And Now It's September

August came and went.  It was a flurry of finishing up summer activities and starting up fall activities.  Cross country filled many hours.  School started back up.  We said hello again to soccer and NTA classes and EMS Drama Club and youth group and quizzing.  Here's a quick look back at where our August went.

August kicked off with Frozen shows as mentioned previously and the St. Jude Run.

Zach did a fantastic job of organizing and putting together another great run for the Eureka team this year.

The weather was beautiful, and Zach and I both ran the full 26.2 miles of the run this year.

Uma and Papa made sure the kids got to all their things while we spent the day running.

It was a great day with great people!

The Eureka Run set another new fundraising record this year, raising $178,000 for the kids of St. Jude.

Adelie and I went to see Naomi perform in the Penguin Players summer show 'Willy Wonka, Jr.'  I love their sweet friendship!!

We made one last trip to State Farm Pool with cousins.

Briggs went to see Dude Perfect with his friend, Bryli.  He had a great time!!

Cross country kicked off for all the girls in the family with Adelie and I at the middle school and...

Staley at the high school.

The kids all started back to school.

Briggs made the big jump to the middle school, starting his 5th grade year in Mrs. Anderson's home room.  He has enjoyed it so far, looking forward to joining Drama Club and Lego League.  He was excited to have Ryker, Remi, and Dava in his class this year.

Adelie has settled in nicely to 7th grade.  She has home room with Mrs. Woerner and has chorus and Impact (where she is a mentor in a study hall for at risk kids) as her two electives.  She has friends in all her classes, is loving cross country, is excited for Drama Club, and is on Student Council for this year.

Staley started high school and has been loving it.  Cross country is her favorite, and she has really enjoyed hanging out with the girls on the team.  She has also joined Student Council and likes all her classes.  So far, her favorite subject is geometry, favorite class with her friends is Spanish, and favorite teacher is Mr. Tapp.

We helped Kaysen celebrate his 3rd birthday and little sister gender reveal at his dinosaur themed party with lots of NTA friends...

enjoyed a pool party with all the middle school cross country runners...

took friends to my work pool party...

since there weren't going to be any other older kids...

and continued to perform with Rising Stars.

The girls both got to do their solos again with Staley singing 'Can You Hear the Bells'...

and Adelie singing 'Anything's Possible'.

Briggs started his fall season of 4th/5th/6th grade in-house soccer.

The girls rounded out their August with a Labor Day sleepover to celebrate Emily's birthday with some of their NTA friends.

They had a great time hanging out, eating, singing karaoke, playing football, and doing a fun sunset photo shoot.

Not to be left out, Briggs enjoyed a fun Uma and Papa sleepover as well.

It's a little sad to officially say good-bye to summer and hello to the busy-ness of fall, but so many fun things to look forward to!!  Look out September!  Here we come!!