We celebrated/mourned the end of summer this year with the Total Eclipse.  We are lucky enough to live about thirty minutes from the Zone of Totality.  The fear mongers had convinced me to stay home and watch the 98% eclipse from my back yard for fear of being stuck on a road somewhere for days with the massive crowds who were heading our way to watch the eclipse.  But that morning, Rock checked the traffic and it was totally open all the way to Weiser, where we planned to watch it from.  So I decided at the last minute to join the rest of the family.  So glad I did!  There was NO traffic whatsoever on the way over and only a little bit on the way back.  We pulled right into the empty church parking lot and set up camp.  Sarin even had time to drive over and join us!  And we had a moment of silence for those beloved family members who couldn’t be with us that day. 

It was incredible to feel the temperature drop, and to see how even when the sun was totally covered by the moon it STILL let light through!  It was also fun to watch it in a crowd.  Like watching fireworks, there’s just something that unifies humanity when you share something like that with a bunch of strangers. Loved it!  So glad I got to go!

The almost total eclipse with my camera doesn’t look like much.  I was hoping to get the crescent look, but it didn’t work. 

Almost…there….

Check out those street lights!!!

We drove back home and packed up the lunch boxes and the back packs for First Day of School.

First day of High school for Reagan Dean.  

Cade is on top this year in 8th grade.

Levi is in 4th and Liberty is in 2nd.  

The school year has gone great so far for all the kids.  

Reagan had his first orchestra concert in 2 years!  See if you can see him.

I’m in the home stretch!  Two more blog post to get caught up!  Stay tuned for our Cruise and Pumpkin Patch 2017!!