August

So August happened. When I wait so long to blog, I know I miss out on the details. And I wasn't so good at taking pictures. The highlights/memorable moments would be: I went to Girls Camp. We swam at the pool. We enjoyed our garden. Joe had a birthday. School started. Brek got sick. Summer vacation ended. Ok, those last 2 weren't highlights per se, but they were big events that happened.

The 2 pictures I took:

This is Brek on the way to the ER on Joe's birthday. He woke up with over a 104 degree temperature. By the time we arrived the children's tylenol had kicked in so the doctor on call didn't have much to say about him. We were home several hours later. It ended up being Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease (which he contracted by swallowing pool water). He only got the sores in his mouth, which I guess was pretty lucky compared to some of the other stories I have heard. It took us over a week to get him eating again, which wasn't fun. Joe started making him malt-o-meal "shakes" (and Brek still asks for them). It was definitely an adventure.

I didn't get this picture rotated, but this is Brek holding the biggest watermelon from our garden. We got 3 or 4 about this size, but sadly none of them were fully ripe. We eventually had to pull them when it got below freezing. It was a really great summer for our garden. We planted 2 varieties of tomatoes, zucchini, yellow squash, and then the watermelon.