Abundant August

* Food *

Our raspberries went crazy!  They came on earlier, were bigger, tasted sweeter and continued to come through the entire month of August (which has not happened in the 14 years we have been growing raspberries). The little boys often went missing but we always found them searching among the bushes for their favorite fruit.

Nathan and Hyrum kept picking my tomatoes before I could get to them. It was nice when they finally ripened all together instead of one or two per day so that we could all sit around the plants and enjoy the fruits of our watering labors.


Derek and Sierra are not shy when it comes to cooking in the kitchen.

Sierra has requested a copy of the cookbook that I made for Erika so that she can continue with some of her favorite recipes that we make in the Edwards Kitchen.


* Family *

Kara, Max and Zane came to visit us for the last hurrah week before school started.  The boys all played so well together that it gave Kara and I plenty of time to catch up from our busy summers.

They spent nearly as much time wet as they did dry.

Refueling

Our little super heroes went around the block several times protecting our neighborhood.

We didn't go even one day without a Spider Man or two running around.

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Bret and Erika left for Colorado at 4:00 in the morning beginning the day with McDonalds.
I recognize that early morning glare.  Bret was very brave to get her up that early.

Their 2nd anniversary was spent feasting on sushi and hanging out with the Hellbusch family.


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Hyrum taught Levi how to ride a bike with training wheels.

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Levi surprised Daymia on her 21st birthday with a hot air balloon ride.  They loved it!

They even got to witness a ballooner-eclipse.

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When Levi was 11 years old he won a Yamaha Clavinova at a piano festival that he participated in.  A couple of years ago several keys started sticking but since it wasn't being used much I didn't pay to have it fixed.  It has served as a dust magnet in our basement.

Erika has missed playing the piano so asked Levi if she could take it to her apartment. He didn't want to send it to her broken so the two of them watched YouTube videos, read online instructions, took it apart and fixed those sticky keys.


* Friends *

Nathan and Hyrum were thrilled to have pool parties with their friends!

Brock

Camdyn and Jensen



* Fun *

Nathan had a surge of creativity that led he and LeRoy to build a marshmallow catapult.

Can we ever have too many trampoline pictures?  Yes. The answer is YES.  But when they keep calling to me to take pictures of their tricks I have to.  I can't let this kind of skill go undocumented.

Justin hides some of his talents.  Wiggling his ears, wiggling them one at a time, doing a rabbit nose and chipmunk cheeks while wiggling his ears; he just needs to share more.  That's what moms and cameras are for.

* Fluffy, Fury Felines *

They keep the mice and snakes away.
They cuddle up with us when they are in the house and know they shouldn't be.
They laze around with us on hot summer days.
They chase us when we run through the yard.
They sit on the edge of the trampoline or under it, begging for attention.
We love them.