Happy Thanksgiving

Pics only…maybe…it’s pretty late.

They tell the story anyway!

The brothers were in charge of pics….

Nice box out Cann…brown shirts in front of your teammates though…

Fri-enemies





Happy Thanksgiving…he has a pretty unique approach to holidays…🤷‍♀️

If it’s cold enough this kid will sprint into the temple 😉

I got to go over Tuesday then again with Cann—we did our best to make it fun. Stopped and got treats—lunch date— I let him play a game on his phone on the drive back and he got a little carsick… So he was not filling up to black Friday shopping once we got back😉 Kirksville Doesn’t have much anyway, and really I would’ve rather gone home and watched basketball too! 







Of course there’s more—way more but…I’m done. 
👍🏻

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Today I’ve been fiddling around with my printer—watching YouTube videos to try and fix it and thinking Isaac would enjoy such a challenge and I really just want to throw it out (maybe beat it with a baseball bat) and buy a new one. We’re an example of opposites attract 😂 actually today is the 2nd time this week (in addition last week’s  disaster) that he’s gone on an adventure…project…whatever for his dumb building. You know…hours and days to get a better deal-sigh- oh well. I wish he would’ve just decided what he wanted and went for it. (I might have already blogged about this…???) but what he really wants…is the best deal possible 🤯

I should be grateful…and sometimes I am…but sometimes I wish WE could just be a little more…. conventional. Ha! 

Anyway I guess there’s a good place to start…see once Kindergarten basketball pics are all on his phone and he’s still gone.  

Bro Baker bringing the building it up the driveway. 

And with friends like us the poor guy doesn’t need enemies (I said that to him and he said “well I sure don’t need a gym membership”) —he helped us unload it! And it was kindof a tedious pain in the butt. 

So I thought I told the story last week but I just skimmed that post and didn’t see it, so if this is a repeat-sorry! Anyway last Thursday night Colt and Isaac took off in the (not so Golden) Goose to pick this building someone had tore down in Arkansas…they made it to the airport (about 20 minutes) before that stupid truck that’s always broke down—broke down. I don’t know what happened! They were gone about 3 hours before the came home (I did not run a rescue mission) but they were going to borrow Bro Bakers truck he’s not using them he was in Kansas headed this way anyway so ultimately he just paid Bro Baker to go pick it up.  Seriously what a blessing! I was so ultra concerned I was going to have to run a 5 hour away rescue mission. Anyway—he got it here Sat morning. 

Oh yeah Saturday morning started with me taking the Hunters to the tree stand…

They heard lots of shots from other people but didn’t see anything and Tan was cold enough he just wanted to be done. 

Then basketball

I think Seth’s favorite part is getting this kid to chase him when he’s nowhere near the ball. Tomorrow then 2 more weeks—I’m counting down. 🙃

They thing we “need” one 😂



Sunday…Isaac had to go to Hannibal so I had the troops. 



We made cookies for Cann’s leadership group. 

He had so tell people he was thankful for them…

I had one friends say that it was “so darn sweet” and another friend say “seriously? Thanks for the rides—that’s all he (her son not Cann) could come up with?” 😂 I agreed with both friends. 

I told Cann thanks it was nice but I don’t really care what he says I care how he acts and how he treats his family. 

Hmm…it’s the truth! 

Helper!!! 

We like the book Go Dog Go around here-so Addi has started a little “do you like my hat?” game. 😂



Cann’s fans! 





Trouble! She calls it her “heavy stool” and she uses it to climb on anything. 



Brothers take note—she’s dribbling with her eyes closed. 😉

Cann gets annoyed by his siblings but they totally look up to him! 




A  school project

And another basketball game for Cann tonight! 

If it’s possible kindergarten basketball was worse than last week and blogging about it really makes me dread tomorrow morning. Ug. 

I handed Isaac my phone and told him to take pictures but he didn’t hear me and thought my phone must have just been pulling my shorts down. So still no pics—but really it’s not something I want to remember…unless it reminds me never to do it again…

Saturday was busy Isaac had leadership meetings in Moberly then I went to the Adult session. It’s nice our kids are old enough to just leave but I text them to remind them to eat but I should’ve reminded them to take Addi potty too…so maybe we’re not as completely potty trained as I thought—or maybe it’s because they were all so engrossed in the screens either way they had to deal with a mess (just pee) although they did call hoping we were close. We hadn’t Moberly yet! 

When they decided they were still hungry after we did get back (I think they only realized it because I shut down the screens) they still had to cook their own hot dogs. 😉

Sunday we had to go clear to Columbia for the stake meetings and we took two cars because I took Cannon and the Page girls down to the youth mtg early. 

Maybe we got lost. 

But we were at the right place—just in the back side and it did NOT look like a normal church building. Oh well—we laughed and made it memorable. And got (back) to the right place eventually. 

Then we went to a different place for the general session. 

Then we had to drive all the way home—and then feed the feed the missionaries. It was an exhausting weekend. 

And Monday I took dinner to a mystery family-I probably shouldn’t have. I mean it was something I could do so I said I would. But let’s just say I did not serve with a kind heart. I was annoyed the whole time. 

Towards the end of summer I ordered a youth xl wetsuit-it was green I thought it would fit Colt and maybe he’d wakeboard a few more times…hmmm not quite-nor did I notice the girly print on the sleeves. Oh well. I don’t know why I got it out—oh yeah I was digging for something else in my closet—but Seth was having a great time with it…

I have a great little helper!! … who sometimes starts her own projects when I don’t let her help enough with mine 😉

Colt wanted to try making these caramel chocolate coated pretzels when I asked what snacks he wanted for stake conference. We didn’t get them done until after crazy weekend but…we did it! And we’ll get better at it. 

Cann had basketball Monday but…I didn’t travel. He just sat the bench year and with 4 other kids…I feel bad cuz my parents NEVER MISSED A GAME. So that’s the lens I look through but…oh well. 

He played at home Tuesday and they kinda knew they would get killed. Told him to look for “something he could win” I was a little annoyed we were late (why don’t I ever learn to just tell Isaac 15-20 sooner than I really want to leave?…) But we walked in half way through the first quarter and they were down 10-0. So we didn’t miss much. Cann didn’t get in until the 4th quarter but it was honestly the loosest I’ve ever seen him play! I don’t want them to get killed all the time but… Cann did great! I think he (finally) wasn’t afraid to mess up!! 

He looked to score, had a bucket,  got to the free throw line,  had a steal and 3 rebounds, looked good on defense… I was pumped. 

I thought maybe he’d turned the corner…

But we watched him again to night and it was a little rough. His team did better they killed the other team but I don’t know if it was just trying to run the plays they have set up for going against a zone or what but he didn’t look near as loose, aggressive or smooth tonight. Oh well. He has it in him though-now I’ve seen it! 

Just me take’n pictures…of Addi taken pictures —wonder where she gets that from? 


Thursday we packed Addi a lunch and went to Seth’s school for a lunch date! He’s been asking for a while I said I didn’t think they did that anymore but he asked Mrs Feeney and she said “sure” and we could eat in her room. 

I don’t know how much lunch got eaten (not much$ but they had a blast. 

Seth though—he was all sad and pouting after we left. I want to tell him he’s ridiculous and if he’s going to do that we can’t come (and basically did) but if you know me AT ALL—I struggle with goodbye something fierce, so what I probably should have said is “sorry!”

Today we had a few Pettit kids over. When I ask Addi if she had fun she says “not really” 😂 but look at that smile—it couldn’t have been THAT bad. 

And tonight I made popcorn and then brought myself a little bowl in my room to eat while I started blogging. Addi came in and found my empty bowl and said she would get me more. I decline but she went anyway…and came back with this: 

😂😊😂

Gee thanks Sis! 

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