November

Is November over already?!  Here are a few of our highlights:

Ceci and Bailey in Childhood

Geoff took the girls to Malibu to see a BYU women's soccer game.  I stayed home to catch up on life.

They went to the LA temple

...and to the beach

Uncle Christian and Ceci

Look at the location of this soccer field!!!

Fans

Good times in California

Geoff and I went to Park City for the weekend.  

Ceci had another Cotillion.

Our birds, Van Gogh and Matisse, are constantly laying eggs, some of which hatch and then die. Recently one was brand new and pushed out of the nest.  We saw it wriggling on the floor of the cage, and after we carefully placed it back in the nest we found it dead the next morning.  A few days later, another baby born around the same time was found floundering around on the floor of the cage trying to fly.  We figured it was the natural process so we left it overnight.  The next morning as we were checking on it we found it in the water dish gasping for its last breath.  Goodness!  Ceci carefully buried it in the only plot of dirt we have...a corner flower box.

Thankfully a third survived and is flying around the cage.

BYU football game - cold and wet!  (I swear we weren't the only ones in ponchos!)

Friends

The girls and I went to Music and the Spoken Word 

Geoff spent a week in Brazil for work. 

Adele made a welcome home sign

Geoff's Utah siblings, and his dad, gathered in Utah for Thanksgiving.  His sister, Ingrid, and her family came the day after Thanksgiving too.

We "ran" a Turkey Trot.

We had a pot-luck Turkey Day feast that was delicious and lasted for days!  We visited Geoff's mom's grave and brought in the holiday season singing Christmas hymns, and we walked around Temple Square to see the lights.

Adele decided she wanted to buy a new ipod during Black Friday and figured out how to get $150 in a day.  She is one resourceful kid!

We took the eligible cousins to the temple and later all of the adults went to the temple.  It was a full and wonderful weekend.  Thanks for hosting, Em!

We packed up our Fall gourds and pumpkins in preparation for our decking of halls this week.  We'll especially miss this little gourd face...