1. Labor Day at Jordanelle. It was windy- but we still had lots of fun. We found a good beach area, had a picnic, and did lots of tubing. Garrett, Kari, Evan, Trish, and Tio all came. We met up with my Aunt Deb, Uncle Rog, and Kate and her gang (they also had a boat), and even saw the Bushes.

2. Jake's my hero. Josh's toilet stopped up this week. After a lot of snaking, and eventually unhooking and taking the toilet to the front lawn for revers flushing and inspection we found that a plastic toy red and blue boat was the culprit! Thanks to Jake his toilet is now fully functional again. Not a fun job- but somebody had to do it.

3. Laughing it off. Josh and a couple neighbor kids decided to "make sand" by turning on our hose and stirring it in to buckets of potting soil and gravel- the activity turned bad when they found a rag and decided to dip it in the sand and then wash Jake's Audi with it. Was it upsetting? Yes. Do we have to pay a deductible and file and insurance claim to cover the new paint job now required? Yes. But did we make it through without strangling any kids and actually laugh a little? Yes!!!