The Best of the Rest of Sept.

I don't want to leave out some of the highlights of last month, so I won't. 

Our annual Lytle trip to Lagoon took place on the 15th. We drove down on the 14th and stayed overnight at the campground adjacent to Lagoon, spent all Saturday in the amusing park, tented it another night, then drove home the next morning. It was tons of fun, as we all assumed it would be.

All the littlest male cousins just before entering Lagoon.

Some of the cousins on the train. I'm too lazy right now to name names.

Oliver at the conclusion of his carousel ride.

There was an exciting new ride this year! 

The whole ride turns like a merry-go-round while the individual planes [attached to large propellers] rotate independently. They alternate gradually between upside down, sideways, and right-side up. I hope I'm making myself clear.

Get the idea? Yeah, it was super freaky. I can handle any roller coaster better than this ride. This one doesn't move very fast, so it gave me more time to contemplate the feeling of being held upside down, all the while fervently hoping the safety restraints would prove strong enough to keep me from being introduced to the unforgiving ground below.

The back of Malory, the front of Cora, and the left side of my hair. All waiting in line for the ride I just described. Jane and Ryan also dared to climb aboard.

 

Saturday the 22nd was the night I got to attend a splendid production of Les Miserables. [Broadway in Boise at the Morrison Center]  I went with Ryan, my mom, Erin, Megan, and Maren. It was spectacular!

I felt the need to photograph the cute assorted donuts I bought for the morning of that unforgettable 5k.

Donut they look delicious?

Here's the last highlight I will share before zipping my lip about September . . .

On Thursday the 27th, I went to dinner at The Creperie with my friend Kirsten. I had not seen her since high school. We met in the 9th grade when her family moved into our ward. We got along great and have lots of fun memories. When we finally got together after way too many years, we both wondered why we'd waited so long. She's one of those people who is so fun and easy to talk to. And it turns out she lives within a couple miles of me. It was so good to see her. I enjoyed the chicken artichoke crepe (sooooooooo yummy!) and we shared a caramel apple crepe for dessert (mmm-mmmmmm-mmmmm!!!).
Along with the treat of catching up with Kirsten, I finally washed my hands of something that had been bothering me since high school. When I was 14, I borrowed a large hardback songbook from her mom (with permission!). As high school came and went, I never got around to returning it, and after we graduated her family moved across town. As the years ticked by, I grew increasingly more embarrassed about giving it back after all that time, but it haunted me each time I looked at that music book. I didn't know where they lived.
Anyway, I took the book with me last month to the dinner date and surrendered it to Kirsten. She just laughed. I told her that when I asked to borrow it, they should have said no!

That's about all I had left to share of Sept.