November.......how did that happen????

Welp, as I write this I realize that our missionary has been out almost 11 months! All I can say is the time has flown by! A note on him, he is doing Great! In fact we just received this picture from a family that had Elder Allred and Elder Snyder over for dinner! (We just love when members from the mission send us pictures and/or e-mails!

Other family news.....Steven is busily trying to find a house to buy. He has been approved for a loan, but hasn't found the right house in his budget yet. Pretty exciting for him! It is interesting, even though he "lives" here at home, he doesn't spend much time here day or night! The ambulance barn or the fire station is his home most of the time. We'll see if that continues once he gets his own home.

As for Michael's family, they are doing great! We went to visit them at the end of September/first of October. It was so much fun to spend time with them. We just love playing with Sage and Dallin and were lucky to get to have them while their mom and dad went on a date! Dallin is Scott's little buddy! His face just lights up when Scott enters the room! So fun to see. We took them to a pumpkin patch, the Kangaroo Jump and just played with them. We were suppose to go to Montana, too, so Scott could go fishing, but the weather had a major turn where it was a blustery storm, so we ended up staying in Utah longer.

Then, we spent a couple of days in Nevada. Scott got to go fishing at Pyramid Lake with my dad. I enjoyed the day sitting on the beach and reading a book. The weather was beautiful. We got back to Cloverdale a day early and so Scott and I just enjoyed being back home and not having to be at work! A low key day to get us ready for going back to work!

Also during the month of October, we took our Scout troop to the Capital March in Sacramento. It was a celebration in honor of Boy Scouts turning 100 years old next year. It was a fun day of marching with approx. 7,000 scouters to the capital from Raley Field. They also had a lot of activities after the march. We all had a great time!

We ended the month with going to cheer for our friend Megan and her parents who participated in the "Wine Country 1/2 Marathon". It was a brisk morning, but beautiful to watch the sunrise over the vineyards. We truly live in a beautiful place! Afterwards, we decided to get some things accomplished around the yard. A quick trip to Home Depot to get some retaining wall blocks and soon we had 90 blocks put into place! (Okay, maybe it wasn't as quick as that since each block weighs 23 lbs.! I would've never guessed!) Afterwards, we cleaned the patio and put hooks up to hang all the bikes! Alot was accomplished on Halloween Day, especially before 2:00 p.m.! We also got to see pictures of our grandbabies in their Halloween attire! So much fun!

Okay...so there you have a recap of OCTOBER...in a nutshell....or in a black cauldron....however you like to think of it!