Always August

Here are the highlights from our August.

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First was my birthday.

I decided I didn't want to cook so I had Jaaromy take us to Malawi's Pizza in Alpine.  I had just gone two days earlier after going to the temple with my niece and I was so excited to go again.  It is super tasty.  Jaaromy also got me Photoshop Elements and some sweet treats.  Tasty!

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Jaaromy was so uncomfortable with our bed.  We didn't do anything about it for a long time because I have always loved our pillow top mattress.  Eventually, we decided to try a Casper.

It's super firm but I was never uncomfortable.  We decided to try it with a pillow top mattress cover and I think that's just the right amount of firmness and pillowy softness.

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Brigham's helper in Primary is one of my very favorite people.  She told me that she had made a fairy door with her daughter and so I asked if Brigham and I could come over and see it.

 It was amazing.  These two pictures hardly do it justice.  She had a main front door and a balcony door on a higher branch.  She had a cellar door in the side and even smaller doors in the back for "trolls".  Also, she had a balcony window with a Rapunzel braid coming out of it.  It was super cute and super amazing.

 Brigham thought it was pretty neat.

The funny thing is that after my neighbor told me about her fairy door, I was at lunch with my sister and after we ate she wanted to go to Michael's for some craft stuff.  She was actually a little embarrassed to tell me that it was because she wanted to make a fairy door for her grandkids and was relieved to find that I was excited instead of judgmental.  I had taken pictures of my neighbor's so I could show my sister that night.

 Here is her fairy door.  Different, but just as cute.  I love it.

 While we were at my sister's house we had Birthday Sunday.

Along with some of the cousins, Jaaromy and I were sung to.

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A week later we celebrated Jaaromy's actual birthday.  I knew he wanted an Apple Watch but I really didn't want to get it because they're so expensive for relatively little value.  He was so set on it that I decided that we would go try one out for his birthday.  He decided he liked it so we got it.  We also saw Mission: Impossible which was awesome.

That night we sung happy birthday and had brownies.  Apparently we don't have a "3" candle so we're a little mixed.

Since at the time I hadn't decided on the Apple Watch, I tried to make up for it with other cool things.  I got him his favorite ice cream bar, and iTunes gift card, and some meat from Harmon's.  That one was a little strange and he was a little confused at first.  When he saw what it was he was actually looking forward to it.  We didn't get a chance to cook it until the next weekend.  Side note: Apparently raw meat only lasts a couple of days in the refrigerator.  We found this out after it had gone bad but before we ate it.  Luckily, Harmon's had the same cut of meat in the refrigerated bin and we bought the exact same kind so it's almost like it never happened.

After we sung to Jaaromy I asked Brigham to show me a happy face.

Then a sad face.

An angry face.

A surprised face.

And an excited face.  He was nice to play along with me.

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Our last two LEGO scenes before school starts.

This one was an old set we've had for a long time.  There are parts missing and we had to improvise.

When we were at the mall getting Jaaromy's Apple Watch, I stopped by the LEGO store and specifically got the AT-AT kit and a grey base plate for our final scene.  I'm happy with how it turned out.

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First day of school!

School started so early this year!  Summer was way too short.  Brigham went back to the same class with the same teacher and even the same bus driver.  Consistency is good.

Nathaniel started Seminary at the high school this year.  This picture is actually of the third day of seminary for him because I kept forgetting to take a picture.  He started the same day Brigham did.

 Nathaniel's school started the next Monday.  It was nice to go into it already knowing what it was like.

 Jonathan's curriculum still hadn't arrived so we got started on Math.  It ended up taking two weeks to get here!

It comes with video lessons which are great!

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My niece got married on the second day of school.  It worked out because then I didn't have to worry about Brigham while I was at the ceremony.

 So, my new nephew-in-law is friends with this guy who plays basketball for BYU(I think).  My brothers all knew who he was.  I thought it was funny that my dad was the same height as him when he was standing on the little wall.  My brother got a better picture because he actually asked them for their picture and they were much closer in height than my picture.  I was trying to do it secretly so mine wasn't as good.

 At the reception, Jonathan was having a blast dancing.  I had to ask him to hold still for just a second so he wouldn't be blurry.

 Brigham was happy to hang out with Jaaromy.

And here is Darrin holding our new little niece.  It was a fun reception.  Nathaniel didn't dance or anything but really enjoyed the music and mentioned later that he wouldn't have minded staying longer.  I don't think I have ever heard him say that, ever.  I'm glad he had fun.

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Our August was super busy but super fun!