I was able to go with Mindy to see the Spokane Symphony perform a special concert for the Spokane area fourth graders. I was one of the homelink chaparones.

Mindy performed in her first choir concert for Veteran's Day. She joined choir a month late and worked very hard to memorize all of the songs so quickly. (We found most of the songs on youtube for her to practice at home.)

Our first snowfall. Mackensey is in her boots and coat over her pj's. I asked her if she got cold wearing shorts, and she said no.

We got nine inches of snow in three days. This is Ben sledding down the piled up snow from Barry plowing the driveway.  A few days later it rained for three days and now the snow is mostly gone.

We had this family picture taken on Thanksgiving Day. We were dressed nicely to go to our friends house and wanted a family picture taken. I had the tripod set up on the ground and Marianne must have touched the lens which is why the top is blurry.

Marianne and Ben play outside waiting for Thanksgiving Dinner.

We had a nice Thanksgiving break. We got a lot done around the house and had fun relaxing, too. It was way too short. Have a great week!

Halloween before Thanksgiving

Meeting up with the Buckley's on Main Street while trick or treating. Ben is in the back left with orange fangs on. He dressed up as Bambi. Marianne isa ballerina, Makayla a fairy princess, Mackensey is a dog and Mindy was Medusa.

We went trick or treating for the first time for our kids (and Barry). The ward has a trunk or treat every year that we go to instead of trick or treating, but this year the ward party was last friday night, which freed up Halloween! We had a blast! We went up and down both sides of Main street and it took an hour. We began at 5:30 and finished up at 6:30. The sun went down and it was dark around 6:15 and that is when everyone started getting cold, but we had to finish up the street. Everyone thought Marianne was so cute they gave her more candy than they gave the older kids (that didn't make any sense to me...).

Just thought I'd post Halloween Pix before Thanksgiving....