Melissa, Andy and the kids' Blog

Just regular old "Sunday cute," not!  This was our first day back to in-person church due to COVID-19.  November 1st.  Melissa and the kids went to collect leaves from an older couple in our ward, we used them to provide cover in the garden.  We had a family move out of the big side of the duplex, so we rushed to get things back to rentable.  New floors (the vinyl plank we put in was horrible), new sinks in the bathrooms (renters melted them, dumb trailer house plastic sinks) and general touch ups.  Matchy, matchy.  Getting rid of a pile of pallets.  Melissa turned a pair of old baby pants into baby doll pants.  This poor guy didn't have any clothes for a long time.  Hot dog roast! I love fall weather.  Another "Sunday Cute," not!  This was the day we got released from the Bishopric.  November 15th.  Now I get to sit with my kids at church.  We closed on the new rental on Main Street, the Love Shack. Small house,...

Rob and Mallory Lyman invited us to a pizza party at their house during Saturday conference and the kids had fun playing outside.  Bike time with all the neighbors. .  When one of he apostles spoke, they kids would try to find their picture and put a sticker up to mark that we heard them.  Melissa got a haircut! Finley has been practicing gymnastics and got to do the parachute play.  That was always my favorite in PE back in elementary school.  Nothing says Fall Fun like driving golf tees into a home grown pumpkin! Saturday October 10th, we went out for a family hike and picnic.  Occasionally Lilian is willing to have a little daddy time.   But, she always prefers Mom time! The city's 4th of July celebrations were cancelled in Blanding, so they ended up with a fall festival.  The kids loved the corn pile.  Not sure what it has to do with the fall, but Hannah was able to escape a wild dinosaur.  They had a porch swing supported off a...