2022, November 21-27

We had Thanksgiving at home, and Hallie went out to California to visit family. 

Landon only had taekwondo on Monday, and he earned a second stripe for perfecting some punch-kick combos. Here he is playing a "last man standing" exercise involving sparing weapons. Landon won the third round by basically holding back and letting the others tag each other out! 

With the Thanksgiving holiday, Fergus had more of us at home. He's a people kitty and enjoys the company. Part of that has been sitting by as other family members (cough! Mike) watch the opening games of the World Cup. Argentina's loss against Saudi Arabia was offset by its win against Mexico, and the US is still in the hunt with a tie against England. 

Landon had an appointment at the doctor on Wednesday. He's in good health, and still won't take a normal picture. :D

We got a yummy Dutch apple pie from Grapefruit and Thyme at Lemon and Sage Market on Wednesday in preparation for Thanksgiving (this is our bid at supporting local businesses, and the pie was pretty good! We'll have to try some of their other offerings). The day itself was a mostly quiet one spent at home. 

On Friday, Hallie flew out to California to visit with her brother Bryce and his family for a few days. Mike held the fort at home with the kids. He purchased these boots for Eliza and joked with Hallie that he'd spent twice what he was supposed to. Got Hallie worried there for a second! 

Hallie had to take her car to the shop before continuing on to the airport for her afternoon flight. Here she is saying goodbye as she gets ready to depart. 

They had pretty sun and clouds out west. The warmer weather was nice too. 

They enjoyed a yummy breakfast at V Restaurant, Bistro, and Bar up in Murphys.  

Mike helped Eliza set up the Christmas tree and do some more holiday decorating on Saturday. No one wanted to go out. In fact, all the kids seemed to want to do this weekend was play on the computer. Mike's going to have to get more creative about alternative activities. 

At cousin Lily's high school, they raise funds by kids being able to pay to paint their parking spaces. Here she is in hers. 

A few months back, we got some ornaments from Farm and Hive before they moved up to Idaho. We promptly forgot them until Hallie found them among the honey sticks she had bought and then took with her to give to Bryce and fam. 

Even though the kids didn't want to go out, Mike had to get out of the house on Saturday, so he went to the Christmas Gift and Craft Show down in Spanish Fork. He got a traditional pysanka from Wax On Wax Off that had an interesting rose pattern and mottled blue background. 

Ferg had gotten into a tussle the night before Thanksgiving (we think) and spent most of the day sleeping it off. Fortunately, he was back to his old self by Friday and blepping by Sunday. 

Landon thought he was particularly adorable under a blanket on his bed.

One more shot of the tree. Eliza is proud of her work. 

When not decorating, she spent a lot of time like this. Both kids did manage to get their rooms clean and laundry done before we took in Wakanda Forever at the movies. We look forward to Mom getting home tomorrow!