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November 2015

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By Sarah
Hubby and N and I got to watch K, D, and M participate in their school's annual Turkey Trot.  D gave it his all and was able to tie K at 2 miles.  M was nervous and excited for her first time and we were proud she kept going and ran over a mile.  As the day went on K got a nasty surprise of the weather suddenly turning from sunny to cloudy and then she got hailed on.  But she kept going!  Way to go, kiddos!


 Said kiddos also reminded me to harvest the garden.  Found lots of carrots but only one beat in that garden box!
Here's a thank you from M and our local public library to all of you willing to serve or have served in the military!


And we finally got some snow in November! The kids were so excited to shovel, play, and eat the snow.  More power to them.

 D only took a couple months to earn his 100 mile club t-shirt this year.  He made his goal of running the 25 required to get the shirt... and is now taking a break from the club for a while.  We are trying to get him to go again because he seems to sleep better at night when he does, but I ain't gonna force him.
 M was totally against going to a martial arts studio for a GS field trip but she loved the self defense class the girls did there!  Kudos to my co-leader for having such a good idea.
 My two favorite guys ran the 2-mile Turkey Trot together on a date and had a great time and a good workout.  They placed well in their age groups too.  (:  K and N went on dates too, but they prefer to go places you usually don't take pictures, like Target.  Maybe we should start doing that since we love that place so much!
surprise selfie hidden on my phone

Here's a picture of Dan and I NOT going to the temple.  We had a flat tire instead and then we realized we couldn't get back home in time for other obligations so we had to cancel.  And then the next time we had a trip planned I got sick.  I guess it's just not meant to be for now.  We did, however, get to enjoy the new movie theater in town in November.  Dan had guy friends over one night to watch James Bond in prep to watch Spectre with them in the theater and I invited ladies over to watch Mockingjay Part 1 at our house in prep to see part 2 in the theater.  Dan and I got to watch it on a matinee date while my kids did things like play in the leaves at my parents' house.  I'm thinking we need date days at Grandma and Grandpa's more often.  Wink wink.

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