August

While Max was in Alaska for the month of August (yes the whole month of August) living here...

and looking for bears...
and shooting guns...
and working in a clinic...
Jonah and Wyatt went to Kinderfarm two mornings a week (which helped me with my sanity)...
and Emmett had his first trips to the pool...
with his older brothers...

and we went to the Johnson County Fair with the Olsons and saw big tractors...

and I participated in a rubber chicken throwing contest...
and so did Tiffany, even with a baby strapped to her...
(and if you look close you can see the rubber chicken flailing through the air)
and Wyatt tried to figure out the slip and slide...
and Jonah did figure out the slip and slide...
and we went to the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines with the Gurgels...
and did Iowa State Fair stuff (if you didn't know, the Iowa State Fair is the fair to end all fairs) like ride John Deeres...
and eat popsicles...
and look at giant pigs...
and a gargantuan bull...
and a butter cow...
and Jonah and Wyatt even showed me how brave they were by going on a ride all by themselves...

and last but not least, I collapsed into a heap on my bed every night.