anniversaries, month days, state fairs, and football

Anniversaries...Happy 8 years to us. Our special day was on Tuesday, but we decided to hold off celebrations until the weekend, what with it being in the middle of a busy week. We're learning that we tend to seek babysitters on the wrong weekends...a dinner out last night didn't happen. Instead, Grandma came over this morning and TEC and I got out for our first bike ride "date" since after SCC was born (we had so much fun last time that we vowed to do it more often...).

We live really close to Tanner Park, so we rode there and down through the gully and then up to parts of the new (for us) Parleys and Bonneville Shoreline trails. Avid bike riders we are not, so we had jell-o legs by the end, but it was so nice. I'm loving this fall weather.

Month days...True to form, I didn't get any photos of CAC on September 3rd, but she is now 1 month old and doing great. Sleeping. Eating. Spitting up. Getting her diaper changed. Smiling and looking around and making cute sighing sounds. Sleeping again. What a life. She also endures 3 older siblings, one of which is able to raise her voice at least 2 octaves while talking to her baby sister..."CAC, are you awake?" "CAC, you're okay." "Do you like me, CAC? Do you like me?"

We went to the Utah State Fair on Thursday evening to visit the sheep, cows, pigs and horses. It was cheap entry night, but somehow we managed to make up for it on food and a few other things. The kids enjoyed their balloon dog/flower/crown as long as they lasted, and had fun waving to Dad on the merry-go-round. I was just pleased to find real snow cones--you know, the kind in the cone cup that you used to be able to get places until shaved-ice-in-Styrofoam-cups took over. We tried grape, lime, and blue raspberry. And then went back for cherry.


Tonight is the first home football game for the UTES--TEC is excited to use his first ticket of the season. I'll be hanging out at home with the kids for a change (ha ha). I'm pretty sure we won't be getting the whole family out for any games this year, but I might take CAC out one of these Saturdays...before it gets too cold.