August 5th – While
Jason and Abigail were hiking Denny Creek with friends, Justin and I took
Carly, Katie, and Drew to the police station for National Night Out. Besides a free meal it was fun for the
kids to roam through the various emergency vehicles on site.
Meanwhile…
Jason fell while running on the
trail and totally skinned up his knees and elbows. Thankfully someone had a first aid kit and was able to patch
him up. Of course, it would happen
when we send him with friends.
August 9th – Justin
took Jason and Katie hiking to Twin Falls
Abigail’s registration day was
August 27th – I dressed myself in identical clothes to see what her
reaction would be to us going as twinners. She wasn’t supportive of the idea.
On September 1st we
went on a family bike ride along the Snoqualmie Valley Trail. We bought a bike rack last summer but
didn’t get a hitch onto the van until late August. We hope to get a lot of
use out of it in years to come. We
only went about 4 miles since we wanted to get home with enough time to have
our back to school FHE.
After priesthood blessings we
had back to school surprises for the kids. Carly, Jason, and Katie each received new backpacks. This was thrilling for Carly
especially- she’s been begging for a new backpack for ages. Abigail got the biggest surprise – a
phone! She didn’t expect it all
(but very much wanted). A recent
change to Justin’s policy allowed us to add another line without having to boot
off one of his family members. No
longer is the almost teenage daughter of a parent who works for a cell phone
company puzzlingly without a phone.
She’s got lots of rules in place and it’s actually come in extremely
handy this fall.
September 2nd - The day before school started I
was heading home from the hospital after Drew’s checkup and got in a minor
accident. We were stopped at the
time because of a truck in front of the both of us that had stopped while
merging onto a main road. The lady
in front of me made like she was going to pass him (which she should have) but
then didn’t. My bumper barely
touched hers but her grown son insisted we needed to call the police.
The police couldn’t even tell
where contact had been made between the cars. The lady was irate and overdramatic. The cop said there was absolutely no
need for the police to be involved but he had to write a report since he
was. So I had to deal with an
overly tired baby that had just gotten shots, in the rain, on the side of a
major road, for an HOUR!
Thankfully, Justin was able to come and get Drew after awhile. I had a feeling the lady was the
dramatic type, but the cop reassured me that that it couldn’t be anymore minor
and took some pictures just for my piece of mind. Turns out the lady is a crook and has claimed injury and
damage – people are ridiculous!
That same afternoon as I drove
Carly to soccer practice I spotted this.
Brightened my day a little.
And with that summer was over
and school began…
1 comment:
Wow, that is a bummer on the accident. I can't believe some people! Maybe it is good the cop was there to take pictures after all.
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