Greetings All! Hope everyone had a spectacular Thanksgiving- we did. But more on that later. Let's catch up on the last two weeks. Now that softball is officially over, we are a little lost as to what to do with ourselves. I started back up with intramural basketball and still really like it. There are two other girls this year, so that makes it a little easier. I'm really liking it and since dad found our basketball and pumped it up, I have been dribbling pretty much non-stop all through the house. Everyone loves it! Ginger gets a big kick out of it as well but she can be kind of a ball hog.
Last Friday, we had our first class field trip and mom was one of the chaperone parents. We went to the Pima Air and Space Museum and it was super interesting. We had the best tour guide. He was really funny and kept all of us entertained the entire time. He also mentioned several times how well behaved we were. He thinks we were the best behaved group of kids he's ever had. That was good news and made my teacher and the parents happy.
This past week, I only had 2 days of school. Really, just a day and half because we had an afternoon of pie on Thursday. The parents brought in pies, ice cream and whip cream for the fourth graders and let us go crazy. I won't say how much pie I ate but it was a lot. And then, right after that, dad and I headed up to start our Thanksgiving camping weekend. Woo Hoo! We met my friend Madeline and her dad up there and got the party started. Both of the moms had to work Wednesday so they didn't come up until Wednesday afternoon. We made the most of the time before they arrived- Madeline and I were crazy women and Dad and Mr. Mike made all kinds of friends with the other RV folks. By the time the moms arrived, Madeline and I were covered in cheetos cheese powder and chocolate and the dads were a beer or two into their day. Good fun for everyone!
The weekend was gorgeous again for us. It was a little bit cool and breezy but perfect for hiking, mountain bike riding and playing in streams. Catalina State Park is just beautiful this time of year. The trees are changing colors, the water is flowing and the sky is blue.
This stick bug came to visit, a long with a lone javelina.
We got back home on Friday late morning and got ourselves unpacked and ready for our next event. My friend Simon's family has a party every year to kick off the holiday season. We almost didn't go because we were kind of tired and Simon lives about as far away from us as you can get but in the end, it was a fun time. A few St. Michael's families were there so mom and dad had people to talk to and I had a bunch of kids to play with. At one point, mom walked into the kitchen where another group was talking. She heard the words "industrial war machine", "political socioeconomic base" and she turned right around and joined the conversation outside about camping spots and crazy things people did to get traffic citations. Much more fun!
Saturday, I woke up sick and was not happy about it. I rallied enough to go get our Christmas tree. Dad spent the day putting up our outside Christmas decorations and I was able to help with that some before I crashed on the couch. Mom headed out that night for a girl's night and dad and I ordered pizza, watched a show on pumpkin chucking and then headed to bed early.
On Sunday, I still didn't feel good but was again able to rally and help mom with the inside Christmas decorations.
We had Grandpa Vern and Grandma Sue over for Thanksgiving Part Dos and boy was it tasty! Dad made his famous Turkey Roulade and mom made a corn and wild rice custard and Grandma whipped up the best mashed taters. (She used a whole stick of butter!!). It was our first "fancy dinner" in our new house and it sure was nice. We love our house! Although, grandma and grandpa aren't really smiling, I can assure you, they had a great time and enjoyed the feast too.
This is just a random picture of me dad took while practicing his photography skills- pretty good shot, no?
Hope everyone has a wonderful week!
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