August 2015

August was Jonas's month to spend the night.  We took him to see "Shaun the Sheep, the Movie."  He was enthralled.  (He ate that whole bag of popcorn by himself, too.)

 We spent a few days in Virginia visiting Jaclyn and Emily.  I never remember to take pictures of them while we're there. We took the boys shopping for school supplies, which is always a lot of fun.  I missed having children in school this year for the first time since Hannah graduated, so I really enjoyed helping them get ready.  We met Emily and Jon for breakfast one morning.  It was the most fun breakfast I've had in a long time.  On the way home we stopped at Claytor Lake State Park. It was beautiful.

 Phillip has been wanting to see Pilot Mountain so we made a stop there, too.  The view was amazing.

 Our neighbor shared his apples with us.  Since Phillip loves dried apples, I dehydrated most of them.  

 Libby met a turtle.  She was much more interested in it than it was in her.  With a little help from me, the turtle made its escape with no harm to either party.

 Laura baked this impressive cake for her husband Michael's birthday.  It was delicious.

 Phillip finally bought a new lawn mower.  When he cut grass with his old mower, he worked on the mower longer than he cut grass with it.  Now he can mow without having his toolbox open and ready the whole time.

 Lilly and Lucy made friends with a lizard. They had a good time with him, then released him back into the wild. (Notice that Lilly had to get braces. She has adjusted to them better than any of us expected.)