Thursday was the first day of Fall break. Dan and the kids cleared all the stuff out of the garage and then he hosed it out. After breakfast and once kids were going on their homework, I sprayed off the driveway and then weeded. We put stuff back in the garage, had lunch, and then packed for staying at my parents' house for two days. We met my dad and Mickelle (and Sadie) at Kays Creek Trail and walked for about an hour. We were back to my parents' house by 4 and Bethany and I did her Let's Play Music class virtually while the kids snacked on a veggie tray and hung out with my mom. That evening, Dan, my dad, and Ben, went to Ben's LAST baseball game of the season. Because we didn't expect to keep winning, and because it was Fall break, our team was short on players. However, they won again!! :) Our coach said because we defeated every regular league team, he considers us the champs! (The only other teams we didn't play against in the playoffs were competition teams.) After dinner we watched the Roger's and Hammerstein's Cinderella and it brought back such a flood of memories from when I watched it a ton while growing up!
Friday Dan and my dad went shooting for most of the morning. My mom spoiled us with her menu plan. We had french toast for breakfast, then we did craft after craft after craft! :) The kids painted glow in the dark rocks to look like eyeballs, folded paper into hopping frogs and had races, made pipe cleaner mummies, played Halloween Bingo and a matching game, did a Halloween word search and colored pumpkins with different textures. After lunch and finally getting ready for the day, we went to Red Butte Gardens "Bootanical." We had gorgeous weather and the displays were awesome! We had chili for dinner and tried to watch Ben's "Annie" play but the file wouldn't work for some reason. The kids also made button pumpkins and we watched funny videos on Instagram instead. After kids were in bed, we played Skyjo.
Saturday the kids finished their rock eyeballs, we had another big breakfast, and we packed up and cleaned. The kids played Clue! and we left by 11:45. We drove all the way to the North Logan Pumpkin Walk. One of our favorite traditions! We had a late lunch at Sweeto Burrito then played at an awesome park for an hour. We picked up groceries on the way home and unpacked and did showers and baths and laundry. It was a fun Fall break with my parents and Mickelle!
Sunday McKenna had a YW breakfast which I forgot about so she went late. We had Sunday School through Zoom and I was happy to actually sit with Dan! The Pugsleys spoke in church. That afternoon we found out our sister-in-law, Abril, had been diagnosed with Covid! :( She was feeling ok, but great amounts of guilt for exposing many other Webster family members over Fall break. Dan had a very full Sunday with Bishop stuff and didn't emerge from the office until 6pm. Meghan Johnson gave us an entire pan of apple crisp which we had for dessert and it was amazing! We continued our game of Scrabble and after kids were in bed we prepped for McKenna's BD!
Monday was McKenna's 12th birthday! She had a normal day at school and we got Keva Juice and GH bread for lunch. Cooper came to play in the afternoon and I listened for Emmy on the baby monitor but unfortunately she woke up and needed a diaper change. We had McKenna's favorite Pasta Salad for dinner. Brooklyn Ulmer came over to babysit while Dan and I took McKenna on a date to Ross to shop for some new clothes. Then we went home for her ice cream cake and to open presents. We love our McKenna! She is GOOD! At dinner we went around said what we love about her. Everyone said how kind and loving she is. She is a wonderful example to her younger siblings. I call her my right arm because I would feel handicapped without her. Once kids were in bed we folded laundry, I laminated a project and worked on filling out my ballot.
Tuesday I made the Amish Friendship bread for book club that night. After lunch and homework I went to North Canyon Park to help a few families from the ward record singing a song for our virtual primary program. The Moultons, AhYens, and Stewart boys sang "Army of Helaman" and did awesome! After dinner, the girls got ready for bed early and watched shows, Dan went to Ben's basketball game and I hosted book club. We did our best to be Covid safe by wearing masks, sitting about 3 ft apart, and leaving windows open for better air circulation. Kylee Behunin joined virtually and I'm happy to report no one caught Covid from that night! We discussed "Rules for Visiting" and had an awesome discussion about friendship. I even had Amish Friendship bread starters to give out and the other foods were friendship puns. (Ben took some cute pictures of Alice with grapes in her cheeks.)
Wednesday I volunteered in Bethany's class and then sat and waited to drive carpool. We pulled the trigger and bought tickets to fly to Hawaii in February! Who knows what the pandemic will look like then, but we know Hawaii requires a negative Covid test to fly there, so that's good. Hallie Allred and Brittana came over to play in the afternoon. Dan had Bishop stuff that night and I gave the little girls a bath in the big tub and Alice was very difficult to get out! I talked with my parents later that night.
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