2023, October 16-22

The kids ended their first term of school, and they had a couple of days of break. 

Eliza made the scrunchy she's holding in the below picture at BUH. Eliza is not a fan of the color pink. However, it is the color that represents BUH. Hallie said to Eliza, "You have a ton of scrunchies at home but none are pink. Make a pink one if you can so when you are in a parade for BUH you have a matching scrunchy." Eliza listened and she made a pink one. Brilliant!

As the weather continues to cool, we are getting some dramatic skies. Most days, we have kept doors and windows open to take in the pleasant temperatures. October can be mercurial, so we will probably only have a few more days like these before chilly temperatures set in. 

Kai is such a love. Hallie took him up to get a trim, and he got diagnosed with a yeast infection in his ear. We got him back from his other family with medicine and instructions for treatment.  

Hallie got this cool shirt. October is breast cancer awareness month. Springville High School girls volleyball played in pink this last week and had these fun shirts for sale. Hallie scored hers for FREE!

The kids advanced another level in TKD, so now Landon is a green belt and Eliza is a yellow/green. Here they are interacting with Mr. Thorne before showing off their learned skills to their families. Even Mr. Thorne notices Landon doesn't smile in pictures. Look at the last picture in this set.

Our former neighbors left their pumpkins behind after they moved. The new neighbors haven't really looked after them. Hallie noticed them growing and contacted both the old neighbors and the neighbors in whose yard the pumpkins were growing and asked if they were up for grabs. Sure enough, they were! So, when Mike went over to tutor our other neighbor, we took a couple for them to use as decorations. Our Chilean neighbors are getting into the Halloween spirit. It is fun to see holidays through another's eyes.  

We didn't have Kai for very long this week. On the way back to his other family, Hallie and Eliza got him a pup cup. Hallie and the other dog mom may have trained Kai to expect this. He sticks his head out the window waiting for his treat.

Here he is with Mimi, a neighbor dog he met this week. Kai is so friendly and fun to play with other dogs. 

Mike saw a guy on YouTube who posted about a Newsweek special edition about LEGO, so he impetuously got a copy. It was pretty much a collection of random photo essays. Still, it was interesting. 

Mike was cleaning out his Gmail cache and came across some old scanned images Gpa O sent a few years back from Christmas 1978 or '79. Here he is with his sister Amber. We still use that bamboo chair in the background here at home. 

Hallie got a haircut. Isn't she pretty? (Well, she's always pretty, but the new 'do just adds to her allure. <3)

We watched a nail-biter of a game between the U of U and USC, and our Utes pulled off a last-minute win. So exciting!