Week ending 10-18-20

We had a lot of little bad things that happened like losing things, breaking things, spilling things and getting sick. But at the end of the week I feel blessed that we only lost and broke stuff. At least no kids were lost or broke. We still have a nice house, good food, working cars, and each other.

Monday: I took Kaitlyn, Makenna, and Samuel to Park City to ride bikes and hang out together all afternoon. We had a few glitches like losing things and not getting in everything we wanted to do and the park we wanted had a wedding and then it got dark and cold. But otherwise we had a great time together. I'm so glad I could get away from Sandy and enjoy only having 3 kids.

We floated sticks down a creek.

We played whiffle ball with a plastic ball we found.

We had these dirt hills to ourselves.

Selfie at snack time.

Touring the scarecrow festival along the bike path.

Selfie at dinnertime.We enjoyed riding through the mansion neighborhoods then getting a treat at Smiths and heading home when it was too dark and cold.

Tuesday: Another nature school. A chipmunk climbed over my backpack, went inside my plastic bag, and grabbed one of my quinoa chips while I was sitting here watching.

Then it came back for our oragnes.

Andy with his car he made and drove places in.

Samuel with his car.

Time to pull out all the tall flowers and vegetable plants at the Tarbets. It's hard to see, but Spencer and Thomas were already in there working.

Wednesday: Making word flip books.

Thursday: Spencer spilled an 8 qt pot of pumpkin chili he was taking to his cousin's house. Luckily there was still less than half left but last time I only made half a pot and it wasn't enough so I was excited to make more this time.

While the older kids were spending the night with cousins Sam and Andy got a movie party. They ate a whole can of green beans and chicken strips and had a lot of fun.

Friday: Alexis made delicious pretzels. She put smokies in some, cheese in some, cinnamon/sugar on some, and left some plain. They were a tasty snack while we watched the BYU game.