November is one of my favorite months. It's holiday, but doesn't come with the all of the expectations. I love it.
In Utah we went to the end of October in soccer, but here we went to the middle of November. I thought it would be mild and lovely...not so much. We had a few freezing games. As we were unprepared...we made due. Poor kids.
There is a new outdoor mall somewhat close to us and we thought we'd go check it out. We headed for lunch at the new Whole Foods and had this delectable little number for dessert.
McKay's wanted to ride this train since we moved here and his dream finally came true.
Josh was the lucky parent who accompanied this happy boy.
McKay picked this "cute widdo" pumpkin out for Halloween and was pretty excited when it was still going strong in November (most of them rot from the humidity).
Gorgeousness...
I had so much fun decorating our house for the seasons. It's a little blank otherwise...
Hunter snuggled up to Sasha one day when he was doing his reading. It was pretty cute.
My favorite running (walking) trail in the fall. Most of the leaves had fallen by this time, but it was still so pretty.
McKay is currently a huge fan of Captain America.
Our November thankful tree. This was at the beginning, I'm not sure I ever got an end shot...whoops.
Last soccer games! The boys are always sad when the season is over.
McKay had such a good time during soccer season.
For the last game we totally got the wrong time and missed it! We were so disappointed (especially since Josh is the coach...) the boys didn't get to play the last game.
Good times!
Palmer tried out for the school musical, which totally SHOCKED me. Last year he wouldn't try out for the school concert choir because he had to sing a solo. He came home and told me he was going to try out and needed to sing a solo and was ready to go. We decided to sing "Seize the Day" from Newsies and shocked e even more when I heard him sing. He ended up getting one of the main parts and was so excited (as was I)!
My ward asked me if I would do the table center pieces for our ward Christmas party. I was given some garland, ornaments, burlap ribbon and pine cones. This is what I came up with.
We had such a scary experience with poor sweet Sasha. We had a couple of weeks where she stopped eating and then would drink and drink until she was sick. We finally found out the cause and she had to have emergency surgery, which they still weren't sure would be able to heal her. We were so grateful that she ended up being okay. We sure love our sweet dog.
I got to go and see Mocking Jay part one with these cute girls. So much fun!
2 comments:
Emily, I don't uaually comment, but wanted to tell you how much I enjoy your blog. I admire that you still blog and it makes me think I should rekindle mine because it's such a more intimate way of connection than FB (dont love so much) or Insta (which I love). Having also moved in the past year, which isn't always easy, I appreciate your positive attitude and how you've jumped in and made yourself an integral part of your new community. It's an nonor and pleasure to know you, I admire you in many ways. Another thing being your mindful motherhood and how you pick things you want your boys to know and then help them learn it or encourage them to do projects to improve themselves. In short, Kudos to you and Josh on all your success. I know you will both make great contributions in whatever sphere life puts you. xoxo
Nollie, Thank you so much for your comment! I'm glad that somebody reads this blog still, I realized that I wanted to keep a record of our life even if it was only me that read it :) I think so much of you, your kind comment means a lot to me.
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