September.

There haven't been too many quiet moments like this, for us, during the month of September:

It's been busy!  Reagan and Elsa started School.  I started teaching piano lessons. Nick got a promotion at work, and is now in charge of teaching the other pharmacists how to properly give inoculations, do diabetes and cholesterol testing, etc...

We've been getting out of the house a lot too.  We met up with my family and went to the Utah State Fair.  You can read my Yelp review about it
http://www.yelp.com/biz/utah-state-fair-salt-lake-city#hrid:H2BALO2O510IrdoAt-cVIw
Yes.  I'm still not a fan.
And I'm not the only one who thought it was stinky:

It was nice spending time with my family.  So, it wasn't all for naught.  But the weather was too hot, the crowds were too large, and my kids were too ornery. 

This child, in particular: 

 Don't let the smile fool you.  She has given up afternoon naps, even though she still needs them.  Especially that day.  She was falling apart, by the end of the evening.  It was no surprise that she fell asleep in her carseat the moment we put her in the car to go home.

 BYU football season started!  We took the girls to the Texas, and Middle Tennessee State games. 
 The Texas game was particularly eventful!  We were eating at J Dawgs when an enormous rainstorm hit.

 We waited it out, and then went to the game.  The girls were surprisingly well-behaved.  The soccer field, where we usually park was closed.  So, we met up with my parents, and Heather's family in the DP Cheesesteak parking lot, near the stadium.  Nick and I were hesitant to leave our car there, but everyone was saying that we wouldn't be at the game for very long, and there weren't any visible no-parking signs.

The game turned out to be great!  At halftime, I opted to take the girls and my Mom home, and Nick was going to stay with my Dad until the end.

Heather, Jeff, Lance, and Grant decided to leave at halftime too.

When we got to the parking lot we saw several tow trucks pulling cars out of the parking lot at warp speed!

Heather, & my Mom's car were both gone.

Inexplicably, my Acura was still there.

It was a nightmare.  I loaded everyone up in my car, and we went to the impound lot to retrieve the other two automobiles.

The predators that work for University Parking Enforcement are going straight to Hell.  I guarantee it.

And that's all I'll say about that.

 Reagan loves singing the BYU fight song.  So do I.

 

Before the Utah game we went to Applebee's for dinner.  Jeff is a Ute fan.  So, that night, at least one person in our family went home happy.

At the Middle Tennessee State game, we met up with our friends, the Newton's.  We didn't have a lot of time to visit with them.  But that's OK, because they are moving closer to us next week.  So, we ought to see them more in the future.

One of the highlights of my September was having dinner with Jill and Ruthann.  I love these two!  One topic of conversation during dinner was about how the three of us are apparently, marriage geniuses (I can't remember the precise term that Jill used?).  Jill's been reading a book on marriage, and it said that if you know the person you marry, for a long time before you get married, you have a better chance at a successful marriage.  All three of us married people we went to High School with.  Yep.  We're smarties.

Finally, I'm not ready for it!  The cold weather has descended upon us, and I am going to have to be dragged from the summer season, kicking and screaming.

On the positive side of things... I let the kids don their rain gear, and play in puddles earlier this week.  I asked them to pose for a picture, and I think it is the first time I have been able to capture the three of them looking at the camera- AT THE SAME TIME- and smiling!

It's a keeper!