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By Sarah
The big day:  lots of delicious food and family to make you laugh on this wonderful holiday to be grateful for what we have.  I am thankful that my parents moved here after we did and that I have cousins to join in on the festivities with us now as well.

I just have to say my at home dance and gymnastics class DVDs I bought M are getting well used by N now.
This amazing photo was taken by one of our friends of the Super Moon we got to enjoy in November.  You can purchase prints from him.  Just ask me for the info.
 N is loving all her play dates with her preschool friends and the Snoopy inflatable she picked out to help decorate the house this fall.

We finally had our first snow -- not a whole lot to work with but exciting for the children nonetheless.  
D earned his 50 miles with 100 mile club!  That is a little less than he ran all last year.  He says he is aiming for 100 miles this year.  I'm sure the nice fall weather helped.

 K enjoyed going to her friend L's birthday party at Crackpots.  L's mom highly recommends it and K does too.
 We got to watch lots of rockets launch in November.  One just happened to be neighbors at the school field and another was the annual rocket launch party done the Saturday before Thanksgiving with members of the ward.  This year we got to attend B & B O's baptism before launching things into the air. 


Since my children had the entire week off school, the first two days I had them signed up for activities outside of the home.  M went to a 2 day horse camp and absolutely loved it.  The leaders posted this cute picture with the horse's Thanksgiving meal all ready to be served.  D went to Indoor Soccer but not for as much time as he wished because D and K got the stomach flu.  Hubby, N, and I came down with the flu after Thanksgiving so things like going to Hammond's candy factory and the DMN&S had to be canceled. The children didn't mind much because when both mom and dad are sick, Netflix is our new best friend.  M, amazingly, never caught it and even asked a neighbor for a ride to church while the rest of us stayed home.  I am so proud of her for choosing to do something she knew she would be doing if her parents weren't sick.  Thanks, W family, for helping M do something she wanted to do!

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