Thanksgiving & Pie Fest, Snow, Last Pillowcase, November 2015

1. I haven't been very good at taking pictures this month. I babysat Tom & Mel's

kids and left my camera there, and when I got it back, I was out of the habit.

Sorry. We had spaghetti squash with spaghetti sauce on top of it. 

The kids loved it. Here is Max on his third helping. 

We still have a lot of spaghetti squash if you want some.

2. Cam getting more.

3. Lost pictures, so it's lost from my memory. We have been to the temple more this

month and that has been great. Thank you for your attendance also. I hope you

had a wonderful experience. I'm pretty sure we had someone all month.

It was great to see John and his family even though it was a short visit. We

are sorry it was a funeral that brought them in (Stacey's grandpa), but it was

good to see them. 

4.Our first snow of the season.

5.The day before Thanksgiving, Noelle came and helped me with
housecleaning. It was wonderful. Notice the pantry and wheat grinder
closet next time you come. Then Mallory came down and the
two of them helped to make all the pie crust and 7 of the pies.

Daniel and Ellen set a beautiful table for Thanksgiving Dinner.

We had us, Chris & Tom family, Ellen and Daniel and Uncle Marc,

so we had just 20, but it was a beautiful day.

6. Rolls - Her shirt says, "Feed Me and Tell Me I'm Pretty"

It's a maternity shirt we bought a few months ago.

7. Mia's first Thanksgiving.

8.Max and Zander are shoveling for us. It has been so fun to watch Zander

interact with his cousins. It's almost like he has just discovered them.

He also chased and played with Taylor.

9. Thanks Mallory for all your help. Noelle made all the pie crusts
and did a fancy design around the edge.

10. Daniel playing games with the kids.

11. Surprise of the day - A new cat for Tom & Mel's family.

It even has the right pedigree. They got it from Thane Winward, Jr.'s 

family in Garland, so the cat is related. 

12. Of course a puzzle

13. Such a fun day on Saturday, November 28 at the pie fest at

Rob and Emily's. Thank you again for hosting it.

14. Before the pie fest I made Jetta's pillow case with her.

It is dancing ballerinas and we had a good time.

Thank you to all who have worked hard in finishing up the garden this year.

Marion and his boys have helped so much and Chris's kids.

Ned Silvester brought over 3 dump loads of sandy soil mixed with manure.

Josh, Mike, and Marion have all roto-tilled.

We have had a good harvest and many blessings this past year.

I am still in shock over the passing of Uncle Bob. He's been my 'brother' since

I was 7 years old. Susan is having a hard time also - she was quite close to her dad.

I love you all - each one of you individually. 

Still a canning, Garden, & Games, November 2015

Happy One Year Anniversary to Daniel and Ellen

Time has sure gone by fast. It seems forever ago that we were on our mission.

We truly do have so much to be thankful for.
I'm glad we have a family that keeps us very busy.

1. Canning pumpkin - it sure tastes better than store bought

2. Pumpkin seeds using the Joy School recipe - I had to google Worcestershire

sauce before I found one that was like the ones at Joy School

3. We have dried tons of apples. They are our favorite dried food.

On Halloween we cut up 18 pints of chicken and watched ET.
We had already seen Arsnic and Old Lace.

4. Sunday Tammy and the girls were here. We had such a good time.

Noelle and Katrina were singing up a storm - so fun to hear them.

5.I should have written down what Olivia said about the picture of her dad.

It was so funny, but I forgot. Something about he has hair and is young.

Tammy, can you remember?

6. And, of course, skits. One of the best we have had. Mallory,
Bekah, and Olivia reproduced a very funny Studio C - they sang so good.

We all laughed and enjoyed it.

7. Grandpa and Mia connecting together. She likes Grandpa.

8. No pictures during the week, I forget. But Saturday was a good work day.

Caleb is my faithful "Clean the chicken coop" man.

We have actually gotten a couple more eggs since putting in nice fresh straw.

Thanks for your help, Caleb.

9. Ned Silvester came by with with three dump trucks full of a mixture

of sandy soil and manure and put it on the garden.

I'm sure it will make such a difference. We do still need to spread it around.

Guess who did the dumping?

10. Caleb had a ball pushing the button that controlled the dumpster. 

11. Then Mike and Emily came and we did a fast 14 quarts of apple pie filling

and made Lasagna and apple crisp before heading out to the temple.

12. We are just outside the basement entrance to the Brigham City temple.

Dad, Josh, Mike, Emily, and me.

13. After dinner we had the more of Chris's family over for games.

It was another big, full day with lots of variety.

We have enjoyed a week with attending the temple. 

It's troubling times and so important to stay close to the spirit

and find that peace deep inside. 

I love you all very much.