October Happenings

Grandparents

Grandma and Grandpa Blazzard came to visit two weekends ago. The girls were so excited to see them and had a wonderful time. I was grateful for all the time they spent with the girls as a lot of my attention still goes to Beth. Jenna needed that attention and was far better behaved after they left because of it. 

Daddy showing off his motorcycle for Grandpa Blazzard. Jenna is the only girl brave enough to ride it with him. She loves spending time with her daddy.

Natalie hanging out with Grandpa Blazzard.

A special lunch date to Carl’s Junior and a movie afterwards. Everyone went and did this while Beth and I were at a Super Saturday for Relief Society. I was told the girls laughed prettt hard at this movie.

Grandma Jamie and Grandpa Barry always bring fun gifts with them. This one was from Great Grandma Kelly who also always sends something fun for the girls. These bubbles had spill proof lids! Such a great idea. The girls enjoyed blowing bubbles for quite a long time. 

The weekend went too fast! We are grateful to have such good people to call family.

October

Natalie was thrilled to pick these disguise glasses out of the treasure chest at school. We call her Mr. Jones the master of disguise when she wears them. This is her and Jenna after school. Jenna is relieved when Natalie gets home from school each day. She really enjoys playing with her older sister. 

Mr. Jones came to the pumpkin patch with us. A couple of generous neighbors invited us to gather pumpkins from their fields. It was a fun project one day after school. 

Aunt Elizabeth and Embree joined us on our trip.

Jenna likes to be different and picked a green pumpkin to bring home. Much to her dismay it eventually turned orange.

Natalie had a field trip to the pumpkin patch and this all in one day. Unfortunately Jenna and Beth were sick the day I was going to take them to a business pumpkin patch. This year this is all we got to, but it was still a fun experience and we were grateful to our neighbors for the pumpkins. Our porch looks ready for fall now with all the pumpkins on it. We have also enjoyed repeatedly singing the "Five Little Pumpkin Song". 

5 Months

This girls is 5 months. She is generally happy and loves to eat. She figured out how to roll and rolls all across the floor now. She like baby food quite a lot at first, but doesn’t seem to be as impressed lately. She does like tiny pieces of bread or crackers. She loves her sisters and is more into hanging out with daddy now. She is pretty good with getting drug along everywhere we go. I do wish she slept a little more and longer, but life is busy and she has to get sleep where she can and this we don’t have the best sleeper at home. We are so grateful to have her in our family. 

Rock n’ Roll Day

Natalie’s school celebrates Grandparents Day by doing a 50’s theme dance for the kids and their grandparents. It is a really fun idea and Natalie was very excited for it. They learned and practiced the dances in P.E. leading up to the day. Grandma Corn was a good sport and happily cut the rug with Natalie and Jenna who didn’t want to be left out of the action. They did the Hokey Pokey, the Twist, Hand Jive, Limbo (the kids were definitely better at this then the adults) and the Bunny Hop. My mom was a rock star grandma (and mother 😁) and found Natalie the scarf and skirt at the goodwill in Boise the day before. It made Natalie feel special to dress up. Grandma Lasley came along to watch. She was a true 50’s girl and told me that poodle skirts were made out of felt back in that time period. This fun fact surprised me. It was a fun dance party for all.

General Conference Weekend

We just completed another weekend of General Conference. It was wonderful, uplifting and my soul needed to hear the words spoken. I don’t know if I have been as grateful or prepared for a general conference as I was for this one. 

During the week leading up to conference we talked with the girls each day about g.c. and the prophet and apostles that would be speaking. Their pictures hung in a very visible area and were kid friendly for looking at and touching. I planned meals and got special treats for the guessing game we played during the actual sessions. This picture was a fruit of all these efforts.

The girls were as excited as me and set up this table and chairs in the living room to be ready to watch and do activities on during G.C. Natalie even got Book of Mormons down to put on the table to "remind us to think of Jesus." 

My heart was full seeing the girls so excited and look like they were ready to announce G.C. While they needed many activities to keep them occupied and quiet, they sat in the room the entire time and listened the best they could. I was grateful for their enthusiasm and willingness to be quiet enough that I could listen to the words spoken. I especially wanted to hear about the church schedule changes with two hour church and doing more gospel study as a family. ☺️

The Women’s session Saturday evening was so powerful and answered many questions I had. Before going to it we ate dinner from the Willowcreek Harvest Festival. It was delicious and came with a piece of pie. Jenna had pumpkin and thought her "squishy orange cake" was good stuff. 

Sunday morning I got up early and got showered and dressed before everyone else woke up. (Something I have been notoriously bad about the rest of my years of g.c watching). This helped set a good tone for my day. Usually I am trying to shower during the morning session on Sunday. Again the girls did relatively well. 

To burn some energy between sessions we went on a family walk. Our kitties followed us the whole way. The girls loved the company. 

The time and effort of preparing for general conference was definitely worth it. I am thankful for our prophet and have a testimony that he is the Lord’s prophet on this earth. I have much to ponder and start working on from the words spoken. I am especially looking forward/ already enjoying the invitation to read the Book of Mormon before the end of the year. Already starting I can feel a different spirit about it and am being taught different things than I have before. What a great weekend and kickoff to another week.