November Family Photo Shoot (and a broken foot)

The month of November means it is time for the annual family photo shoot. We kept it simple this year and headed out to nearby San Felasco Park (just 2 minutes away).

This was the best family group shot.

We got a few other fun pictures.

If you look closely, you may have noticed that Anwyn is sporting a cast in these pictures. She fractured her foot while playing tag in the neighborhood (she stepped in a hole and turned it sideways). She got a walking boot first, but after a week when it was not improving, she got a cast and crutches. She was a trooper and never once complained, but she was sad to be missing out on her daily running at Morning Mile. After three weeks the cast came off, and after a few more weeks she was back to running normally. 

Showing off the boot.

Wearing the cast and getting some fresh air outside. 

Ready for the cast to come off!

During the month of November, Anwyn was also honored to be selected as a Citizen of the Month. One fifth grade student from each lass is chosen each month. That gave her a little something extra to focus on during the month, although in reality it also meant more traveling the halls of her school while on crutches!

Thankfulness in November

We are thankful for many things! We spent one FHE making lists of things we are grateful for. We do a variation on this activity every November, and it is always nice to do. This year the kids really got into it and added more to their lists throughout the week.

We had a lovely Thanksgiving Day, enjoying a nice dinner with the Beck family.

The children had the week off from school, but we mostly just stayed close to home since Anwyn was still on crutches.

Halloween and Fall Activities

October is always a fun month, with pumpkin activities and church parties and Halloween.

The children put up a few spiderweb decorations around the house to make things a little spooky.

We visited a local pumpkin patch.

Cleaning out the pumpkin to prepare for carving is always a fun job.

The finished pumpkin on display.

We had a fun time at the ward Fall Festival: dinner, carnival games, and trunk-or-treat. This year we kept it simple and reused costumes that we already had. Anwyn was Hermione (from Harry Potter), Lily was Dorothy (from The Wizard of Oz), Zach was Superman, and Adam was a frog.

Halloween fell on a Saturday this year, so we were happy that Jared could participate in our annual excursion to Boo at the Zoo. The college always does a great job decorating (mostly movie themes like Minions, Harry Potter, Inside Out, etc). We stopped to pose in the Star Wars scene with Yoda. 

It was fun for our Lily/Dorothy to find the house that landed on the Wicked Witch. 

In the evening we walked around the neighborhood for trick-or-treating. We met up with some friends and had a good time.