* Non-existent-date-night-movie-of-the-month. Sean was busy working for the 1st half of the month and we spent the 2nd half of the month doing things together as a family - outside and enjoying the summer weather. So our date-night got put on the back burner in favor of BBQs and swimming at the lake and game-nights w/ friends.
* Events already covered: There is a lot of stuff I have already blogged about.
- Oregon visit (first week of August)
- Ethan's first Testimony
- We met Michelle Kwan
- Clark County Fair
- Ward Camp-out
* Still to come: Our trip to the Oregon Coast! Lots of fun pictures... I'll get on that soon!
* Ethan flooded his room. Literally. It was not a good day. It was hot, so Ethan had been playing outside and at one point had asked to use the hose to clean off some of his trucks. No big deal. He's always been very careful to keep the water on the lawn.... Well, I'm not sure what happened this time, but Ethan's window was open. He came inside {Sean and I were still oblivious that anything had happened} and after a while Ethan goes in his room and then comes back out to let us know there was "a little water" on his floor. Oh, boy. We knew this couldn't be good, but did not prepare for the worst. There was water EVERYWHERE!! It was a good thing Sean was home, or I think I would've lost it even more than I already had!
And, the saddest part - his bookcase was directly below his window. I just about had a panic attack when I saw all the wet books. It took at least 7 towels to mop up the mess and we had to almost completely empty the room. ALL of his books ended up outside, spread out on a tarp. I wiped down each individual book and then propped it open to dry. It was a long process. {And the picture below was after the books had been outside for awhile - originally, though, they were in direct sunlight.}
Ethan helped by laying all of his toys out on towels to dry in the sun. Luckily, the extent of the damage to the books was not nearly as bad as I originally estimated. We were able to keep all of his books, just some are a little worse for wear. Needless to say, there was a little furniture rearranging in Ethan's room the next day.* Klineline lake: The third week of the month (Sean's first bit of time-off after working in Salem and then straight to working at the fair) was spent hanging out and going to the lake. I've got a ton of pictures, so I'll save most of them for another post.
* Ethan decided to embrace swimming! He's always liked the water, but was pretty hesitant about anything that got too deep - especially at the beginning of the summer. It was like pulling teeth to get him to swim in the Dahls' pool (which came up to his shoulders), even with a life-jacket. Toward the end of August, it was like someone had flipped a switch. We were at the Dahls' again and suddenly he was all about swimming in the pool and didn't even mind doing it without me in there, so long as he had a life-jacket on. Wahoo! I'm hoping to start swimming lessons this fall. If you'll recall from last year, our first attempt(s) did not go so well!
This is him climbing up the ladder so he can jump in, not get out!!
See?! We have splash-down!! 
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