Not been the best day on record – lots of stuff gone wrong – but the biggie was our refrigerator died. So, all that was planned for the day went out the window and we spent the greater part of the day messing with the replacement of the fridge!
Then, I spent some time hemming some pants only to find out
I didn’t measure right and they are still too long.
My “to do” list is still as long as it was when this day got
started and I have only 2 days left to get things done. I am so overwhelmed with it all that I’m just
gonna sit down and update my blog!
Let’s see…left off with the beginning of fall. We had ward boundary changes and we are now
members of the Galveston 3rd Ward.
We got right into ward activities and came up with a win in the
Trunk-or-Treat celebration! Dave was
really the mastermind of the trunk. He
even hung his tablet up and had Halloween cartoons playing for the kids! He’s already planning next year’s trunk!
We got to go see Kailee in her high school dance
recital. She’s very good! My only complaint is that she should have
been in more of the dances – like all of them!
As part of a ward assignment, we helped put up some of the
Christmas lights at the temple! It was a
great experience. If you go to see the
lights, pay particular attention to the ones on the far east side of the
reflecting pool – I think they shine extra bright! ; )
Dave and Terry did not get drawn for elk or deer this
year. So, they got their hands on some
late draw permits for coues deer in the Chiricahua’s – way down south in
AZ. Like close enough to the border that
when we got a flat tire, we went to Douglas to get it fixed spitting distance
from the border entry! This is an area that
is so rugged it caused Dave and Terry to utter words along the lines of “maybe
we should take up fishing full time.”
The area is a lot of straight up and down on the
mountain. Now, if you were part billy
goat it wouldn’t pose a problem. But when
you are mere man, you take your life in your hands. At one point, Dave was coming down and
apparently stepped on a rock that could have doubled as a bowling ball – it went
out from under him, he went up in the air and landed on his hip on a rock. Luckily, Terry grabbed the gun. Not much he could do about catching
Dave! The end result was a horrible
bruise on his hip. The picture looks
better than the actual leg!
The hunt didn’t produce anything we could bring home. They did see one decent buck – well, as
decent as they can be. These things are
small! Here’s a doe I “shot.”
The last day they hunted, Dave said he saw a small buck he
didn’t shoot – too small he said.
Besides that, he said his momma was watching. Thought that was mighty nice of him to take
that into consideration!
One of the nights they stayed out late, Dave called on his
way back and told me to go out and look at the moon. It was like the sun was coming up! It was big and it was yellow-orange – literally
like the sun against a black backdrop!
This picture does not capture the color correctly, but it was a great
moon!
And…the biggest thing to happen this fall is…Kennadi Ann was
born!! She was 7 pounds, 14 ounces and
20 inches long! Kenna was supposed to
come December 6th, but she decided to come on December 5th
– and quickly. Wendy called before 8 pm
to say she was headed to the hospital and Kenna came at 10:13 pm! So fast that natural childbirth was the order
of the day – no matter what Wendy wanted!
The end result, though, is a beautiful little girl who looks a lot like
her sister, Kendal, when she was born.
And that gets us pretty much up to speed. Christmas is right around the corner – have a
very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
