August -- 1st tooth, rollerdome, school, dog

We had some HUGE Spiders this year. Cat Face in the pink shed by the chickens. A 4 inch Banded Garden Spider in my tomato's.  Grandma Dixie was so excited for the Blackfoot fair and parade. Kids thought it was funny when she was adamant there would be no candy and then they each came away with a large bag full of goodies.  Zara lost her first tooth on the 7th. We were in town just stopped at a store. She came up "mom something is wrong with my tooth"  She pushed it with her tongue and it fell over. My reaction "Oh" scared her. She started crying "I'm sorry I'm sorry"  NO NO it's good it's normal its ok.  Then she pushed her tooth again and it popped out. We lost it on the floor. We looked for a full 5 minutes, said a prayer and finally found it on the ground under the van door. We won a home water air purifier at the fair. Later that week we had a rainbow demo and after 2 hours of crying we got a new rainbow water vacuum. 5 years ago when we got our quantum X we thought about getting one. It is still expensive hence the tears but with fair time extras/discounts we felt it was a good deal. I can't believe how gross the water is. Carpet looks brighter.  Air does smell cleaner.  Ward party had a water slide. We stayed till the bitter end. Literally the guy was there to take it down and my kids did it one more time. Katana had a regional youth concert for the end of FSY. She wasn't old enough to go the week of conferences but everyone was invited to the end concert. 

The last week of summer we did school shopping and pizza pie cafe using coupons from last year's reading.  Skateland in Twin Falls is an old school roller rink and our new favorite date night.  We've gone 3 times in the last 2 months.  We got a new batch of baby kitties.  Three black & white and a grey tabby.  Bought a new stud horse. He was very agitated at first. We hooked him to the 4 wheeler and the kids rode him around the pasture. I think he'll be good with some work.  No one was ready for school to start. We are up at 5:45 -Bus comes at 6:25 and home about 4:25.  Zara only had to go one day the first week for evaluation/placement. The second full week kicked her butt. It's a long day for a little girl. She got Mrs. Taber. Mace has Mrs. Howard. Axel starts 5th at the middle school.  Katana was overjoyed to get chosen as a library aid for her elective class. She also looks super cute with her new glasses.  Axels birthday was celebrated with outings over the last few weeks. He was elated to find a drone in budget for his birthday shopping with Grandma Pam. The last of the month was my Kelly Girl party weekend. There was some scheduling issues and our Ladies Night Out activity got moved to the week before. A quick day trip. It was the most fun / laughter I've had in a while because of the company (Echo, Malena, Jamie, Her Mom and niece)  It was the most awkward situation I've been in in a while because of the entertainment. I was hoping for more dances and music. We got 3 poorly executed half line dances.  The rest was crowd / stage lap dances you couldn't see or wasn't attractive.  Then the next week we did the whole toes. shopping. dinner.  On the way home I picked up my kids at Grandma Dixie's in Arco. We also got a new puppy from Jamie. It's Towed's brother. We named him Maverik.  I've spent the last month fixing fence with panels and chicken wire. Hopefully this one will last longer.