I always think I’m going to be devastated when school starts and summer comes to an end, but Utah’s fall always has a way of reminding me that I love it too.  

We said our final goodbyes to the pool. 


and enjoyed our last outdoor movie.  

and we haven’t looked back since. 

I didn’t think I’d love afternoon kindergarten like I do, but we’ve got our schedule down and I am loving it.

 We play all morning and run our errands.  Then Ruby naps while Miles is at school and I get my introverted extrovert time.  Meaning, I lock myself in my house and am lazy, in order to recover from my busy and usually social mornings.  

Miles is doing better than I expected just a month into school.  



Which meant I no longer had an excuse to put off potty training Crew.
It clicked after 2 long days and we’ve been pretty good ever since.  


And this is his typical look anymore.  Always some type of injury.  


Ruby is pretty much the reason I still get nothing done around the house and is my entertainment for most of the day.  


She can never resist a good tackling opportunity.
She is constantly on the table and is always trying to steal the boys’ lunch.  

She wore her first baby pony tail this month.  


And she loves to run around with her neighbor BFF, Ella.  

The kids are pretty much outside from when they get home from the bus until dinnertime.  
Love all these kids and the moms I never get pictures of. 

Lucky for us, Peter has afternoon school too, so the scooter bandits have plenty of time to explore together.  



The weather has been perfect for park hopping.  

Playing outside at the Children’s Museum.  

September always brings with it Chalk the Block.


The School Carnival.


And plenty of hiking.  


We made M&M skip school to go exploring in Big Cottonwood Canyon.  


We attempted to hike to Donut Falls in the spring, but there was too much snow on the trail for us to make it and it was pretty much a disaster. 


Glad we tried again.  


Can’t wait till I can do it when the kids are bigger and we can actually climb up and see the “donut hole”.  

Utah Mountains never disappoint, though.  

For labor day, I wanted to have a picnic in a secluded meadow, as I was sick of most people.

Brenden came through, finding us the perfect spot.  It was our kids biggest hike to date and there was quite a bit of elevation gain, but it was so worth not seeing a single person on the trail and getting to have an entire mountain meadow to ourselves.  

Seriously, these views.  Makes the whining much more bearable.  


Julianne and I made sure to recover and have a little nap while the boys took the kids off to explore, once we reached the meadow.  



Love where we live.