Sofi spent Labor Day weekend with Nate and his family in Washington and sent this photo of a lake they hiked to. It's too beautiful to not share.
We put the labor into Labor Day by working a platform shift at the pear farm.
We went to Applegate Lake in the afternoon to swim. Ed, Helen, Gibson and Jason tried building a raft. The lake was unusually quiet for the last holiday of the summer.
Wednesday was the first day of school. Gibson is a sophomore this year.
And Helen is a senior. They're off to a great start.
Becky's first day of school was Tuesday, a welcome-to-school day for freshmen and new students. Unexpectedly, she came across a group of seniors carrying Larry and asked to get a photo with him. Larry the Lawn Gnome of Destiny is the mythical mascot of the Renaissance Academy. The seniors take care of him and then pass him on to the incoming seniors after they graduate. He's rarely seen at school, but sometimes he's sighted on students' instagram pages. Once he disappeared for a couple of years before resurfacing. It felt like good luck to spot Larry on the first day of school.
Sofi ordered pizza for us for dinner on Friday to celebrate finishing the first week of school. Helen picked it up. It was a delicious and welcome treat after a long week.
Helen went to the football game Friday night with Aunika and Riley. It feels great to start the school year without the covid restrictions of the past two years.
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