End of summer odds and ends

--Smokey morning walk made the sun glow red

--Kari's friends came over and made ice cream in a bag

--We bought this t-shirt for Sam for his birthday. He had seen it on the side of the road and had been dying to get one. He loved it. We only felt a little guilty getting it for him. :) We did have a lady scream out her window while we were buying it, "If you buy a shirt, you'll die of COVID!" Sheesh. People are so weird. The shirt prompted a funny story before we gave it to Sam, though. The governor changed the rules again and reinstated the mask mandate at the end of August, which meant we had to wear masks at church since we were meeting at the school again. That first Sunday when Greg reminded Grant that he needed to bring a mask to church, Grant started crying and said, "She's ruining everything!"

Greg asked, "What do you mean? Who's ruining everything?"

Still crying, Grant exclaimed, "The wicked witch of the northwest!"

At this point, Greg could hardly keep from laughing but tried to console him and remind him it was only for a little while, and the governor couldn't ruin church for us. Too funny! 

--Joel hung out with me after we got him his COVID vaccine and had to go straight to Kosrow Automotive for an oil change. We walked to a bakery down the street, and he enjoyed a cinnamon roll and smoothie while we waited

--I came home from running errands one morning to find the kids playing "hot lava" and walking on the kitchen counters. I shocked them when I joined them in their fun game. And then I made them clean my counters. :) Joel grabbed his phone as soon as he saw me on the counter--had to capture evidence of Mom on the counters.

--We went over to Blake and Lindsay's house to meet their new dog, Sally. She's the perfect dog for Lindsay--sweet, calm, and cuddly. 

--Lots of apples. Kathy Obrist let us come and pick apples, and we got so many! Lots of applesauce and apple crisp in our future. 

--Aubrey started reading my old blog books and found some funny stuff in those pages. Made me thankful I've committed to keeping it up. I forget so many things! Going back and reading and seeing the photos is so fun.