I'm going to try something new with this month's round up and post/update weekly (or mostly weekly) so it's not such a huge thing at the end of the month. That means you'll have to come back to check it out from time to time to see what is added to our monthly not-always-ordinary days recap.
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| 11.1.18 (Callie in a Halloween candy rainbow - sorting continued till the next morning) |
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| 11.1.18 (post-Halloween candy art - I thought this was quite clever of Cal) |
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| 11.1.18 (Callie is into writing books lately. And I think they're adorable. She wrote this one on Halloween but I didn't photograph it till the next day, so it'll fit in our November round up nicely here.) |
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| 11.1.18 ("I like fall because I like leaves. Today me and my brother jumped in the leaves.") |
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| 11.1.18 ("It was fun") |
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| 11.1.18 (3:11 pm - on my way to pick up Cal and I just loved the colors of this scene) |
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| 11.2.18 (started this one last night and read it in a couple days - super interesting stuff. I think I especially liked the chapter about introvert vs extrovert since I read Quiet a few years ago and it really rang true with me!) |
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| 11.2.18 (We took the activity days girls to see Newsies at Weber High. I think I loved it the most! Haha - I was singing along to every word (at least the words they didn't change or add and reminiscing about how my friends and I used to wish that our high school musical could be Newsies) |
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| 11.3.18 (Sam needed a haircut in a bad way. When he was done, he said, "Now I'm ready for the vacuum!" haha - he loves having all the stray hairs sucked off his head and back and arms with the hose. Weird kid. Ha!) |
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| 11.4.18 (one of three apple pies we baked on Sunday afternoon - and isn't it a beaut? - Gregg took the other two to his ministering families, but we got to keep and eat this one! The awesome thing about these pies is that we only used apples that people had given us from their trees (or we picked ourselves from a tree growing on our street!) |
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| 11.5.18 (I had two people text me about Thankful turkeys on the same day - one to ask for a pic of mine so she could make one for her house (this is Heather's version and it's darling!)) |
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| 11.5.18 (and one to show me that she's got hers up and going this year - last year my friend Alicia borrowed my contact paper and idea to make her own, so I love that she's still using it and checked in with me to let me know!) |
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| 11.5.18 (here's ours! I love to see Cal's handwriting on some of the feathers this year!) |
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| 11.7.18 ("it doesn't go, Mom!") |
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| 11.7.18 (I love fresh cranberries in November and can't wait to try out some new recipes I've collected from books this year and last year. This one is from Cranberry Autumn - check it out!) |
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| 11.7.18 (we checked this one out a few months ago and loved it, and Cal brought it home from her school library today) |
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| 11.7.18 (it's really so great and makes us want to go to Grand Canyon ASAP!) |
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| 11.7.18 (we took a little after-dinner field trip to watch the snow guns a-blowin' at Snowbasin. Someone was in his happy place here - can you guess who?) |
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| 11.7.18 (it was so fun to watch the snow clouds lit up with spot lights on every snowmaker) |
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| 11.7.18 (finished this one tonight - and I really liked it! I had listened to a podcast series called Launch done by the author as he went through the process of writing and publishing and promoting his book. Super interesting! And the book totally lived up to expectations. :) |
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| 11.8.18 (and the magic continues at home this morning!) |
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| 11.8.18 (I told Cal that there was probably no other kid at school who's dad could make snow for her at home. Pretty lucky girl, if you ask me. And pretty lucky dad to get a note like this!) |
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| 11.8.18 (here comes the sun!) |
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| 11.8.18 (he says it never gets old. ever.) |
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| 11.8.18 (and as soon as breakfast was done - they were out the door to play!) |
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| 11.8.18 (I took a photo of these scene on the first of October. Things have changed a bit since then, but that sky is still spectacular!) |
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| 11.9.18 (strollin' in an autumn wonderland) |
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| 11.9.18 (we had to make a little stop at "the stream" on our walk down the street) |
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| 11.9.18 (Cal made this while her friend Abby was over playing one day after school - I love the colors and designs and handwriting) |
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| 11.10.18 (raking leaves with Grandma and Gracie) |
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| 11.10.18 (Aggie game with the fam!) |
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| 11.10.18 (go Ags!) |
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| 11.12.18 (nakie noo noo Sammy and his apple snack) |
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| 11.13.18 (it's a Thanksgiving miracle!! My cheeseballs are saved! I couldn't find this in any store (and I looked in plenty!) before today, even here at Winco where I had looked. but on a whim I swung back over to this aisle this time (I was going to buy a different flavor as a last resort) and lo and behold - my Roka Blue miracle: the tags don't even say Roka Blue, and there isn't a single bottle of Old English or Pimento spread, but I snatched up four bottles the the good stuff to get me through the holidays.) |
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| 11.14.18 (I have a chocolate chip buying/hoarding problem) |
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| 11.14.18 (sign me up! (I bought six boxes of crackers and ordered two pairs of Kellog's socks!)) |
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| 11.14.18 (activity days walk to the fire station to thank them for their service - with homemade cards and cheese ball! And they weren't there. So I hope they found what we left them on the hood of someone's truck. :D side note: I get great pleasure in introducing new foods to these activity days girls who are on the picky side - a few girls were wary about tasting my cheeseball snack, but everyone tried it and loved it!) |
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| 11.15.18 (chili and corn bread for dinner tonight - this is my favorite corn bread recipe) |
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| 11.16.18 (exploring our friend Henry's backyard at his birthday party) |
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| 11.16.18 (lots of great things to play on in this backyard!) |
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| 11.16.18 (spotted in the hallway outside Callie's classroom) |
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| 11.16.18 (here's Callie's rhyme time turkey art project) |
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| 11.16.18 (we stopped at the park on the way home from school and the kids decided to race home - they ran all the way!) |
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| 11.17.18 (all dressed up in his "new" outfit from Great Grandma Gallagher (she liked to buy new babies big outfits that they could grow into - and now Sam is finally fitting into his)) |
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| 11.17.18 (squirrely smiles from these two cuties at my cousin Austin's wedding in Payson) |
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| 11.17.18 (the Payson temple was gorgeous!) |
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| 11.19.18 (another cranberry recipe from the Cranberrytown picture book series) |
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| 11.19.18 (operation Eat All the Leftovers (before I cook another dang thing) is in full force at our house) |
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| 11.20.18 (be still my heart - my morning view from the couch) |
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| 11.20.18 (cheesecake prep) |
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| 11.20.18 (I loved the colors of the tree branches looking down our street on our way to pick up Cal) |
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| 11.20.18 (another stop at the park post-school; another race home - I spy running kiddos, can you?) |
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| 11.20.18 (sugared cranberries looking mighty fine) |
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| 11.23.18 (Callie wrote up a Christmas wish list today and it just warmed the cockles of my heart to see what she came up with: "a "snow flake kit", a new water bottle, stickers, a doll house, a book, a princess water wow, a "poke art kit", a calendar, a play house, a puzzle, fuzzy socks") |
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| 11.23.18 (e.coli scare made me say goodbye to our salad for tonight . . . womp womp) |
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| 11.26.18 (prepping for activity days this week - maybe you want to make a scripture-a-day countdown chain, too?) |
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| 11.26.18 (Gregg was in Colorado for a couple of days, and as I headed to bed the first night, I passed Gregg's desk and noticed this. (From Cal for Gregg plus oatmeal cream pie she found in the pantry.) Holy smokes. Can you say heart melted?!) |
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| 11.28.18 (yes, he's asleep in the burley. at kindergarten drop off. on a wednesday which means we're an hour earlier than usual. that is 11:30. good grief!) |
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| 11.28.18 (my Christmas reading book stack is coming along nicely!) |
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| 11.29.18 (it snowed! And the teasel looked pretty on the way to school) |
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| 11.29.18 (lovely views on the walk home) |
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| 11.29.18 (it's Thursday and that means it's soup day! this is Mel's new potato + sausage + tortellinisoup and wowza was it delish!) |
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| 11.29.18 (I also made rolls. (GINORMOUS rolls!) these are Mel's, too, and they taste like my favorite ever Oatmeal Wheat Bread in roll form) |
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| 11.30.18 (I don't remember exactly when this was drawn (I'm pretty sure it was this month), but I just had to snap a pic of it for posterity since it's so cute. This is Sam's work. The ears are my fave. And his excellent use of white space.) |
