More birthday fun

     Bonus birthday festivities; Isaac gifted Greg his very fancy cowboy hat, plus Greg got a tool he'd been wanting for awhile. And the Wendel girls tried on the prettiest crocheted coat you've ever seen. (Thanks to Gr. Grandma Elaine and her very talented friend, Karen.)

Yeehaw!

Apple pie and homemade ice cream to end the night.

Who wore it best? It's definitely a perfect fit for Elliot.

    It's been a simple week, outside of the birthday fun. Charlie had her final choir performance, as a 7th grader, this week, but I don't have any photo evidence. 

    Now on to Thanksgiving!

P.S. 34 sleeps until Christmas!

Prisoners, cops and birthday shenanigans

     What a fun week, mostly. Brock and friends had fun on their day date and at the school dance (Sadie's), I got a fun new set of gel nails, and Greg had is 53rd birthday.

Cute Wendel girls!

Cutest gnome!

Brock and his friends dressed as prisoners and cops for the Sadie's dance. (Brock's the guy in the white tank-top on the left.)

Brock and his cute date, Mya. (She's in our ward and one of my favorite young women.)

    Greg had a rough work day on Tuesday (18 hours fixing two water line breaks) but he got a little love note from God when he caught a glimpse of the northern lights at the end of the night. A pleasant surprise for many.

    And Wednesday we had fun celebrating Greg's birthday. Several people had gifts for him and we'll do a little more celebrating Sunday. Not photographed is the gift card for dinner from Carter, and an optic for his gun from two of his best friends. And more gifts are coming Sunday.

Mixed nuts and soda from the Wendel's.

Lots of yummy snacks from some of our favorite people.

John and Stephanie are the best!

V8 from Charlie.

And a super cool tool kit from Thomas and Gina.

    And I had to share this adorable kindergarten photo of Beau. She's growing up way too fast!

    November is going quick and great, over all. And another scary report, 41 sleeps until Christmas!

Halloween highlight

     The two youngest kids really had a great Halloween. McClane didn't officially trick-or-treat but he loved roaming around with a couple of his favorite cohorts and they couldn't have picked a better trio costume theme.

Talk about a classic combo! (McClane's Grimace, his buddy Maxwell is Ronald McDonald and Brooks is the Hamburglar.)

    And Charlie did trick-or-treat and got quite a candy haul. This may be her last year to do the traditional Halloween things and she made the most of it, mostly thanks to the best family, who let her tag-a-long, or really who she coerced into taking her all around.

Charlie with some of her most favorite people.

    And that's all I got. This week has been super simple. And I can't believe I'm saying this, but, only 48 sleeps until Christmas! That's the scariest thing ever!