November Round-up

Family dinner at our house! 

 Cute cousins doing crafts!

 Evelyn was fascinated to see the snow falling!

 Still too short to reach the candy basket! Thankfully she hasn't figured out how to climb the shelves yet!

I found an awesome deal on Disney on Ice tickets, $12.50 apiece with no fees! Amazing! The 7:00 start time was kind of a killer, there was a lot of whining on the walk back to the car, but it was a fun show.

 The kids had two days off for parent teacher conferences. We took a trip to Thanksgiving Point. This time we spent the whole time in the Tinkering exhibit-- so much fun! The kids had a blast trying out all the hands on exhibits, and especially loved this wind tunnel. Even Evelyn could take some supplies to build a creation to fly! 

 

We also went downtown to have lunch with Kissie and Pata at the Church Office Building. It was fun to see all the Christmas decorations up! 

  

We also spent quite a bit of time at the Family Search center in the JSMB. They have a bunch of activities there for kids. Here's Evelyn trying out the car and feeding a stuffed rabbit. 

 

 One afternoon, we spent an hour in Stansbury with friends. It was quite the quick trip inbetween kindergarten drop-off and pick-up. It was fun to see friends and take advantage of the park on such a beautiful day. I love this picture I caught of Luke and Evelyn on the slide!

 

Violet pulled out tooth #5 on 11/13. Three more wiggly teeth are on their way out too! She hates to have them dangling, and once there is a little wiggle, so tenaciously works at them until they are out, so I'm sure it won't be long before she has more gaps in her smile.  

 

Grandma sent coupons for free slurpies for Halloween. Yum! 

 This pony on top reminds me of Daisy Head Maisie. Sticks straight up! 

 Play-doh time, and even Evelyn got to join in this time!

 Morning cuddles with Dad before work.

 Cute Cora the turkey.

 

Terrah Anderson

November 22, 2013

B Kevin Anderson is hereby awarded stealth master status. The task? Changing the battery in the smoke alarm in Evelyn's room with an extension ladder without waking her up. Better now at 10:00pm than at 2:00am!

Terrah Anderson

November 16, 2013 near Herriman, UT · Edited

Three coughing kids + snowy day + Kevin at a football game = extra gratitude for a Netflix free trial period.

Artwork update

Kevin and I have 6 cousins out of missions now-- pretty cool! I love having great examples for my kids! We spent one evening writing letters to them all and sending a little Christmas gift (money-- it's so nice to go out to lunch on a pinched missionary budget!). The kids' pictures were adorable. 

Cora's picture of her praying for Elder Thomas, and Luke's ever-progressing stick figures. 

 "How do you like your mission? What is the words that you speak?" 

 

 "I hope all the people listen to you." "Do you talk different? You make the world shine."

 

Asking a fish if he wants a Book of Mormon. And a cute turkey and hand drawing (Violet got too tied to write this one).

 

 And, more contributions from Evelyn and Luke.  It was a great activity for the kids, we'll have to make it a more regular occurrence!

 

Luke is getting really good at drawing!  

 

 During Africa week at school, Violet's class talked about how kids in Africa often have to be innovative with making toys. So as a class activity, they all made a toy from recycled materials. This was the doll she made. And a picture she made during inside recess at school. 

 

 I love her mermaid drawing too! 

 We did a turkey fingerprint craft for November family dinner at our house. 

 Luke's adorable handprint turkey from preschool. Cora's thankful tree from school. 

 

Family Pictures

It wasn't our most successful photo session ever, but we still got some good ones for Christmas cards!