November went by so fast. I really feel like we skipped right from October to December. November is a busy month with 3 birthday celebrations and Thanksgiving. It was a good month with nice weather and fun family time. We started the month off with my birthday. It was a pretty normal day. I went and volunteered in Ashlyn's class like I normally do on Tuesdays. I spent the rest of the day just hanging at home. Nate was sick with a bad cold so I ended up making dinner for us and my birthday cake. :) He felt bad, but it didn't really bother me that I had to do those things. I attribute Nate getting sick because of his efforts to surprise me with my birthday present. While I was visiting my sister in Tennessee Nate spend the week building shelves in our storage room along with being Mr. Mom. He stayed up late after the kids were in bed working on them in order to get them done before I got home. They turned out great! We have so much more room now!
Next we celebrated Nate's birthday. He had to be out of town the couple days before and was due to fly home the morning of his birthday. Sadly, he got stranded at the Spokane airport due to a mechanical problem with his plane. He was suppose to be home by 9am but didn't actually get home until 5pm. We were really bummed we didn't get to spend the day with him, but we were glad he finally made it home to eat pizza, open presents and have cake!
The last birthday was Liam's 9th birthday. His birthday was on a Sunday which is sort of a bummer as a kid so we made it fun by sending him on a scavenger hunt to find his presents. :) He had fun and it made the present opening process take longer than usual. He seemed happy with his gifts and had a good day. Can't believe he is 9 already.
He wanted a Kendama so bad! They are all the rage at school.
Ice cream cake! Brrrr...
We also had Pack Meeting in November. Liam received his wolf badge along side his best buddy Harrison. (these are phone pictures. Not great)
Gavin also got some more awards. He is very close to getting his Arrow of Light.
I got to go help in Ashlyn's class the day before Thanksgiving break. They made these cute Turkey hats. This is Ashlyn with her best friend (since they were born, 2 weeks apart) Claire.
Thanksgiving was VERY different this year. For the past 7 years that we have lived in our home we have always hosted Thanksgiving. Sometimes with just Nate's siblings and sometimes with my family. This year we went to Nate's parents house in Saratoga Springs. They moved into their new house in September. Nate still insisted on smoking a Turkey so we ended up staying in a hotel close down there Wednesday night so he could be there early the next morning. We spent the day working on food, doing a puzzle, making cute turkeys, and eating a ton of yummy food. The hardest part about not having Thanksgiving at your home is that you still have to drive home after eating all the good food. It was a long drive home. :)
Grandma and Grandpa's new house!
The view of Utah lake and Provo from a hill next to their house.
The Christmas season is upon us. Details to come! :)
