November Snow and Blessings

We finally got some snow. It is lovely. But there are some problems with snow. I had my very large Elm trees in the backyard topped a few years ago and the new growth is still fragile in crazy weather. So we had a big branch come down in the night. The trees are very close to my house and I have felt very blessed that none of them have hit my house. 

Also, on the day before Chance is to have his mission interview with the Stake President, he FINALLY got his wallet in the mail. As it turns out, it was not mailed 4 weeks ago as he was told but just this last Monday. His wallet went on a long journey. From Utah County, to Tabiona UT, to Oklahoma, and then to Texas. Glad it finally made it here! 

Creative and ......bored.

We have been waiting for 4 weeks for a lost driver's license to arrive in the mail so that we could submit Chance's mission paperwork. Grrrrr! Finally the Stake President said to go ahead and we will get the DL number on there later. Meanwhile, Chance has been busy as usual, working for me and at his job at Delta Freeze. One thing is lacking though.....his friends are away in College or busy in High School. Chance gets a little bored in his down times and this is what he has been doing to occupy himself.

Helping me in the garden. He has been SO much help. I will miss him TONS next year!

Spending time with his brothers!

Creating works of art on his bedroom floor! He said this was a man's face but it looks like a lion to me.

I thought this one was finished, but it soon morphed into.....

This!

October....

October is gone and here are a few pictures to let you know how it went for us.

October is "Put the garden to bed" month. I canned that last of the tomatoes last week and put away the canning supplies and food dryer. Yeah! Time for a long winter's nap.

We left the beets to last and found some monsters hiding. I also had red and white striped and plain white beets. I didn't know there was anything other than red beets but Wikipedia confirmed it. They were good too!

Crazy hair day at school. Guess who is going to have curly hair? That is not artificially induced and it is getting curlier by the minute.

The "Scarecrow" Elijah and Chance made for a contest at Elijah's school.

Halloween decor

Darth Vader and his jester