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It's been awhile since we have had a Sunday dinner and get together.  Thanks to my sister being in town we met at my mom's for her famous lasagna and family fun.

 Cheetah races are a must!

 And my boys beat their cousin for the first time ever!  They were pumped!

 She bothered her cousins all night.  I had to keep putting her on time out so she would leave them alone.

 Jordann accepted the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge from her niece.

 And Jim accepted the handstand challenge.  Although Z won.

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Big brother giving a little football advice! He scored, won, and had a great game today.

After the game and family lunch at the Old Spaghetti Factory, I received a call from one of my dearest friends from AZ asking me to meet her at a store.  We met, sat and talked in this spot for long time!  It was so fun to catch up.

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Friday night lights watching Z and his team win!

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B girl's Broadway Kidz cast party.  She's the showoff doing a back flip on the diving board. 

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More Ice Bucket Challenges with the neighborhood girls.  That's a big bucket!!!

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This is his white jersey after a wet, muddy practice.  

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After they leave, it's a day of catch up for me.

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Two more ALS Ice Bucket Challenges today.

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First football scrimmage for our little guy.  They killed them!

Then a small pizza for lunch, NOT!  We love The Pie!

 Later that day these boys took the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge from their cousin.

 Along with this cute girl. Thanks to Z, mom and dad also took the challenge, but I'm not posting pictures. 

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We had fun decorating Pink's locker.  We even made the mirror with fancy ribbon. I wish I had a picture of my teddy bear decorated locker I had in Jr. High.

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And finally…the first day of school for these two elementary students.

Let's just say, I hope the rest of the year goes better than this morning.  We were late on the first day

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When I convinced Z that I had to take a picture since it is his last year, he replied "Then you will take a first day of college, first day of my mission, first day of medical school, etc."  He's soooo right, grin.

 She went to school yesterday for 6th grade orientation then had the stomach flu most of the day.  So her first official day started today at 10:00 a.m.

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Our August family resolution was to plan a fun family activity.  Flowrider won the vote and today was the day!  The kids had the best time and picked it up fast!  They had some great wipeouts too.

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I don't know if I was feeling super crafty or super sad that this is Z's last year home, but I put together Back to School Survival Kits and gave them to the kids right before father's blessings. 

I think they were a little surprised.  This grumpy end of the summer mom did something fun.

It was a special evening and a tradition I look forward to every year (father's blessings).

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It was a little boys vs. girls for our minute to win it FHE

Boys won :(

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After weigh-ins this morning, someone was very excited that his new cleats came in the mail!

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The jam snobs at work!  

Three batches of raspberry and four batches of strawberry!

After we finished the jam, we cleaned up and headed over to the Blue and White game to watch Z and his team.  This year Z is sporting the 2!

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He did great at his first football scrimmage!

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Today we washed Grandma's basement windows.

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Thanks dad for inviting us to your work today for lunch!