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Saturday, November 26, 2022

Everything is Bigger and Better in Texas

We had Thanksgiving in Texas!
But first, a few other things we were up to


Tanner's friend's birthday party at the bounce house place


We went with Trevor and Maddie on the Youth Temple Walk.
We hung out at the Visitor's Center while they hiked up to the temple.





They had a program afterwards in the auditorium


Maddie wanted me to do her hair in a bow


On our walk


Got the kids treats for doing so well in school


On our way down to Texas!
First stop, Chick-fil-A


Made it! 
We had yummy Cafe Rio salads for dinner


Sawyer loved Uncle Trevor


Chandra and I went to HEB and I had to get a picture of all of the Blue Bell!
We bought some too


And they had my favorite HEB rotisserie chicken salad!
It was just as good as I remembered


We ate at In N Out for lunch


Then played at the park



Took a cute cousin picture


There was lots of watching football and soccer


We had paint night for the kids


It was a lot of fun!


And they all turned out great


Drinking fancy hot chocolate


We drove up to Dallas and went on a hike to a pond


The kids all got their own canteens and were great hikers!


The weather was perfect


The whole group


We did a Crumbl cookie and Swig drink taste test


Everyone took it very seriously


Cheers for our Swig drinks!


It was really fun


The cookies we tried
Milk Chocolate Chip was the top pick. 
The Chocolate Sprinkle was least favorite but personally the Salted Caramel Cheesecake was the best one.


Trevor teaching Come Follow Me about Jonah


Torchy's lunch


Took the kids to play frisbee golf at the park


Maddie helped make the pies!


Doing the lattice crust


All the yummy pie (with ice cream, of course)



The cousins all played so good together!


Tanner and Maddie's creation


Tanner's turkey leg


Chandra and I finished this 500 piece puzzle in two days


Thanksgiving Dinner

We had such a fun time and are so glad we got to see Tyler and Chandra and all the cousins. Not pictured was lots of talking, laughing, movie quoting, working out at the gym, MarioKart tournament, kids making and filming a play, and eating as much as we possibly could!

 

Sunday, November 6, 2022

Miata, Maddie's Birthday, and Halloween

We have been having lots of fun this month!


Our friends took Maddie to the local haunted house,Vampire Manor with them one night.
She said it was really creepy!


Maddie and I made Halloween cupcakes for a Halloween party


Trevor bought a Miata!
He bought it as a project/hobby/date/fun car


When he brought it home, the battery was dead so we had to push it in to the garage, with Maddie steering



And it fits great!
There is so much more room in there now with the truck parked outside.


We took the kids to the elementary school trunk or treat


The next day was our ward Trunk or Treat



3 Witches


And a Pikachu


This is the only time I dress up for Halloween


This was our trunk


We ate the chili and cornbread first


Maddie and I both wore super long fake eyelashes for our costumes


 Not sure what this was doing at the LDS trunk or treat???


My Grandpa (dad's dad) sent the kids $50 each!


They all wrote him thank you notes


Trevor got the Miata up and running in no time


We all love to go for rides in it.
Trevor and I have even taken it on a few dates! It has been really fun, especially with the nice warm weather we have been having.


Maddie taught the girls in her class how to make cupcakes and frost them


She did a great job!


 Maddie turned 12!


She wanted pizza for dinner




And cream cheese brownies for dessert



Maddie won the pumpkin painting contest at mutual with her painting of Harry Potter!


Halloween night


We went with some friends


There were some decked out houses


It rained the entire two hours we were outside, but we didn't let it bother us


The candy haul


We painted pumpkins


We don't carve them here because they will just either rot or get eaten by bugs


While we were at the church trunk or treat, the pumpkin man paid us a visit! 
He left us a note and some fun treats. We are glad we weren't here when he came!


Tanner played in a chess tournament with his buddy


Other friends from school


He ended up doing pretty good


He said it was pretty fun, but he got the flu and was soooo sick when he got home


His medal


Treats I made for my friend's Halloween party


Maddie drew this picture of me directing the Primary Program, which was the day before Halloween. So glad that is over! I got called to be the Primary chorister right when they started practicing for the program. Even though I felt like I had no idea what to do, it actually ended up being great!