Here we are already halfway through November. We're very much looking forward to hosting Thanksgiving again after our quiet holiday at home with just the four of us last year. It was nice to do something different and very low key, but now we're ready to host again! I took the entire week of Thanksgiving off of work again, and am also really looking forward to that!
Speaking of work, my co-worker and I launched our United Way fundraising campaign last week, which ended up starting off with a bang. Pam brought her son's BB gun and we had some fun outside our office. I was back in my cow costume because our theme was "Fall on the Farm." She was the farmer and I was the farm animal. :-)
Clara and Adria started gymnastics together last week as well. 
Brynn and Dana gave our craft room downstairs a make-over and it looks fantastic!
We just got Clara's school pictures back and they turned out great!
She was excited to visit the planetarium at MSUM. She's at the bottom of the pic, in the tie-dyed shirt.
The PTA at Clara's school sponsored a skating night at Skate City so Dana took her for some fun...and her fav, Cheetos.
Last weekend we stayed at Weckerlys' for the annual Family Fun Night at the community center.
Saturday morning we loaded up on ATVs and Tessa packed us a picnic lunch and we headed down to the infamous
Round House.
Gassing up and the drivers getting the lowdown of do's and don'ts from Chad.
I think we all felt it was warmer outside compared to inside the house. It was forecast to be a beautiful 60-degree day, but we were out and about before the temps had a chance to warm up.
I was looking through some of Grandma Darlene's cookbooks at Tessa's house and had to stop reading through them as I was getting too sad. In the week leading up to the Family Fun Night, I kept thinking about how Grandma would have been there playing bingo, but not this year. We all miss her so much.
The older girls helped with games.
Playing bingo.
Brynn was excited for her first real baby-sitting gig tonight. She was busy earning money for baby-sitting yesterday as well. With no school for Veterans Day, Adria came over to hang out and Brynn did a good job of watching them.
I saw a post in a moms group that I am part of on Facebook from a lady who was looking for a teen girl to watch her two and three-year-old daughters tonight. She was getting a bit bored, so we FaceTimed and she showed me the notes the mom left for her which I thought was cute...and helpful! She said it was going well! The mom said she would even bring her home too and I think she's probably on her way to drop her off now.
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