November was a pretty unexciting month. Maybe because we were so busy in October. Mountain biking ended for the season, fall break was over, and we kind of just dug in to life. Sage went to her first high school dance. Girls choice. She ended up having fun, but didn't enjoy the stress leading up to it. She's chosen not to go to sweethearts. I'm glad she went, and also glad she's taking a break. She has plenty of dances in her future.
Kate and Zack were both living their own lives at opposite ends of the state. It's still crazy to me that I have two kids in college. Jake's busy as always with work.
Thank heavens we had Thanksgiving to give November something fun. For the first time in a while we stayed home. The college kids came home and we all enjoyed some family time. For actual Thanksgiving we went to the Spjute ancestral home. To start things off some of us met to play some pickle ball. The Johnsons showed us all up. Then we went shooting up Farmington Canyon. Dinner was amazingly delicious. We ate, talked, ate, and talked some more. It was a perfectly lazy Thanksgiving.
Jake decreed the rest of the weekend an auto mechanic weekend. They all worked on Kate's car, Zack's car, and Sage's car. Don't ask me what they did, but 2 of the 3 cars were more functional after. The boys say this is fun. The girls not so much. But the girls are grateful to have functional cars!
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| Weekend of the cars. My contribution was bringing food |
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| The feast |
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| Safety lesson pre-shooting |
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| Sage does dry needling. Seems very painful |
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| Jake and Sage made a box for our home gym. I was especially happy when I saw that they signed their names on it. |
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| The annual turkey trot. Even 10 degree weather doesn't stop us! |
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| Midway Bakery opened again. This is obviously worth documenting |
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| The cute girls in Sage's dance group |
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| Cousin time! Sage had a sleepover and went to Sundance with Chloe and Sierra |
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| This is apparently how teenagers smile |
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| Sage's dance group |
