hudson, Tanner and Anna (Colby and Colten already left).
Middle row: Haley, Kolten, Dexter, Barbara, Ali, Dallin, Charlotte, and Penny.
Front row: Ezra, Carter, Cathleen (mom), Calley, Haley, Ayden, and Nyles.
We left Saturday mid morning to come home. Hudson thankfully took a nap on the way home as well. Funny he fell asleep w/ a sucker and would randomly suck on it, though still asleep. We also hit a HUGE bug on the way home and thankfully it wasn't in our direct view. Gross!
Piper doing some training at the kennel (K-9).
We were able to pick her up Saturday evening, which she was pretty happy about.
Nyles and Carter weren't feeling the best on the way home, nor on Sunday, so we ended up staying home from church. Steve took Nyles into the Dr. Sunday afternoon and he was confirmed w/ Strep Throat. He started taking antibiotics that day and started feeling better that evening.
The boys w/ their silly faces they made from a new game Hudson got for his birthday from Grandma/Grandpa McGrath. The boys playing outside Sunday evening. Hudson loves to play w/ the hose and get his brother's with it.
Silly Hudson's hair after spraying it w/ the hose. Piper loves to try to bite the water as well.
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