Pre-Thanksgiving + More Fall + Festivals + Force Game

Whipping up some crepes per request on a Saturday morning. 

Clara started a tennis lesson session through Fargo Parks which is held indoors at Courts Plus. She's liking it pretty well so far. It runs only for about six weeks, I believe.

Mom and Dad's lake neighbor kindly came to teach us how to make lefse. It was so fun and she had a lot of great tips. It turned out so wonderfully. I forced myself to put our portion in the freezer so we could serve it at Thanksgiving.

Grandpa has been making custom shelves for the grandkids. Here is Clara's.

Clara's been playing LEGOs a lot lately.

Hubert gave Brynn this giant stuffed dinosaur. 

We made a quick overnight trip to Hurdsfield so we could attend the annual Farm and Family Fun Night Fundraiser. I got a bingo and came away with this wreath.

CATS! I was really having a heyday with cats that weekend. We said goodbye to Marsha as we were leaving Weckerlys'. 

Then we stopped to check in on Ninja since my parents were away for a while. She clearly loved having us visit her. :-)

Baking chocolate chip cookies.

Brynn and Hubert out to dinner at Olive Garden.

Tessa gave me this small pot and I have been wanting to do a simmer pot and thought we'd try a mini version in this pot. It turned out great and made the kitchen smell amazing. Clara got really into it. I've been saving some other 'recipes' for Christmastime pots as well.

Clara's school didn't have their fall festival around Halloween this year, so they had it a bit later. We had signed up to work the concessions stand.

Benny the Eagle.

I was cracking up at his 'security team' with their custom sweatshirts and all.

Clara playing bingo.

Brynn has been under the weather and is feeling better for the most part, but is still battling a lingering cough.

We were able to take in a Force game though. Dana ended up getting me a ticket after he had already bought his and Brynn's, so he had to sit elsewhere by himself, unfortunately. It was a fantastic game...the Force scored a point to tie the game at 0.2 seconds remaining. No one scored in overtime so they went to a shootout where they ultimately lost. 

I'm getting into full Thanksgiving mode over here. This will be our 20th year hosting! I am off work beginning Thursday afternoon this coming week until after Thanksgiving. 

Here is what I have been reading or intending to read. I was excited about my salad cookbook I bought from a lady I follow in TikTok. I have gone through and marked all the ones I want to try and noted a couple contenders to serve at Thanksgiving. 

I have been trying to get through my Kindle book on my iPad for weeks. I'm just not feeling it. I didn't realize it before I started it, but one interesting thing about it is that it's set in Battle Lake, MN and even references places that are actually in that area. We'll see if I press on or DNF it.

And then Shelly gave me the other book on top when I was down for our visit. It looked pretty good so I'm looking forward to starting that one.

Anyway, back to Thanksgiving! I had to include a few memes I've seen on social media lately.

Eek! Aren't these great!? From Tessa, of course! Can't wait to wear them when I'm shovin' that turkey into the oven on Thanksgiving.

Cash Wise has started to put out some Thanksgiving provisions already so I did pick up the stuffing, but that's it so far.

I was contemplating the sparkling grape juice, but decided to wait as I think I can find it at a better price elsewhere.