September 2025 - Audrey's Haircut

September was a blur. We celebrated our annual end of summer reading challenge at Lagoon. We went on Labor Day this year and were worried it would be really busy but it was perfect! We only have pictures of the little kids because the big kids were running around on their own most of the day.

Nathan learned how to ride a pedal bike and is learning sight words SO fast in kindergarten! It's been amazing to see how fast he's picking things up. We were worried because he just turned 5 in August so he's really young for his grade but he is doing so, so well.

We also had Fall Softball in Eagle Mountain and soccer in Lehi, all at different parks all over the place. We love that we get to hang out with Peggy, Paul, Mike, and Erin at Eagle Mountain softball games though.

Liam's soccer team End of Season party

Little Miss Audrey cut her hair just like her sister did at her age...I'm thrilled. And it was right on the top of her head so it's proving difficult to fix. We took her to a hairdresser who agreed that there's not much she can do to blend it in. We just have to wait for her hair to grow. Sigh.

Alexa and Kyle got their braces and invisalign off on the same day. And it just so happened to be the week Alexa had school pictures and right before our family pictures. It was a complete surprise so the timing was a tender mercy.

Video of Tyler bench pressing Audrey: https://youtube.com/shorts/j4NJ62VaLmk?feature=share

Funny Memories:

Nathan calls the red dot from the laser tag gun light a "ladybug"
Audrey calls the song "Child of God" "hot dog"

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stairs and a silly little girl....

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Good news!

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La felicidad que se encuentra: Kyle, Jenny, Alexa, Tyler, Tad, Liam, Nathan, and Audrey

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