October Break

We had a wonderful October break last week, although we didn't go on a grand vacation or do lots of exciting things around here. Instead, we had lots of fun sleeping in and staying up late, not doing homework, not running to various lessons (or even practicing for said lessons), and generally just relaxing. What made it even better, we got to visit with lots of family!
My eldest sister, Jeanie, spent the week visiting from Montana. She had to come down for some work training workshop and she was able to extend her stay to visit with us. It is always so fun when Jeanie visits because she spoils us all rotten.


We always eat really yummy food, which for our family, is the most important part of any activity. I didn't get many pictures of all the good food, because I was too busy eating it.


Mommy's little piggy! (When you have chocolate cake in front of you, it is imperative to get it in your mouth, no matter the method.)


Gary REALLY likes whipped cream. :)

The kids enjoyed playing outside all week. The weather is starting to cool off a bit, enough that they don't have a heat stroke at least. They really enjoyed playing with glowsticks from Grandma Kay and Grandpa Towne.



They also have their own "Fairy Land" and are apparently experts at making Fairy Pie. Here is the recipe if you need it.


Too much partying for Jeanie and Isabella...


On Friday night, we had all the Eldredge family (that could make it) over to celebrate Richard's dad's 70th birthday, as well as Hailey's 13th birthday. Unfortunately, I didn't get any pictures, but Annette posted several on facebook. It was fun to see Cindy, who flew down from Washington, as well as the AZ people that we don't get to see very often. The kids always have fun together, and despite all the chaos of the evening, it was a great night. (Sorry to my neighbors for all the noise.) :)

Now the kids are back in school and we are back on a normal(?) routine, which is good too. I still can't believe October is winding down already and I am entering the third trimester of this pregnancy. January will be here before we know it. (Let's hope my body can survive 3 more months!)