2018 :: week 46

November 4

Sunday morning was wonderful! Not only did we get to sleep in a bit because of Daylight Savings, but we had an Area Conference broadcast at 11am. The meeting meant we didn't have regular church and Anthony didn't have his regular pre-church meetings. He did have to go up to the church for a few hours in the afternoon, but that wasn't so bad because the conference ended at 1pm instead of our usual 4pm. We were lucky this year and the time change did not wreak too much havoc on our children. Elliott came in and snuggled with us for a bit after he woke up and it was heavenly.

November 5

Elliott loves the music from The Greatest Showman. He can hardly be bothered to sit still for the actual movie, but he requests songs whenever we are driving anywhere. We had a few friends over for dessert Sunday evening and while they were here the kids got into our dress-up clothes. Elliott came across this Abraham Lincoln souvenir top hat that Anthony and I bought when we went to Washington DC together in 2014.  He has been wearing it ever since claiming he is "The Greatest Showman." He also thinks we should name our new baby The Greatest Showman. This boy has an active imagination, that's for sure.

November 6

On Tuesday evening I took the kids to Hy-Vee to meet the KC Chiefs RB Kareem Hunt. My brother-in-law Matt was going and offered to take Will too. Lauren was devastated when she learned that Will was going to get to meet somebody famous without her. So a few minutes after Will left with Matt, I loaded Lauren and Elliott into the van and we waited with them in line to meet Kareem. Elliott and Will were both excited to get their footballs signed.

November 7

Wednesday was an unexpectedly pleasant day. It was supposed to cold this week, so we enjoyed as many moments outside as possible until it did. The leaves in our neighborhood have been brighter and more colorful this year. I feel like I'm walking in a fall wonderland.

November 8

Lauren worked on her "Grateful Feather" this week. Unfortunately I recycled ALL of our magazines and catologs this week, so she was limited to Friend magazines for her collage. Luckily, there are lots of pictures of good things to be grateful for in said magazines. It was really cold when we got up Thursday morning. Below freezing. By noon it was snowing!

November 9

Friday was a busy day. Anthony arrived home after an hour delay from a 3 day conference in Austin, TX. I got a call from the school nurse asking if I could come pick up Will about 90 minutes before school was to get out. He had a terrible headache. It was hurting him so bad, he was moaning. I think it was a migraine because as soon as we got home he threw up and then fell asleep within two minutes and slept for over and hour. When he got up he was fine. That night was movie night at the school, and I volunteered to work the concession stand during Christopher Robin. Will stayed home with Tony and Lauren and Elliott came to the movie with me. It was a packed house!

November 10

Saturday Anthony left bright and early to go to with the youth to Omaha for a temple trip. It has been a week without much dad time. It ended up being extremely cold again--barely 30 degrees and windy--so outside activities were out. I decided to take the kids to Science City and we invited Tyler to join us. I lost about five years off my life when I lost Elliott for about ten minutes. He wandered off while I was helping Lauren and Tyler roll up their sleeves at the water exhibit. The first few minutes I wasn't worried, but when I couldn't find him after five minutes I started to get really scared. We eventually found him wandering out from behind a counter in a closed exhibit. The counter was too high for us to see him. After that things calmed down, thankfully!