November 1, 2026 Happy November! Hard to believe we are in the twilight of 2026. We had a full, fun Halloween week with Halloween parades, ward fall festival, multiple school parties, and the Lehi rec center Halloween bash. Kassie led the charge in organizing Greyson's class party, which sounded like it went really well. Addie is having complicated feelings about this being her final Halloween in elementary school. She was very excited to get together with cousins for the big day. She had a lot of fun with her friend Brooke at the ward fall festival. Kassie and Desi had a lot of fun early this week at the Children's Museum at Thanksgiving Point, where they have a Thomas the Train exhibit - that was a hit! Addie's love pumpkin (before pink paint) Halloween carving with Matthews and Barsons Ward fall festival friends Cheeky Engine On Halloween, Desi really loved going to some of his favorite decorated houses to trick-or-treat and was a very cute dino shouting out "Hap...
October 4, 2026 This last week was a full one and was quite eventful. Monday Desi cut his chin open again at daycare, I accidentally drugged addie with the "drowsy" allergy medicine instead of the other one so she needed to come home early from school and slept for 5 hours, and Greyson was sick in the morning but good enough for me to take him to school before lunch time. Tuesday, I had a wonderful hike with Hinckley in which we summitted Mt Nebo in less than 5 hours. It was a stunning day and the colors were out and we had just perfect weather. Thursday Addie and I got to go to a Daddy/Daughter dance our elders quorum put on at the church and it was amazing! We had a lot of fun dancing and grooving to the tunes and enjoyed the treats as well. Friday Hinckley had a swim meet in Provo and beat all his times by at least 2 seconds, and also got a state qualifying time - not bad for the first meet of the season! It was my last week with McKinsey and that went well. I'm gratef...