Caroling

 

Jer arranged for a different type of caroling this year.  It was about 50 degrees, so we hitched up the trailer, and with our piano, violin, flute, saxophone, clarinet and voices we wandered the neighborhood.  Ada and her friends knocked on all the doors and we just went.  It was so fun.

misc from a busy week

Our lovely niece, Aubrey W, bought her own car and decided to come spend the night.  It was fun to see her. She helped at the football concession stand with Ada and then they came and talked til the fell asleep.  The next day, they went shopping and out for food together.  Such cuties.

Ada and Sarah both wore their camp hoodies to school on the same day.  They thought it was fun that they matched.

The power went out at church again.  It's been happening a lot more often as there are more strains on the electric companies with the new growth in the area.

Seth gave a cute talk in Primary.  I sure like being there to see him.

Ada's first carrot.

Ada... She fit just right once we got all the books out.  She and Alexx were amazing and pulled the bookshelves down to Jer's office so that we could dry out the carpet.

Tis peach season and Pyne orchard has done it again.  YUM!

Ada and Aubrey

I had the flu for the first time in ages.  I was sleeping and Vinn came to keep me company.

My Evelyn is catching on to the violin.  Not pro yet, but I love hearing her progress from last year.

Cute Dad and Seth

Sam gave a talk in sacrament meeting.  He did great.  He had our lawyer neighbor comment on the fact that he's not afraid when he speaks.  That's true!

We also got to go celebrate Aubrey, Devin, Michelle and Isaiah for their birthdays with a BBQ.  It was fun trying to find presents for these teens and their different talents and personalities. They're growing so beautifully.

 

Everything else going on

So Sam got a concussion on Monday too.  He came home from school and told me he was really tired and had a big knot on his head.  He was in his weight lifting class and the assisted pull up machine flipped him on his head when he bent over to pick something off the floor.  3 concussions are better than 2.

Sam found his first diary.  I don't know how old he was when he wrote this, but it's pretty funny.

My amazing and selfless parents came to teach us how to tile.  Because of my accident the night before, they did a lot of the cutting and the staging.  They knew it was going to be hard on their bodies and they did it anyways.  I sure love them.

Seth and his reading buddy, Tigress.

Ada and I at church, fuzzy and slap happy because of our concussions.

Ada holding the baby while I used the bathroom.

Evelyn and her acrobatics buddy.

Sam making our Thanksgiving Apple pies.

Seth's Thanksgiving Play.  I have more pictures so I'll write about that one with those.

Evelyn's violin club presentation.