We had a good November and to condense I'm going to post a bunch of pictures from the month to show what we were up to.
Sara and Derek blessed baby Landon the week after Jared got home from his mission and we weren't able to attend, but we saw cute pictures. This one was my favorite because Zane is making a hilarious face! haha.
Grandma Vicki with Landon and what a good lookin' Grandma she is! This is grandbaby #12 for her.
I taught preschool and we made Gak for the letter "G" and glued on puffs on the gumball machines. I have fun teaching preschool for the most part. Chelsea is always wanting to do everything and she will be naughty to the other kids by throwing their paper on the floor or writing on their paper so that's hard to deal with.
Kate was chosen to do a speaking part for the Veterans Day assembly and she did a good job. My friend and neighbor, Shannon, watched Chelsea and Lindsey so I could go kidless. It was so nice. Then I watched her son, Tate, so she could go in the afternoon (they did 2 separate assemblies for different grades).
We had leftover wood planks from the downstairs half bath so I convinced Kyle to put up more planks upstairs in the kids' bathroom. We borrowed a nail gun from a friend in our ward so I wanted to get it back to them. Good excuse to hurry and finish projects! We put the boards up half way and then used molding to finish it off. I painted them white and then painted the walls a grey color. I found this shower curtain at Target and got some fun orange hand towels. I need to figure out wall art to put up in the bathroom. We have added towel hooks for the kids' to hang up their towels in the toilet area.
Her smile made me laugh. She needs to open her eyes and she's got it.
In our new Stake, the women play volleyball every Friday mornings. It's been a lot of fun. At first, I was really nervous to go because it's pretty competitive and some of the ladies weren't all that friendly, but as I've gone more it's gotten better and it's been fun to play again.
Kyle went to Moab with my Dad, Kevin, Jeff and Jared to go motorcycle riding and so me and kids were hanging out on our own for the weekend. I took them to a park because it was beautiful, but it was freezing so we didn't last long. We went to go get hot chocolate after the park and Preston spilled it on himself. It was dramatic. But I got this pretty picture at the park. I loved the sunset in the distance over the trees and water. It was peaceful.
The girls found some cute hats at Costco
I was holding Chelsea and loved her profile. She's a handful and a busy toddler, but she's pretty cute so I'll keep her.
Made some cinnamon rolls with leftover roll dough. Yum yum. Comfort food right there.
I was drowning in school papers! Anyone else deal with this? We get so many papers and homework and folders and and and....it can get overwhelming. I throw away so many papers it's crazy. The end of my bar is always cluttered so I'm constantly making piles and putting away things.
Chelsea put Preston's socks on and her glitter shoes. She really wanted to go outside. I had to laugh at how she looked.
Kyle and I went to the Temple and dealt with horrific traffic. Ugh. It was rainy and traffic was a beast like even worse than usual because I know we live in a city and deal with traffic, but this was really bad. It took us almost 2 hours to get to the Temple in Bellevue. Normally, it takes 40 minutes without traffic. We went to Outback for dinner and while waiting for our table I saw my uncle Larry (my Dad's brother who lives in Gig Harbor) and so we visited briefly with them. They were going to the temple after dinner too. What a coincidence, but we didn't end up in the same session. We had a good time at the Temple though.
Thanks to Dee Ann for introducing us to Nothing Bundt Cakes and their chocolate chocolate chip bundt cake because it's delicious! And now they just opened a store up near us. They are really expensive so over the years my Mom and I have tried different recipes to mimick their cake. I think we found one that is pretty good and with the thick cream cheese frosting piped on it looks pretty similar. I've made them for dinner parties and for church activities. They are fun to make and good to eat.
