Finally it feels like fall. Pray we get more than a month of it before winter sets in. We had walks, home decorating, an ice cream party, and a sibling meet-up.
We had sunny pleasant walking weather at the beginning of the week, which meant Eliza and her teacher went for a stroll around the neighborhood. We found wild plum and chestnut trees (yes, that's her high up in the branches of one of her favorite "lounging" trees).
Don't these chestnuts look great? Downright tasty. . . . Oh, wait. Turns out these are horse chestnuts rather than sweet chestnuts. We went as far as getting them into the toaster oven before Mike checked to make sure these were safe to eat. Looks like horse chestnuts will make you sick, so we abandoned our little culinary experiment.
While Landon was at the gym, the other three of us went up to IKEA to see if we could find a rug suitable for our new front room. We wanted something soft with some pile and color. We also vainly hoped that there might be other inexpensive furniture or other beachy items we could incorporate into the downstairs. Alas, not really. This overall lack of everything in some stores really seems to have hit IKEA. The shelves of the popular items were looking a bit empty.
Fergus says hello. He seems to approve of the new rug. We think he may miss the old carpet.
Here's the rug we went with (for now).
Fall leaves on the mountains are beginning to fade as the color begins in earnest on the valley floor.
Driving home from gym on Wednesday, Hallie saw this big flag at Jaker's. This may be the last year this lot gets used for agritainment before it gets converted into some depressing strip mall or office park.
On Thursday, Eliza and Dad went up to BYU for school. As part of Homecoming Week, our local school district superintendent gave the distinguished alumni lecture. He taught us that you can learn a lot from Zotz (the penny candy). It was quite the inspiring talk!
Eliza learned that she can earn extra riding time if she (with Mom's help, apparently) is willing to shovel horse poop. One does what one must. . . . Hallie was not thrilled with the horse poop that landed on her foot. Lesson learned: wear different shoe next time.
Trainer Sara has some fun fly masks for the horse's and Eliza loved the one she chose for Annie after her ride.
Hallie (finally) got the ring Mike had bought for her in celebration of our upcoming anniversary and vow renewal.
Our curtain rods came in on Friday, so Mike installed the shear curtains. We've opted to move our Bluenose to the window, where it seems to fit in quite nicely. Eliza notes that she likes how you can see it from outside. As soon as we get our hands on a pair of shears that bush is gone and the ship will be in more visible from the outside, just like our friends from Lunenburg, the Jewers.
More dramatic weather came in on Friday and Saturday. Fall is asserting itself, and we're not complaining!
The boys went for haircuts on Saturday. Landon has opted for longer locks in keeping with current trends. But Mom insisted on a clean up of the sides and back.
Excepting the bamboo roller blinds (and couches which will have to wait), the front room is just about complete!
Now to look into the dining room.
Landon and the boys' team at gym had an ice cream party on Friday night. Lots of happy kiddos over at SOS Pharmacy here.
Saturday morning Hallie headed out bright and early to get her blood work done. In our new very nice hospital in Spanish Fork, Hallie found herself at the café for breakfast after the blood draw. A lovely omelet was made for her, and she enjoyed the bit of quiet and good food. Hallie ran a few errands afterwards and was able to meet up with her brother who was here to watch the BYU football game. Hallie got home and to sleep she went. We are hoping the doctor finds low iron and we can get this sleepiness and bouts of depression fixed up in a jiffy.
We bought Mixtiles at Christmas in anticipation of eventually hanging them in the dining room to replace our present wall mural, which has some dated (if well-loved) images of the kids. After bringing in the new wall art and a few alternate configurations, we managed to fill in the space on the east wall.
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