September 2016

Dad temporarily had a motorcycle and gave the kids rides around the block:

 Tyler on his motorcycle:

 
 Dad had a day off after going to Brazil and took us to the park:

 Anna's "edible state of Utah" project:

 The annual school carnival:

 
 This was Mary's last carnival!  She and Jodi made the most of it:

 Tiki took care of the lawn while Dad was gone:

Hard work!

When Dad came home, they trimmed it together:

 

 Dad was gone during the fair again this year:

 
 
 
 
 
 
 The four oldest kids participated in the tractor pull this year and did very well:

 
 

They were pulling a lot of weight by the final rounds:
 
 
 
We went to the circus for the first time at the fair this year.  It was really something:
 
 
 I got to go on a field trip to the IMAX theatre with Anna's class!

 
 Sarah and Tyler and I found a splash pad that was still open:

 I think Sarah had three outfits on--by the time we left, she was down to this:

 Getting ideas from the emergency preparedness fair:

 And burying kids in the laundry: