Thanksgiving, Concerts, Temple....Fall Festivities!

Elden is officially room-less.  I want to give my seniors their own room, and since Cal is a senior, it put Elden roomless.  We were going to build him a little room inside of Shanna's room but he decided he didn't want that.  Right now he has a closet with his things in it and sleeps on a mattress in the family room. The girls were all moved into their rooms and I didn't want to shift them around, so Elden got the short of it. 

Oh and a random picture of Lee's waiting room.  Still not loving it but it's functional. 

Trader Joe's advent calendars! 

Shanna had a cheer award night!

I love this throwback, haha.  It would be great material in a talk somehow, haha. 

We bought a couple of Christmas decorations for the office.  I bought them at Family Dollar and I wish I would have bought more as they run out and don't get in more seasonal product. 

A patient of of Lee's brought in this picture.  This was a convenience type store back in the day where our office now stands.  A Mr. Jarman owned it and the hill was known as Jarman's Hill.  Very cool. 

Dessert at the Petersons!

We headed to PA for Thanksgiving.  I'm not sure when we actually played basketball, but sometime during the break.  I think it was Thanksgiving afternoon.

Feast time!

Cal and I went to my parent's house to help decorate for Christmas.  Lee and the other kids did something else, which I can't remember.  After that Cal went on a date.  He was going to drive everyone (which we did not want him to do) but the Chevy was acting weird. Lee found out the it was basically all out of oil! 

Cal went on a double date that night. We picked him up at the date's house.  Wow!  It was pretty awesome. 

Eric bought some crazy soda...bacon flavored I think?  Cal thought it was pretty nasty.

On Friday we went to the Philadelphia temple for baptisms!  We met a mission president there and he said that his family goes every Friday after Thanksgiving.  In the states we call it Black Friday, because of all the shopping and the businesses hoping to earn a lot of money that day.  So they call it White Friday.

After Cal, Lee, Elden and Haley went to the Philadelphia Children's Museum, which is walking distance from the temple parking garage.  Darrell had two free entrances which was nice.  Shanna and I just hung out and waited for them. It looks super fun!

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Overall it was a great Thanksgiving break!  One of Shanna's favorite drinks.  Soda, ice, heavy cream. 

Always fun having a fire at night when it's cold. 

Before it got dark. 

Our neighbors dropped off donuts for us just for fun!  It was so sweet!

A little, but the pies I made for Thanksgiving and Christmas.  For the past few years whenever I make pies for Thanksgiving, I make pies for Christmas as well.  It's nice to get it all done in one day.  I freeze the Christmas pies and they thaw out great. 

Something else I try to do beforehand is bake and cut out the gingerbread for houses. 

I need to take after photos but basically all the windows had this damage on them.  Maybe water dripping through the top over time? 

Yay for Christmas lights!  Christ is the light of the world and He shines always, even through the dark!

Cal bought some custom Nikes. Cheese Crackers. 

There was a big combined concert actually before Thanksgiving, where Shanna, Haley and Elden all performed together. Loved it!

Loved hearing Haley's piano solo she played as a intro to a song!

Cute Clark ornament, with a little Christmas list Elder Robertson made in Arizona while he served there last Christmas. 

With the Christmas stuff out, a hot cocoa bar was in order one Sunday!

Yep, the kids still love doing Lego creations!  Not sure who built this one...

Other Sunday treats!

Lots of people asleep while trying to do home church.

Fajita night.

More pictures out of order, the young men had a campout before Thanksgiving as well.  I heard it was extremely cold.  The cobble was royally burned, but I hear lots of people ate it anyway.

And so cold they scraped frost off the inside of the truck!

After Lee dropped of the cold boys, he headed to the Staunton area to help with a free medical clinic.  Obviously he did eye exams!

More Christmas!  Love it!