It's October first and I am actually doing a September recap! I am not sure what kind of stars have aligned to make this happen but YAY!
September kind of officially started with the back to school photos of the previous post, but taking off from there...
Evan came home from the first day with quite a load of homework. I guess that's how they role when you are a smarty pants. Those advanced classes are no joke.
Evan finally had some home matches in his JV tennis season. I love watching him play. I am always on the edge of my seat thinking there is no way he will make it to to the ball or get the shot. Those guys are fast! There is no way I could move like they do.
On September 11th, Evan went with his scout troop to Grand Rapids to the Gerald Ford Museum to participate in the 9/11 Salute. That day is still surreal to me. The fact that Evan wasn't even born when when it all happened. Spencer was six weeks old and we all suddenly thought the world was ending. Scary times.
Hailey had her first project of the year. They had to glue pictures of them and pictures of the things that made them unique. They could use a CD or for extra credit fill up an old school record. Hailey wanted to do the record which surprised me but was actually genius. By using the record we could print pictures regular size. When the boys did this in 7th grade and used the CD the biggest pain in the butt was shrinking everything down. Big record is the way to go! We found an old record to use at Grama's house and viola!
Evan got all decked out for the Sailor Salute.
This is one of my favorite events of the year. It is always really cool and so much fun. I love that we can all participate in it together. This year was even more special because our school was playing Trent's school in football and they invited anyone from RP who wanted to sing to join in.
Evan was one of the giant flag unfurlers.
Hailey hanging out outside and making some art.
Trent and Rich took the boys up north for the youth hunt. They seemed a little tired on Saturday afternoon.
Evan was successful on Saturday evening and shot a spike.
All of Trent's dreams came true when he finally got a "new to us" car that was for him. For the past years I have gotten the new vehicle and he took the hand me down. He LOVES his new truck.
Evan went on a scout trip to Mackinac Island. Our tracker picked him up on the ferry but it looks like he was in the middle of the lake.
There were loads of politicians on the island with the scouts. Evan and a bunch of other scouts got to have a photo op with the VP. Evan's only comment was that the secret service don't joke around much.
Someone celebrated a big birthday in September.
I was looking for a photo of Trent to post on FB for his birthday. While skimming through old albums I saw this picture of him and did a double take because I thought it was Evan. Most of the time our boys resemble old photos of me or my dad. It is rare to find one where they look so much like Trent.
Hailey was insistent that we needed to get the big number balloons for him.
The day after the big birthday was our 22nd anniversary. We had Hailey take our annual anniversary photo. I kept telling her to just take it from the waist up but she insisted on a full body. She is so funny.
We celebrated Trent's birthday on our anniversary by having a little get together with friends at his favorite brewery. It was a fun night.
That was our September. I am looking forward to what October brings. It is one of my favorite months of the year.
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