Lacrosse players Hailey Carlin, Aenne Thom, Sydney Landdeck, Jordyn Vaughn, and Carolynn Barashkoff pose at Snohomish High on Aug. 8 in Snohomish. (Andy Bronson / The Herald)

“I didn’t want to do just one tiny section and leave the whole thing empty,” says Nico Gomez while in front of his mural at Lowell Elementary on July 26 in Everett. (Andy Bronson / The Herald)

Talia, 4, rides on the shoulders of her mother, Nicki Berger, a teacher at Terrace Park School in Mountlake Terrace, during a rally outside Edmonds School District offices Aug. 8 to highlight ongoing struggles with contract negotiations. (Ian Terry / The Herald)

From a store window display, Paula Adrian hands a birch-framed hanging heart to her husband, Bob, on Aug. 7. (Dan Bates / The Herald)

Andres Torres of the Everett AquaSox pitches against the Spokane Indians on Kids Day, Aug. 10, in Everett. (Andy Bronson / The Herald)