AUGUST, SCHOOL BEGINS, BIRTHDAYS AND BEAVERS

For our grand kids, school begins in August. 100 degrees and off to school they go. Addy, 11th grade

 Sophia, 6th grade

 Dylan, first day of preschool (he actually began day after Labor Day)

 Alex, 8th grade

 Payton, Kindergarten

 Owen, he and cousin Dylan, are at the same preschool.

August also brings 3 birthdays.  Addy turned 16.

 Guess where she went the following week!?  That's right, DMV.

 Here she goes on her first solo drive.

 Payton turned 6. She had her birthday in Santa Cruz because Ryan had a business trip there. Later in the month, she had a swimming birthday party with her friends.

 Alex turned 14, he is the best big brother there is!

 And does this look familiar from my last post.  Nope, this isn't Dylan. It's Payton.  She slipped and fell after her bath onto the tile floor and cut her chin in the same place Dylan cut his chin in July.  What are the odds????

 She also received the super glue chin fixer job.

 And finally, how about them Beavers? Smiths came up to watch the game against Wisconsin.  I first thought, that's a long way to go to watch a loser game.

 Turns out I was wrong. The stands emptied onto the field after the big WIN.

That was August in a nutshell. Our garden is growing great guns and we've started getting some produce. The berries are berrilicious and I've done some jam. Yaa for summer! Hope your summer is going well.