Friendsgiving

Ali and a few of her friends did a Friendsgiving again this year. Ali has been friends with these three since Elementary School! It's so fun that they still enjoy being together.

So Thankful

My good friend Jessica invited us over to their house for Thanksgiving and I was thrilled to accept the invitation! The food was great, and the company was better (even if some of my kids were less than thrilled about the idea of going to MY friend's house...or maybe more that it was the Bishop's house too, but everyone ended up having a good time). 

Jake decided that this was the perfect occasion to break out his cowboy hat and he looked so snazzy that Bishop chose to wear his too during the epic bingo game after dinner.

All the loot they got from the game may have been part of what changed their minds about how fun Bishop's house can be! When we got home Jake repeatedly sang, "It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas..." as they played with all their silly new toys.

I am truly thankful for this crew!

Dirty Clothes Tower

Eli's dirty clothes were so stuffed in his basket that they didn't crumble from the basket's rectangular shape when he tried to dump them in the washing machine!

Stake Conference

One of the counselors in the Stake Presidency asked me if I thought Jake would be willing to say the opening prayer for the Sunday session of Stake Conference, and I knew (without a doubt) that he would be happy to. The morning of the meeting he asked if Jake would feel comfortable sitting up on the stand until he said the prayer, and again, I knew he would have no problem with that! He looked quite at ease up there next to those adults and did a great job with his prayer.

Mole Day

Ali once again made a Mole project for Mole day in Chemistry. She spent quite a lot of time on this "Pirates of the Molibbean" scene.

Road Trip

One of Logan's best friends wanted to drive to Indiana to visit a ... friend ... and he recruited Logan and their other best friend to go with him. The three of them spent the day driving the 6-7 hours round-trip, riding RVs around the friend's property, watching her performance, and eating out. It was a great boys' trip! It felt very college to me, which I'm not quite ready for!

Updated Bulletin Boards

I've wanted to update the bulletin boards in our ward building for a long time, and some of the girls and I finally made it happen (along with a chicken nugget taste test because, fun).