Sunday, December 10, 2023

        We had a good November.  One of our walls was completed and we hung a huge flag on it for the annual gun range turkey shoot.  There were a lot of people honking and giving thumbs up approval for the patriotism.

              Tim has lost his taste for sweets due to a medication he is taking for a toe fungus.  The kids think it is great because they now eat his treats.  Here are Xadia and Teagan helping themselves to Tim’s peanut butter pretzel treat.

              Teagan had a parent teacher interview because it was the end of the term.  Mrs. Shorts had nothing but good things to say about Teagan.  I am very glad he is helpful in class.  Here is with a certificate to Culver’s and a picture of his death mask.  Most everyone liked it because of the mustache.  It was the only mask with one.

              Work is the one activity our kids get a lot of in their youth.  Here we are with ice cream cones after a morning of door tagging.  Door tagging is where you walk around a neighborhood and put big sticky notes on front doors notifying that there might be an interruption of internet service on a certain day because of work occurring in the area.  It is good money and the kids like it.  The kids even invite their friends to do door tagging.

              Tim bought some walking harnesses for the chickens.  We have only used them once because the weather is cold and snowy.  Chickens do not make good walking pets.  They go all over the place.  It is a riot to watch the kids try to control where they go.

              Fozzie is definitely loved on in this house.  Jacinda was having a conversation with Tim while holding Fozzie.  Fozzie was so comfortable, he started falling asleep.  This dog is treated like a king at this house.  He even has his own chair to sit in.

              Thanksgiving was fun.  We went to Mimi’s house.  I was in charge of the stuffing, green beans, and desserts.  I took cheesecake and caramels.  The cheesecake was the recipe my mom had.  We loved eating it when we were younger.  It was fun making the cheesecake.  I learned that it is very important to let the cream cheese sit a room temperature for a while or else you will get big chunks in your final product.  It was great to have 4 of my 6 siblings at thanksgiving with their families. It is good to get together.  I am trying to get the energy to have a Christmas eve dinner, however, I am struggling right now with exhaustion.  I don’t know what is causing it but it is a real thing.

              It’s been fun having the chickens.  We give old food and leftovers to them.  I think Fozzie got jealous and wanted to have some of that slop.  We found him hanging out with the chickens eating the food.  As a result, he had diarrhea for the next few days. (Yuck!)  One of our chickens is laying monstrous eggs.  They are so big, we cannot close the egg container.  Many times the eggs have 2 yolks in them.  It is so fun.

     Yeah!!!  I am so happy we are making lots of progress on our south wall.  Hopefully it will be done by the end of the month.  It is looking awesome and so fun to see the progress.

              McCabe had a dance and forgot to order a corsage.  So last minute he asked if I would make one.  Here we go again.  I went to the store and got the supplies.  Funny thing, I met another mother, Tracy Larsen who was doing the same thing as me.  We were scouring over the flowers looking for the best ones.  Eventually I found some and made McCabe’s date a corsage.  Funny thing, he forgot to take it with him so he had to come back to the house to get it.

              We attended the ward breakfast yesterday.  There was a lot of yummy food.  The ward had a guess the candy jar game.  This is one of my favorite games.  I won two out of the 8 containers.  I got to take home the gummy bears and the peanut M&Ms.  Xadia won the big taffy container….you go girl!