November 2021

Our friends took a surprise trip to the Galapagos Islands and I got to help take care of their little ones. It's always a shock to me when other kids fall asleep in the car, because mine have never done that.

Last run

Finally vaccinated!

Cute little tree and cute little boy with the fruit.

Not so cute little footprints of deer eating my winter garden. Grrr...

Logan had a birthday! And we celebrated in our favorite way, with friends by the fire.

 https://youtu.be/DzJvHUX0W6c (Logan’s birthday)

This is the bulletin board in the front office. I am definitely an outsider here. Also, our little town was not ready for the BYU fans to descend upon it for the football game. A wealthy benefactor bought out the rest of the tickets and donated them to the teachers at the school. We found out why when BYU fans outnumbered the hometown crew. It was such a fun game and we met up with people from all the parts of our lives.

And Janie and I got to meet Sister Cordon. What a neat experience that was.

I haven't seen Kara in years, so it was so fun to catch up with her.

Also some friends from Logan's home stake.

Cute girl in blue.

Some friends from our time in Minnesota were able to stop by for a night while they traveled through. So fun to see our big kids get to know each other.

Just had to put this in here. How can all these packs of "200 plates" look so different??

Happy birthday, Carli!

Time to decorate for Christmas! I love the touch of home Logan brought to our home here with the luminarias.

Happy birthday, Milo!

https://youtube.com/shorts/d9-lftzLMqg?feature=share

(Milo’s birthday)

This is the only picture I have of Thanksgiving. We had a busy week with birthdays and friends visiting, so we just had a small celebration at home.

This cute boy wanted family to be able to come and tried to put off his baptism for that, but we convinced him to have be baptized a couple of days after his birthday. He ended up getting sick and we postponed it a week, but he was sure excited for the event!

October 2021

Why not start the month off with a beautiful sunrise? Our drive to school every morning is beautiful. I often get great pictures while I'm waiting to get through the 4-way-stop.

Every General Conference we measure the kids and see how much they've grown. The kids really look forward to this tradition. But, Carli is not thrilled that her sister is looking like she's catching up.

General Conference scones. Yum!

Milo's turn!

Logan was commissioned to make these for the fajita skillets at our local Mexican restaurant. It's sure fun to eat there and see his work being used!

Carli in Beta Club

Another picturesque drive on the way to school.

Farmer's Market

Our good friend bought a fancy new car and was anxious to see how our kids (especially Milo) would like it, so he was nice enough to come give us all rides. Very cool, but a little much for this girl's sensitive stomach.

We took a trip to Columbia to go to the temple and we added a few other fun things in the trip as well. We always visit Congaree National Park when we go.

Junior Rangers

Big nasty spiders everywhere.

Our first time visiting the zoo. So fun!

Who should I bump into when Logan and Carli were in the temple but the Joneses from my hometown. Such a small world.

The ward trunk or treat was amazing as usual. The kids had very fun costumes this year and so did Mike (who dressed up like Logan).

And Milo decided the mustache that came with his costume was too annoying, so he marched himself over to the face painting station and took care of that problem in a jiffy.

Red sky at morning. . .

And then a rainbow to add to it.

Janie's cross country awards night

The annual pumpkin parade is one of my favorite things about our cute little town. 

https://youtu.be/LLEsllEprzg

https://youtu.be/xwXJl6nfjFQ

Carli's turn

And after a week of festivities, we finally make it to the actual holdiday.

We went trick or treating with friends in our neighborhood and here the kids are looking through their spoils. We also went through a haunted house, which was a mistake I'll never make again. Funny to watch Milo in a haunted house though, sees through every trick without an ounce of fear.

Love our little crew of pumpkins.

But the best part is eating their guts. ;)