Nov 2- Last Game of the "Fall" Soccer Season for Cy
It was a mere 27 degrees at this 8:30am game that morning.
Nov 4
I was in complete awe over watching Fynn eat this burger. He must have been really hungry that night because he ate THE WHOLE THING!!!!
Tuesday Hiking with my Murphy while Fynn is at preschool for 2 hours.
Yet again another Tuesday Hike with Murphy while Fynn was at school. During this hike I had alot to think and contemplate about. I got home a recorded the following...
"A few thoughts, well several actually...
"FIRST. Tomorrow is Murphy's 6 month birthday! He's been in our family for 4 months now, and yet it feels like he always has been.
"SECOND. For years Jesse and the boys have begged for a dog and I was the one that always said NO WAY! But about a year or so ago, I had my heart touched by a Goldendoodle and it planted something in my heart that I started to long for. I began the search for the right puppy and I think Jesse wondered what the heck happened to me. I had the strong 'baby hungry' feelings whenever I would see families with dogs. So in the end I was the one pushing for a puppy when I originally had no desire for one.
"THIRD. Murphy has been SO GOOD for our family, for our boys and for me. He provides so much love and companionship to us all. I think we all get excited if Murphy takes one of us on as his favorite. He's gonna have 5 favorites because we all love him so much.
"FOURTH. Now that football and soccer season is over, I have my Tuesdays back. Which means while Fynn is at preschool, I have 2 hrs of me time.So getting out in this perfect fall weather to feel the sunshine on my face puts me in a good mood. I love the fact that I can go find solitude int he mountains, and Murphy can still provide safety and companionship.
"FIFTH.Kenny Creek Trail holds a special place in my heart. It's the trail I snowshoed the day after Harmoni died where I bawled my eyes out in the solitude of the mountains. So every time I go there I think about her and just smile.
"SIXTH. Recently, I have grown an even deeper gratitude for Jesse. He's been able to be my person and express how I am feeling to family members when I'm not able to. Be with me when I'm ugly crying. Helping me laugh about life. Going to the temple with me early on a Saturday morning. Loving me through my not-so-great moments. Fasting for me to have additional spiritual strength. Asking me to gran some dinner with have after I get off work. Pillow talking about the day. Psycho-therapy-ing my childhood with me. Being that person who is CONSTANT in my life! Teaching our boys Come Follow Me Lessons. And much more!"
Nov 16- Wasatch Peak Academy's Annual Veterans 5K
This is a fun tradition that we have done for several years now.
A perfect example of why we can't have nice things in our house. Fynn opened the door to the entertainment center way too far and it snapped right off. Yikes.
Murphy loves the corner of the couch.
This was the month of hiking apparently. And Jesse was able to join me for the first time in a long time.
Samaritans Purse Operation Christmas Child has been (for the 2nd year in a row) a great way for my boys to think about another child an buy for them a Christmas in a Shoebox!
Nov 24- The Sunday before Thanksgiving
So my parents were planning on having their Thanksgiving dinner the Sunday before Thanksgiving Day. That Sunday morning I made a pan of Paleo brownies that I could eat for dessert that night. I made it before church so they would be totally cooled.
We have church at 11:30am. And at 10:15am we do our Family Come Follow Me Lesson. So it was a bus morning getting boys ready, making breakfast and brownies and having a lesson before going to the church. I also knew that I would have a YW meeting after church.
When I got out of my meeting I came outside and my boys were at the church running around playing with our tenants kids. Since we live right across the street from the church the kids play at the church regularly since our yard is still torn up.
When I saw the boys I asked them to go get Murphy so he could run around outside with them since he was cooped up inside while we were at church. Sundays are hard to get him a walk in the morning. Ryker went and got Murphy who came running across the street to the church to play. Carter had his socks just on the grass so when Murphy came over he snatched up the socks to munch on them and ran off. Which he's just playing a game. The kids are chasing him trying to get the socks back. He dropped one of them and still had one hanging in his mouth. I told the kids if they chase him he'll just keep running away from them. So I slowly start to walk over to Murphy and he's just chomping on the sock and as I'm getting closer I see that the sock seems to disappear. So I hustle over a little bit faster and grab his mouth and look inside his mouth and sure enough.... the sock was gone.... Murphy had swallowed a large tube sock. What the heck?
And as I am looking in his mouth I notice that his breath smells a little bit like Peanut butter. So I went back inside the house to see what he would have eaten. The boys got home from church and let Murphy wonder the house while they were just outside playing. I then found my pan of brownies half eaten. And I started to freak. I ran outside and told the boys and Murphy to come inside. I was very upset that they could be so careless and not watch Murphy. They know the rules. And in a matter of a few minutes Murphy had eaten a bunch of Chocolate and a SOCK!!!!
I called Jesse to tell him what had happened and wondering what the heck I was supposed to do. He googled some things and he said that if I can get Murphy to vomit within an hour of him eating the chocolate it won't cause any problems. Also I was really worried about that sock blocking things up in his intestines. Could he poop that out? Or is this the end for him?
By this point all the boys were bawling because they were thinking that this WAS the end for Murphy and saying that they killed him.
I put him outside on the deck so that if and when he threw up, it wasn't in the house. Well within minutes, he threw up 3x. And sure enough up comes the sock. We all couldn't believe it. I had to take a picture of it so send to Jesse to prove to him that Murphy had REALLY eaten the sock.
He acted just fine the rest of the night. So so grateful that I was able to help him. I can't imagine what would have happened if I hadn't seen him eat the sock. He could have been a goner. So glad he's still with us.
Grocery Shopping with Fynn and he climbed up on the dash and was being so silly about it.
I asked him "Why are you up there?" and he replied back "I don't know, it's snowing on me."
Murphy's First Snow!
This year for Christmas I decided that we were going to give our parents and siblings a gift from the Light the World giving machine. We took the boys with us when we were picking out what we wanted to donate.
So we donated...
... in Mike and Heidi's name a Pig to a 3rd world country.
...in Roland and Teresa's name a Sheep to a 3rd world country.
...in Tyson and Tayler's name 3 chickens to a 3rd world country.
...in Tyson and Jessica's name 3 chickens to a 3rd world country.
...in Grandma Goodrich's name a pair of glasses.
The boys had a really fun time at the Giving Machines. And I was excited to give these gifts to our family members because this really is what Christmas is all about. We all have everything that we need anyway. So it feels better to me to give to people who are in real need.
I was so happy to have a night where I can help my boys to be reminded of what this season is truly about! Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ "himself [came] down amoung the children of men, and [redeemed] his people." Mosiah 15:1
I've been doing GPP workouts for over 8 years. My friend Harmoni showed me the ropes and I've been doing it ever since. And it does my heart so much good to have my husband and my oldest son doing it with me in the annual Thanksgiving workout! (Cy wanted to stay home to take care of Murphy).
His brothers were actually spending the holiday with their wives, but we did have the late morning/early afternoon with them. We met that afternoon to have lunch and to play games before they headed off to their other dinner destinations. Heidi was so cute and had created a Thanksgiving version of Family Fued and we had soup to eat.
After they headed to their other families home it was just the 7 of us left. So we went on a walk before we went back to make dinner for ourselves.
We had a little cleaning session in the toy room. All the Legos were dumped out by "someone". No one would claim who ti was, but I'm pretty sure it was Fynn because he is known for just dumping toys out and leaving them out. So I wanted Fynn to clean them up. He was whining so much about it and the next thing I know he's got the broom and dust pan sweeping up the Legos. Smart kid.
Amber and Tyler Seaman have been good friends of ours for many years. And that day Jesse and I got to attend the sealing of their little girl, Indie. Tyler and Amber have been our monthly Sealing Date Night Couple. We have shared many special moments together in the Temple. A few Amber shared with me that there was someone missing from their family. Here they are a few years later and added one in the most special way. Through adoption. They had tried to have a 4th baby on their own and it just wasn't happening. She got the strongest prompting that they needed to adopt and it all worked out so perfectly.
This family is so dear to me. I feel so honored to have been able to be in the temple with them on their special day.
Jesse was scheduled to work. But he was able to get some personal leave to be there. So on my way to the temple I stopped at the Fire Station to pick him up and we got to go together. After the sealing was over I dropped him back off a Station 14. I was so glad that he could be there.
But they did a great job and we were ready to let the reason for the season begin.
Isaiah 9:6
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