November Pasted Way To Fast

    November is over and I have not begun. I really need more hours in a day or maybe for my kids to sleep at night so that I can get up earlier. I have been saying all year that I am going to get up earlier in the mornings and get more done, but have yet to get up; maybe 2016 will be my year. I also keep thinking that one of these years my kids will sleep through the night and that has yet to happen, maybe 2016!

   Here we go November 2nd through the 15th:

 Monday after school the girls got their hair cut. Rachel was able to donate 10 inches and Becca just wanted her hair cut so we trimmed them both up. Here are the pictures of the before and after:

We love it so far. We just have to get up comb and go. After showers there is no more crying while trying to brush and both girls can shower and wash their hair by themselves now! Rachel did not have school on Tuesday due to teach in-service so we took Becca to school and Rachel enjoyed going to Jazzercise with Alec. After picking Becca up we went to the Children's Museum and then out to lunch before coming home for the evening and working outside, trying to enjoy some of the last nice days.

Alec and Becca loved the market.

Rachel doing puzzles

Becca performing

 The rest of the week was pretty normal, the girls had CCD on Wednesday and then on Friday the kids and I went to Valentine to stay with Tim and Laurie so we could watch Jaxson wrestle on Saturday. Mike was on call so he had to stay home this trip. Rachel really liked exploring at Laurie's and Becca and Alec enjoyed playing with Mya before Ansley and Kinley arrived. Saturday we had a nice breakfast and then went to town to watch Jaxson. He did not have a good tournament but we had a good time watching. We decided to come home on Saturday night and got home just after dark. Sunday we went to church and took the kids to the Peanut movie.

Helping Laurie make Breakfast

Cheering for Jaxson

Becca learned to blow bubbles!

   Monday the 9th Rachel had a late start and Mike got off work early so the little ones and I went to Menard's with him. Becca and Alec had fun posing with the Christmas stuff and we picked up a few more Christmas lights for outside. We spent the afternoon hanging lights on the fence out front.

Love Becca's creative imagination!

   The rest of the week went pretty fast. We went to Rachel's Veteran's Day program on Wednesday and then the kids finally got to play in the snow that afternoon.

My Favorite/Least Favorite part of the Veteran's Day program. The table for the Soldier not at home.

They loved it for about 5 minutes!

  Friday night Rachel had a sleep over with her classmate Jensyn and Becca had her friend Bentley come over to play for the evening. Saturday we picked up Rachel and headed to the ranch for the day to spend some time with Tucker and Kelcee. Alec got to go and feed the cows some cow pickles (Cake) and Rachel and Becca enjoyed playing Batman and Joker with Tucker and playing outside. Becca spent the night with Tucker, then Sunday we went to church and then spent some time at Grandma Priest's while waiting for Nick to bring Becca back.

Becca and Bentley watching Inside Out

The youngest Simonson's

Becca loves Grandma Kitty

And Granddad's new puppy without a name

The "Horse" Tree

Cuddles with Tucker

Playing Candyland while the little ones napped.