November Happenings

Dad and Greta went on a date to Black Bear Diner.

Elinor and I had a lovely time at Time Out for Women.  It was wonderful to spend so many hours with her and it felt miraculous to me to be there with her.  She also introduced me to CupBop and it was delicious!

Faith joined some swim friends from Skyridge High School for the football state championship game at the University of Utah.

Abe and Cannon enjoyed joining the Butterfields for some football on Thanksgiving morning.  Ryan grew up in a great ward in Sandy (with some of my Clark cousins) and they still gather each year.  Pretty cool.

We enjoyed a very lovely and very low-key Thanksgiving at Andrea and James's place downtown.  We ate and we played games and it was chill.  This picture is Elinor's shocked face when she won Liar's Dice.  We have a few other pictures from the day, but for whatever reason they are all quite blurry.  

A few days later we had our Italian Thanksgiving at Plumfield.  I suppose another name for this traditional gathering would be Friendsgiving--- but we also have it with Italian food.  I had to explain to one of the kids that Italian Thanksgiving isn't an actual holiday that everyone celebrates, rather it is just a tradition we do:)

I had been getting after our kiddos this evening about not being on phones and just talking and playing games.  My requests were not very well-received.  Devices were confiscated--- they weren't happy, I wasn't happy--nothing terribly interesting there.

So the next evening, when phones had not yet been released from their captivity, the kids were teasing me that I just wanted them to become Amish.  

Somehow, I don't think Faith thought it was that funny.

The next morning, lo and behold! Our Elf  (who had made an early appearance because we were all too excited for Christmas festivities to begin) was dressed in his Puritan attire.  So what if he got the Puritans and the Amish mixed up?

A little fun family football in the backyard.

Grover loved running around with the kids.

Abe and I went with my dad and Bev to a Messiah sing-a-long in Draper.  It was very enjoyable but much shorter than in years past, so I didn't quite get my fill.

SICKNESS.  Blah.  We (and everyone else we know) has had so much sickness already this season.  I suppose all of our immune systems are shot to pieces after the isolation of covid.  Anyway, it's been through all of us multiple times.  

Grover is such a nice snuggly companion for sickies.

Abe and George went to a BYU basketball game at Vivint Arena, thanks to some friends who gave them tickets.

Abe and Cannon joined the Schramms at their place for a big University of Utah football game.

Faith and her besties, Anya and Alyssa, at the Silver Rush swim meet.