September 2014

September started off with Labor Day... we didn't have any big plans so we started with a trip to the mall. We thought it would be fun to take the kids on the carousel and to the pet store. Well... Noah was way too old for the carousel and Abby hated it!

Noah and Abby took some photo booth pictures while we were at the mall!

 

We also went to Stratum later that day so Russ and Noah could play some laser tag.

We took one last lake trip (while the weather was hot enough to get in the water) with just these 3 cute kids. Noah and Sophie had a blast on the tube...

 

Somehow, neither Sophie or Noah fell out of the tube but instead survived this air...

 

 Our cub scout leaders put on a fun pack meeting in September. The boys designed little boats out of foam and then raced them (by blowing on them through a straw) at the "raingutter regata"! They also got to race goldfish afterwards and take one home! Noah knew that the goldfish wouldn't survive at our house, so he let it go that night in a deep puddle of water.

We went to a Dbacks game and took Ellie with us in place of Russ since he was out of town :)

Noah and Abby got to sleep in mom's bed when Russ was gone and Abby thought she could have it all to herself. I felt like she was pushing me off the side all night long, and this is what I saw when I woke up the next morning. Noah's head was hanging off!  #QueenAbby

It was a memorable experience to check out the Flag display at Tempe Town Lake. In honor  9/11, there is a flag for every person who lost their life on that day.

Noah has been hanging out at Wilson lately to shoot hoops and once in awhile, we join him. The weather is getting a little more tolerable but we've been eaten alive by mosquitos!

Krispy Kreme was giving out a dozen donuts to anyone who dressed as a pirate for #nationaldresslikeapirateday. The kids had just been to Suzy's craft class which was pirate-themed, so we of course had to take advantage! We couldn't even eat all the donuts we got and threw away at least a dozen.

Noah started his football season at the end of September. The game location has a park that is right up Abby's alley.