November 2023

For some reason, I don't have many photos from the very beginning of November so we will start on November 11th.

November 11th: Every year, our friends have a wine and cheese party.  This year, the theme was Roaring 20's.

November 22nd: Today was a big day.  Emma and I went shopping for a dress for her first school dance!  I think we walked over 10,000 steps but mission accomplished!

Then it was home and straight to work on making her mini apple pies and pumpkin pie for Thanksgiving.

November 23rd:  Happy Thanksgiving!  It was a small crowd this year, but still just as fun!

Emma also made the pumpkin pie.

The game Telestrations is a must when we get the families together.

November 23rd: Andy and Emma got out for their first ski.  There wasn't full coverage but it was good enough for a couple of runs.

November 24th:  We struck out on getting a permit to cut down our Christmas tree in the Uintas this year.  The Park City Nursery had just the right one for us!

Then, Abigail and a friend spend a couple of hours at Woodward.

November 25th:  The Utah Utes played the Colorado Buffaloes today--last home game of the season.  It was a chilly, sunny afternoon for football.

The head coach for the Colorado Buffaloes is Deion Sanders. (He is the gold shoes.)

October 2023

 It's October!  

October 2nd:  We had our first little dusting of snow today.  It didn't last long, but it was enough to get everybody into high gear for winter preparations.

October 6th:  My sister took the girls to look at the scarecrows behind the McPolin barn.  Emma and her friend, Ella, made one for the bike team.

Then they ventured to the Park City Nursery for the haunted forest and pumpkins.

October 7th:  After Emma and I watched the Regionals bike race at Eagle Mountain, we met my sister and Abby at a pumpkin festival at Thanksgiving Point.  

Emma even did a little volunteer work.

This was our favorite--apple shooting.

October 8th:  Andy and I got out on a beautiful bike ride in Summit Park.

October 9th:  Abby had her last fall soccer game today.  

October 15th:  We made a family trip to the Park City Nursery to pick out the perfect pumpkins for our pumpkin carving party.

October 18th-October 22nd:  This year for fall break, we headed down to the Hanksville area to do some exploring and camping.  

The slot canyons were amazing!

October 27th:  Abby had a small performance at school.  The students performed poems they wrote after reading Esperanza Rising.

That night, we had some friends over to do some pumpkin carving!

Emma, of course, made a pumpkin rice krispie treat.

October 28th:  I took the girls to the Taylor Swift Eras Tour movie.  It was much cheaper than buying tickets to one of her concerts!

October 31st:  Happy Halloween!  This year, Andy and the front office staff went with the Super Mario Bros. theme.  The Sp. Ed. team dressed up as characters from the series of books like If You Give a Pig a Party.

Abby and a friend went trick-or-treating on Main Street after school.  Later that evening, the girls went trick-or-treating around the neighborhood.  They made a haul!