November 2017

On November 1st Christian got 3-D scans of his skull in preparation of braces early next year.

Here's my cute 16 year old birthday girl!

I picked her up from school and took her for her first pedicure.

We got an ice cream cake from Dairy Queen for that night.

Christian's gift to his sister:

On the 2nd Bud had some special effects makeup fun.

I saw a picture of this statue online and felt it represented my life a few years ago.

I saw this meme and it made me think of Faith, LOL!

We saw Thor on the 4th.

Then ate at Tucano's. We had some certificates for free dessert and Bud's piece of cake was huge!

I found this picture of Jason and Riley's Halloween costumes on Facebook. Jason made his himself.

Here's my stretchy doggie on the 8th.

It was the book fair at the elementary which I was in charge of with my friend Priscilla. Christian picked a book with some simple science experiments.

Here's Bud's paper from parent-teacher conference.

On the 12th we celebrated Faith's birthday with family. Her cake came out really cool!

Her party was Hollywood themed.

We loved the swag bags!

The cake was red velvet.

That night mom gave the girls bracelets as invitations to The Nutcracker.

Christian got this pic of Skittles "smiling" on the 18th.

That afternoon we took the kids ice skating.

And the kids picked out these pajamas!

I got a chuckle out of these memes:

The 22nd was Thanksgiving. The kids watched some of the Macy's parade in virtual reality. We especially loved watching the Davis High marching band on tv!

Because I decided to eat no sugar from September 11-December 11, I baked myself some sugar-free low-carb desserts for the day. Pecan pie bars,

and keto pumpkin log roll.

We had great dinners both at my parents' and Tony's.

On the 25th Faith and I joined my mom, my sisters and their daughters (minus Evie who isn't old enough yet) in attending the Nutcracker ballet. Beautiful as always!

That evening we went to the drive through lights in Layton.

I had been working for several weeks on some felt projects I was asked to make to sell at the Festival of Trees, benefiting Primary Children's Hospital. On the 27th I needed to finish them up, so I enlisted the help of the family.

I think they turned out pretty cute! (showing fronts and backs-the whole thing was a pocket which housed the craft foam game pieces)

I took a twinkling video of our master bedroom tree using a new app.

October 2017

We had the most beautiful sunset on October 1st.

I loved this filtered selfie from Faith's phone!

That night Bud made a giant gummy bear with a recipe he found online!

On the 6th he carved a jack-o-lantern out of an apple.

Cure selfie from the 7th.

Tammy took the kids mini golfing.

October 9th was crazy hair day and Bud sported a purple sparkly mohawk.

He also had another dentist appointment to get a cavity filled so we stopped afterward for some lunch at Kneader's.

On the 17th Christian found a praying mantis. He put it in an aquarium and gave it a grasshopper to eat. I love how he set up his phone to film the feast!

On the 21st we went pumpkin picking at Day Farm.

That night was my friend Kim's 40th birthday party. Guests were requested to dress up as old people!

We ate meatloaf, jello, beans, mashed potatoes & gravy, and applesause with Good & Plenty "pills."

Here I am with the birthday girl and Brandi:

After we got home, Christian decided he needed to try out the wig and makeup!

October 22nd my mom threw a Halloween party.

On the 26th Tammy took the kids to the Syracuse pumpkin walk.

The 27th was Joy & Jordan's party.

These cousins were adorable Darth Vader twins!

Here is a cute story Christian wrote and decorated at school.

I cracked up at church on the 29th when I saw the kids making shadow puppets during Sacrament meeting!

Bud still loves using his light sabre chopsticks.

The kids carved their pumpkins.

Halloween night we got the pumpkins set out. The Jack Skellington one and Yorkie ones are Faith's creations.

Bud got to hang out and go trick-or-treating with friends in Layton.

Faith dressed up as Jughead Jones from the CW show Riverdale.

Even Skittles dressed up just long enough for a photo shoot!