November 2014

Another fill-in from the future, haha.

November 2014?
Let's see...
*I got to go to Time Out for Women with my mom, Emily, Sophie, and Nicole. That was really cool. Kind of like a mom-EFY. I needed the spiritual boost, and it was nice to spend time with my mom and sisters. Shawn was pretty much weaned (if not totally - I don't remember the exact date) so it was nice to be baby-less for an evening and a day. Emily and Sophie had Logan and Hudson with them, but it wasn't a big deal. It was at the Phoenix Convention Center, and we got to hear Hilary Weeks, John Bytheway, and the Nashville Tribute band (along with some other great speakers), which I've always been fans of. :)

Not that much of note happened the rest of the month. Just busy-ness. The kids' school had their Fall Festival, which the kids all really enjoyed.

For Thanksgiving we went down to Pima and Thanksgiving morning I got to do the turkey trot again with most of my siblings. That was fun, and I did do some jogging. Emily and I mostly stayed together. It was nice to have the whole family together, and fun for the three little boys (Shawn, Logan, and Hudson) who were born in the last year to be together. Lunch was super tasty, as usual, and Emily made some super yummy homemade rolls. Later that afternoon we went down by the Pima Museum and took a bunch of family pictures, since it had been a while since we had one, and had added several babies since. The turned out pretty well for all of us non-professionals. Hard to mess up a colorful background and natural light. Ashley was there and helped us take the pictures for the group shot.

When we came home we put up some of our Christmas decorations (including the tree) and since they turned the Mesa temple lights on, went and enjoyed checking them out, as well as a really neat nativity display (sets from all over the world) in the Visitor's Center.