November in a Nutshell (sort of)

Turkey anyone?

Where to begin? We sold the Dodge diesel truck and bought an older less expensive Chevy 4x4, yea! Ryan's still trekking through school one class at a time. Evelyn had fun at our ward playgroup, watched her first real parade on Veteran's Day, well the first one she actually "watched". I tried to be a vendor at 3 boutiques, but only ended up doing one. It was fun and I learned a lot and sold a hand full of items, which was nice. One of my best friends, Emalie Williamson, left to serve the Lord on a mission to Tampa Florida. We attended the temple with some friends just before she left. It was great to go with them, I just love these girls! 

Veteran's Day parade.

 

 

 

Friends at the temple.

  

Someone who came to visit me at the boutique found some mud...

Thanksgiving was great! Ryan manned the fire at the roasting pit all day on Wednesday for our Scout troop's fundraiser, so we really enjoyed the tasty meat we put in. We ate with Ryan's family at 1, then went to my parents house that night. Friday my fantastic sis-in-law Heather took our family picture. They are great, can't wait to post them! Saturday we had a Quist family reunion in honor of my Grandpa Stuart Quist's 100th birth year. I loved visiting with so many of my cousins, some I haven't seen for years. I fudged and totally left the camera at home! There are some pictures on facebook though. It was at Cooley Park in Mesa and Evelyn had a ball running all over the place and petting my cousin Amanda Dobbins' dog. Wish I had a shot of that. Saturday evening we had a family reunion for Ryan's Halstead side. It was a lot of fun too. They had dinner, games, treats, and Ryan even participated in a dog barking competition... He probably won't do that again.

Thanksgiving fun with cousins. 

Dog Barking.

No black friday shopping for me, thank you. Now that December is here I'll finish my shopping. It helps me feel more Christmas-y to do the shopping now. I can't wait for all the fun!