Sunday I stayed home from church with all the kids who had runny noses and coughs. No fun! That evening I sang at a Young Women program "What Heaven Sees in You." I sang with the YW President (Laura L.) and her first counselor (Lara W.). :) I love that song for what it teaches the girls about their potential!
Monday we had lunch with dad at work.
Ben has been going through a phase of writing on things he's not supposed to. On top of that, he's lied about it (once). He's almost 5! I thought we would have been past this stage with him.
Such wonderful baby giggles!
Monday evening my parents came over for dinner and then my mom made a pumpkin craft and an ornament with the kids.
Tuesday since it was Thanksgiving break and neither of the kids had school, we had play dates with friends. They also set up and played "beach."
That evening we had my parents over for dinner one last time before they headed back home to Chile. **Big news** they are moving back to the states in the Spring! They'll be in Florida which is only 6 hours from my sister in Alabama and 1.5 hours from Disney World!! ;)
Wednesday, Dan didn't have to go into work! So I took McKenna shopping for some clothes in the morning and then Dan went to lunch with a friend. That evening our home teachers came over and passed around goldfish crackers; each time we ate one we said something we're thankful for. After the kids went to bed I finally got to watch "Captain Phillips" with Dan. Suuuuuch an intense movie, I cried a lot at the end.
Thursday-Thanksgiving Day. I got up to nurse Bethany at 6am, then Dan was a sweetheart and let me sleep in till 9! We watched the Macy's Parade which is a favorite tradition of mine. Dan took the older kids for a little Turkey bowl action at the Winegar's back yard. Then we went to Dan's parents' house around 1:30 for a lovely Thanksgiving meal with all his family except David and fam. After eating, we turned on a movie for some of the kids, played Mario Kart, and we had a special visitor come and give us his love! He even helped McKenna with a Thanksgiving word search.
Some of the sleeping and snuggles during the after meal movie. (Editor's note: please ignore Ben's shirt. Lapse in judgement...)
All Friday morning we decorated for Christmas!! After lunch, we took the kids to see the new Peanuts movie with some other extended family. In the evening we went to dinner with Dan's parents and then to the Utah Basketball game.
(Editor's note: That's one pretty woman!)
A great way to keep Bethany warm!
Thanks mom and dad for a fun evening!
Saturday we had a light snowfall. Dan took McKenna to the Utah football game (vs. Colorado). It was a COLD and snowy day! We made sure they were layered up and McKenna enjoyed hot chocolate twice. :)
I took the other three kids to the Thompson Thanksgiving (my dad's side of the family). The kids fell asleep on the way there. I traded babies with my cousin Steffanie. My Grandma Jeanne loved holding Bethany.
Sunday McKenna gave a talk in Primary about service and did a great job!
Bethany dressed like a candy cane.
She also learner to roll (flop) over! She stayed on her side for so long it was kind of anticlimactic.
Monday Ben had a play date with Taggart and I worked on laundry and mending.
2 comments:
Oh no, sorry about Ben. That's a hard one to try to figure out what to do to make them stop. I love how McKenna is just straight up chillin' at the beach. :) Cute Bethany as a candy cane. Looks like a great and yummy Thanksgiving too!
I love those candycaned baby giggles! And your week off was so busy! Glad you had fun though :)
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