Things to Remember Week of 11-20-16

SHARING TIME
Ulgh.  First time teaching Sharing time in a very long time.  Kinda stunk it up.  Good thing I'll have more tries.  11-20-16

ANOTHER MONDAY IN THE BOOKS
Yep, it was Monday.  Got most of my cleaning done.  Picked up my first Christmas gift at Target- I love shopping online, even if I have to pick it up.  Had lunch at Mom's with Jack and Molly.  Made dinner- yummy Thai soup.  FHE- my Gratitude lesson.  Then the rest of the night I spent in the bathroom.  It was HORRIBLE!!!  All I could think was that I'd gotten my Mom's weird virus that took her 2 weeks and a round of antibiotics to get over.  Luckily I talked Nate into staying home for me on Tuesday, slept in, and spent the day on the rocking chair trying to rest up.  Hopefully it's really gone.  11-22-16

FHE
My lesson on Gratitude.  I shared my story about counting my blessings when I was in college.  We made a thankfulness turkey.  Then played Four Corners (I rocked Molly because I was starting to get sick).  Then we had Kelly's cheese cake and egg nog for the treat!  11-21-16

9:00 PM
I hope I get more used to our late night Presidency Meetings- I had no idea just how tired I can get that time of night.  It's definitely not my first choice.  I'm willing to make it work though.  11-22-16

FALL BREAK
I'm wishing I'd taken some pictures during the break!  I don't think I did.  Lame.  We didn't do a whole lot, but it was really nice and relaxing which is what we all needed if you ask me.
The kids played with friends a lot on Wednesday.  We had playgroup at the church and everyone enjoyed that, including me.  We did a puzzle and some games.  It's been fun to do a few puzzles with Luke lately- he really loves it.  Lots of fun.
Thursday was a little crazy, but ended up being a really good day.  Kelly and I worked on a few different projects.  Then made our Reese's Turkeys- they turned out super cute- I did get a picture of those- I think they could be a new tradition to replace our old Nutter Butter cookie ones :).  We'll see.  Then I made the rolls and stuffing and helped Charity make the yummy "Nutty Cereal Candy" or "Yummy Stuff" as I call it :) for dessert.  While Nate finished up the turkey (he worked on that all night Wednesday and all day Thursday- not an easy project!  But his Smoked Turkey is WELL worth it!!  SO delicious!  And he did the mashed potatoes and sausage and peppers stuff that goes inside the turkey.  We loaded it all in the car and hauled it all down to my Mom's for dinner!  We had a really yummy time.  I think the only thing that could have made it better would have been if we'd sat at a table so that our cute little place setting turkeys hadn't been a flop!  Otherwise, good times.  Everyone got all fed up and then we left :).
Friday we went to see Moana as a family.  That was SUCH a cute show!!  I think it's right up there with Tangled in my book.  I LOVED the music especially and how pretty Moana was without being super slender.  They stayed true to the culture- I love when they do that.  After Nate went to work Charity, Kelly and Bradley all went to the temple and did baptisms!  I was so proud of them!  I took Molly shopping while we waited for them.  It was really neat that they wanted to carry on the White Friday tradition even though Grandma Ruthie and Grandpa Russ couldn't be there.  Made me happy.  And the cute picture they took of themselves after made me happy too.
We had several sleepovers during the long weekend- that is Jack's new favorite thing- sleeping in his sibs rooms and keeping them up til all hours letting them wait on him hand and foot and cater to his every whim.  I need to have them write about our break and Thanksgiving!  I snagged a lot of really awesome deals this weekend as well!  It was nice to finally be able to take advantage of some of them.  11-25-16