STAKE CONFERENCE
I loved Stake conference this year! It was great! Super inspirational. I love being uplifted. I loved feeling like I"m okay and that I am going to get through the challenges I am facing right now. I know I will. Thanks to Heavenly Father. 10-27-19
CORN MAZE
Jen invited everyone out to a corn maze in West Jordan. It was very cold outside, but somehow we managed to have a good time. I can't believe how well Sadie did! I mean she was well fed and tired, so it worked out, but such a relief. The corn maze was fun. I loved following our maze expert, Luke and Erika as they followed the map. Kinda funny when they just sort of quit following it. But we made it out pretty quickly. I was surprised. Then we went through the little light exhibit. Kinda lame, and not worth whatever Jen paid. It was fun though. I enjoy spending time together like that when we're all together. We made our way back to Jen's car and had donuts and hot chocolate. That was a fun night. 10-28-19
BRAD'S SHOULDER
We finally took Brad in for his shoulder. Sprained rotater cuff. Physical therapy, NSAIDS, and ice and heat. Bummer. 10-29-19
PUMPKIN CARVING
Since we were out Monday night, we decided to do our carving on Tuesday night. Luckily the evening was open! Charity was even home. We all love this tradition so much! It felt like everyone was a little tired this year, but it was still a lot of fun. I am always amazed at what these kids can create! Even Molly got into it this year! It was fun to have her old enough to enjoy it. 10-29-19
ERIKA'S CLASS PARTY
Molly, Sadie and I got to go to Erika's class for her Halloween party. We did our eyeball toss game- again- but it was extra fun this year! Something about that class made that game so much fun! I absolutely loved it! I had to tell Mrs. Hewett what a wonderful time we had. Kids were so polite and so much fun with getting excited when they won and cheering for each other. I love what she's done with some of those difficult kids :). It was a lot of fun. As always, we loved seeing Erika in her element. She's such a fun girl. I loved it. 10-30-19
HALLOWEEN!!!
We had an awesome Halloween this year! Nate, Molly, Sadie and I all loaded up with the kids to go see the Halloween parade. Erika was planning on being a zombie soccer player for Halloween and was too worried about the blood and gore, so she just dressed up as a baby for the school parade. Jack wore his dolphin costume and Noah his hamburger. It's always fun to see them in the school parade. Then after that, we got to run our eyeball toss game in Jack's class party. It was a lot of fun! So many good kids and lots of winners made it really fun. I love being in the kids' classes. I wish I could do it more often. We ran off to Home Depot to get some flooring for the playroom, but they don't carry what they advertise on their website- go figure. So we came home. The kids had early out so we just waited for them to come home. I hate to admit it, but I totally crashed on the couch and slept for a good two hours and then it was a crazy mad dash to get costumes and make up on in time to go trick-or-treating with everyone! Kinda nuts, but we made it out the door by 5:35! Grandma had come by with Porter and they watched us eat our Broccoli cheese soup in our bread bowls and then took pictures before leaving. Trick-or-Treating was fun. We had most of the kids to start out- minus Noah- he went with some friends. And Charity, she was working til 7:00. Kelly was planning to go to Whitney's later and Brad had a couple parties he was going to, so we were in and out of it most of the evening. We got pretty far before Sadie woke up. She was doing so good in her seat, in the stroller, but didn't quite last as long as I'd hoped. I was feeling bad about having her out int he freezing cold though, so I just walked her home. It worked out for the best anyway because I needed to drive Noah and his friends to their next neighborhood, and then Kelly came home to get ready for her thing. So anyway. It wasn't my favorite way to spend Halloween, but it was fine. I imagine Sadie will have more fun with it all next year! Everyone came home separate times, with their bags of loot. It's so crazy how much candy they came home with this year!! I'm glad everyone had a good time! 10-31-19
DAY OFF
Friday was a nice day off! Why they can't give us the day after Halloween off every year, is beyond me! I loved it! I did spend most of the day working on bedrooms, getting Sadie's ready to go, but it was so productive! We kept saying, "we should do something fun" as usual, but it wasn't until the evening that we finally got out Monopoly and played a rousing game of that- Kelly, Brad, Luke and I. It was a lot of fun! It's been so long since I played that. We played for a good four hours! Even during the Jazz game! I am pretty sure I won. It came down to Brad and I and the money just kept going back and forth, so we stopped and counted. I had the most. But really, it could have switched a few turns later. But it was a lot of fun.
RACE CATS LAST RACE
It was race day! Poor Jack and Nate had to miss because of their basketball game, but Erika, Noah, Brad, Sadie and I headed down to Riverton. It was pretty much freezing temps all the way there! They were going to be cold! We got there just in time for Erika's race! I mean, we only had time to walk out to the start line, realize she didn't have her bib pinned on (Silly girl) and have Brad run back to the car to get it and bring it back! She did SO GOOD though!! She knocked almost two minutes off her previous time! Which was pretty remarkable when I found out she had had to stop for a hurt ankle! She amazes me!! Then Noah's race was next- he did awesome too! I am not sure what his time was, I didn't see the timer because I was juggling Sadie by then (sticking her inside my coat because I left her little coat in the car), but he did awesome. I was so proud of both of them. Erika came in 5th I think and Noah 13th! And this is the big race, so pretty remarkable!! I can't wait to see what these runners do in the future! So proud! 11-2-19
BASKETBALL JACK
Jack's first game! We caught the tail end of it after the kids' races, he was playing great! He seems to have a pretty good team this year! I am really excited to watch him play! Here we go! 11-2-19
We've been working so hard on all our bedrooms these past few months. We've taken SO MANY trips to the D.I.! Saturday we were completely done with the crawl space, the play room, the boys' room, and Sadie's room, so it was time to move on to the little girls' room! That room had definitely seen better days! And I' know it's been almost a year since we deep cleaned it (I was so MIA during my pregnancy), so there was a lot to be done. It was an overwhelming project even for me, so I stayed in there and helped. Once Sadie woke up, Kelly basically took over- going through every inch of that room with Erika. I stayed and helped as much as I could, mostly moral support, and Molly was dead asleep on the floor in Charity and Kelly's room. But the coolest thing- we had made several piles: stuffed animals that needed to go downstairs, books that need to go downstairs, a bag with D.I. stuff, a bag with garbage, a bag with D.I. clothes, etc. and looking at all of them made me really stressed- it was going to take us more than the time we had that evening to do it all. SO I called in for reinforcements. It was SO COOL! Brad, Luke, Noah, and even Jack came up to their room, and order after order, took things where they belonged and helped us clear out her room! It was so amazing! I don't think we would have finished it all til Tuesday without their help! I loved it! Then they stayed in there just talking and laughing with us! Such fun company. I loved it. Made the whole project much more bearable. It's been hard work getting rooms the way we want them, but SO WORTH IT!! Their room looks amazing now! Molly is doing really good at keeping it clean too! Amazing! 11-2-19
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