November has been way busy for us. I am now writing this in December and trying to remember everything. The most fun the kids had was playing in all of the fallen leaves:
These pictures were taken about the 14th of November. Russell told me I was getting cabin fever because I was ornery all the time and I never left the house. So he booted me and the kids outside so we could do some yard work as a family. We cleaned out our garden area and got it ready for next spring, planted bulbs in the flower beds, and the kids raked what little leaves we had:
Emily and Colby had fun raking the leaves all around Logan, and Logan had fun throwing the leaves and even trying to eat a few. Yuck! Well Russell was right, being outside did help my mood. I guess I need to get out in the yard more often. Thanks Dear!
November 19th was Cub Scout Pack Meeting and Arrow of Light Ceremony. As Cub Master, Russell made this awesome plaque for Greg Shipley, the boy getting his Arrow of Light:
This was the first Arrow of Light ceremony Russell has had since becoming the Cub Master and he wanted to make something special for the boy. The Arrow of Light is to the Cub Scouts what the Eagle Award is to the Boy Scout. He got a little guff from the Cub Committee Chair about making the plaque because of what it would cost but the Primary President (me) told him to make it to reward Greg and inspire the other boys. After seeing the finished plaque, the Committee Chair was so impressed and all of the boys wanted one. Greg thought it was really cool too and carried it around proudly. So Russell has had many requests for more plaques in the future.
November 23 was haircut day in the Farnsworth household! We all got our haircut except for Dad:
Russell cut Logan and Colby's hair with a little bit of a fight from Logan. I had to take a picture of Colby after the haircut because all of the hair clippings stuck to his back and made him look like a hairy back biker especially with the temporary tattoo on his arm. Hee Hee! Russell had given me a gift certificate to get my hair cut for Valentine's Day and I finally got to use it! Emily and I had a mother/daughter date and went to the hair salon to get our hair cut while we left all of the stinky boys at home! We had a blast and even went out for ice cream afterward. Emily now wants to be a hair cutter when she grows up (along with a princess, mermaid, fairy, and of course a mom). I told her to do it because it would be a good job. Don't we all look so much better with our hair cut?
We cannot forget Thanksgiving. We had a great Thanksgiving this year. We spent the holiday with the Morwoods this year. It was fun to get together, eat a great meal, and be thankful for the things we have especially family.
My sisters and I also hit up the Black Friday shopping deals. The dumb thing about the deals this year was that the sales began at 6 pm on Thanksgiving. We were really disappointed that the world has imposed even more on the holidays so we can't even enjoy them. We originally told each other we were breaking tradition and not going shopping but we caved and did anyway. My mom even went with us to Wal-Mart which was fun too. So we spent the night driving from store to store chasing the deals, eating McDonald's at one in the morning, and finally ending at CAL Ranch where we saw the funny highlight of the day/night. Two guys had set up couches outside the doors of CAL Ranch and had spent the night outside the store freezing their butts off I am sure. We all laughed so hard when we saw it! We had to look through the ad again to see what was so important that you would need to spend the night at CAL Ranch! (Best Buy or Target maybe but CAL Ranch?) Well come to find out, they wanted the Carhart coats that were a great deal. When we got inside, however, CAL Ranch only had extra large sizes of coats so the guys didn't even really get what they wanted. You could tell they were mad and rightfully so. They ended up getting a Dr. Pepper and leaving! Poor guys... Well we decided we won't do Black Friday next year because it will most likely start even earlier on Thanksgiving and totally ruin the holiday. We decided it would be more fun to just take a trip to Vegas or somewhere and do our Christmas shopping and then get what we really want rather than the stuff that is on the sales that the stores want you to buy. We'll see what happens next year.
And the day after Thanksgiving we were able to play in even more leaves:
As you can see all of the leaves on the tree finally fell. It has been getting colder lately. The kids had a big pile to jump in this time. They especially liked grabbing handfuls of leaves and dropping them on Logan's head:
Luckily Logan loved every minute of it. Colby and Logan liked getting buried in the leaves too.
Who would think that a pile of old dead leaves could be so much fun? My kids loved it. In fact, ever since it turned Fall, Emily has been asking when we could make a pile of leaves so she could jump in it. Well she finally got her wish.
Finally, November 30 was Chrislyn's baptism:
Here are all of Chrislyn's cousins that came to support her on her special day. It was nice to see Chrislyn's baptism. She was so excited to be baptized and you could tell she was so happy. It reminded me of the people of Alma at the waters of Mormon in Mosiah 18. When Alma explained to them what it meant to be baptized and the covenants they were making, he asked them if that was the desire of their hearts. All of the people clapped their hands with JOY and said yes. They were so excited to be baptized and be called God's people. I could tell Chrislyn felt that same joy. Congratulations Chrislyn on this important step in your life!
Well, that pretty much sums up November for us. Now on to December and Christmas!
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