November

We had fun at Wesley’s lacrosse tournament in Vegas this weekend! He got to try face-offs for the first time and even spent some time on defense. He says attack is still his favorite position!😀We also got to see Andrew, Cheryl and Quentin for a little bit, which was nice.

This house is officially braces-free…for now anyway 😬Wesley got his off on September 22, Viv got hers off November 3!

We got to see the Northern Lights from our house. Mike says they are a scam since you can only see them really well through a camera lens. The sky definitely looked a little red even with out the camera.

Wesley got asked to the Harvest dance by Aaliyah. They had fun.

Penny  got sick. One morning Wesley found that she had puked in her bed. I cleaned it up, after the kids went to school me and Mike went to a movie. When we got home we found that she had puked all over the house. It was everywhere. Then she was fine for a day...then the diarrhea started. It was definitely worse then the throw up. It was bad. It's times like these I am glad I don't let her on the couch, because I would have gotten rid of it. Mike shampooed the carpet I steam moped the floor and she was banished to a little section in the kitchen. I did end up taking her to the Dr. he gave me an antibiotic to give her. She is much better now.

Me and Mike went to Mueller for a ride and got rained on big time! It was so cold! It was bad enough that we didn't finish, we turned around before Elephant Rock. I don't know if I will go our again until it warms up a bit.

We went and saw the second part of Wicked on the 25th. Jaycee had to work, she went with Sarah and her family the day before. It was ok. I am at an age where if I sit down and I'm not doing anything then I am going to fall asleep...I tried really hard to stay awake, but I didn't. 😴

I only have one picture of Thanksgiving. We were with my family this year. Good food, good company.

On the 28th we went to the Christmas Tree Jubilee with the Ulrichs.

November Catch Up

Bensen is starting to bee a little artist!

I don't remember why, but Viv got these glasses and wore them everywhere we went for a few days. Now they are lost.

We worked a little on potty training . I think we might wait a little longer, she does pretty good. This particular day she was not having it!

Bensen and Whitley had their Thanksgiving feast at preschool.

I love that they get to be in school together.

This year Thanksgiving Dinner was with the Borgstroms.

Man did we Feast!

I am so grateful for these people!

They are truly my greatest blessing!

I know I've said this before, but Mike is the best dad!

He would do anything to make the kids happy!

On November 27th Wesley got braces!

He has been so excited.

Now that he has them I don't think he is as excited as before.

I'm sure he will get tired of wearing that mask at night.

I am pretty sure I will miss his cute under bite!

November

We've had a month full of basketball. The kids are doing great and it is so fun to watch them play with their cousins.

 They are both improving and seem to really like it.

Go #10!

 On the 17th (Grandpa Max's birthday) the kids got to go to an old folks home and watch Grandma LouLou share one of her many talents as she painted this picture of Christ. Then they all sang Gethsemane.

It was a great program.

Every one did so amazing. 

 This month we tried to keep up with the tradition of writing down the things that we are thankful for. It's always fun to see what the kids come up with.

 This year Bensen was able to really participate, he was always thankful for the first thing he looked up and saw. It started with the clock, then the next night it was the table, and so on. He's so funny.

 This November the weather has been so nice, the kids are still out playing with short sleeves! Jaycee and some of her friends even decorated the forest.

For Thanksgiving we were with my family this year. We went up to Joys house. Everyone was there. I made green bean casserole. I love, love spending time with my family, just talking and laughing. 

After dinner some of us went shooting.

Then we went back to Joys for some pie. The coconut cream was my favorite! 

Then we headed over to Mikes parents and hung out there for a bit, and ate more pie! Pumpkin for me.

Man we sure are lucky to have such amazing families!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Thanksgiving and Stuff

Happy Thanksgiving! 

 We kept with tradition and the kids wrote down daily what they were thankful for. We did miss a few days, but that's ok. Some of the things they wrote were bodies, temples, families, cousins, tree, teacher, Jesus, house, bones, blood, and many more. Almost every night Bensen was thankful for Vivian, mom, or dad.

 It was nice to see that they are thankful for things, because they don't always show it. We try to teach them how lucky we are to live here in South Weber, so close to family, in a nice warm house, with plenty of food to eat, and to have to gospel in our lives.

This year we spent the day with the Borgstroms. Dinner was amazing! Turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, salad, the green onion things Mike loves, green jello salad that Mikes great grandma would make, yams, green bean casserole, roles, and pie...lots of pie, and I am sure there is more that I am forgetting.

I am thankful for so many things. Most of all my Mike and my kids. I love being so close to both of our families and I love them and am thankful for them. I am thankful for my Savior Jesus Christ, for the atonement, for the opportunity to repent and try again, for the Gospel.

I am thankful for this country that I live in and the freedoms that I enjoy. This year was an election year. And it was crazy. Some how we ended up with Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton as our main candidates, which still blows my mind. It was scary thinking that one of them will eventually run our country. Trump won out in the end. I'm not going to lie, I am a little nervous about the future of our county. Things have gotten pretty bad with Obama in I pray that Trump wont make it worse and hopefully makes it better. Time will tell. These are crazy times we are living in.

Anyway, happy Thanksgiving!

Thanksgiving and the Day After

We had a really nice Thanksgiving. This year was with my family.  We went up to Joys, everyone in family was there, along with my Grandma and Grandpa Allred, my Aunt Char, Uncle Rick, Uncle Dean, and my cousins Parker, and Heath. We ate a lot of good food and played games.

I love my family.

For the month of November the kids wrote down things that they were thankful for. Here they are the day after Thanksgiving showing the things they were thankful for. Some of the things included:

Jesus, family, bodies, bones, blood, temples, home, trees, leaves, turkey, among many others.

 We took down the Thanksgiving stuff and put up the Christmas.

 The kids decorated the tree all by themselves this year. Jaycee even did the star.

 They had so much fun. We had fun watching them.

 They did a pretty good job.

 Later that night we went to the Willard Bay lights.  This was our first year going to see them, They were pretty good...I don't know that they were worth the $10 we paid to get in. 

The kids got to see Santa and didn't have to stand in line at all.

Jaycee told him she wants a remote control car.

Wesley said he wanted a telescope.

Bensen just wanted off his lap. :)

 After we saw Santa we went and drank some hot chocolate by the big fire.

 After the hot chocolate we drove through the lights one more time.

 We wore the boys out and we still need to have dinner. The kids got Wendy's and me and Mike got Costa Vida. Yummy.

To Wesley defense he has been sick. He keeps trying to tell me he was faking.

I love this family of mine.