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I came upon Meg "helping" to wash the mirrors with wet toilet paper.  

I voted (thanks to a reminder from my Dad)

We had some of these sibling moments…

I cleaned out the unfinished room in preparation for the finishing… it sure is hard to get rid of things representative of so much work and learning!  (They did make it to the recycling bin after the picture.  :)

Date night at Chipotle with no line.

 

Still playing football!  

Finally got rid of Carter's cast.

We celebrated my wonderful Grandma's life (and ended up taking a ride in the cemetery golf cart due to a bathroom emergency).  Zach had to run back to school right after the funeral but the rest of us made it to the cemetery just in time after getting pretty lost (my history of finding this cemetery is not good at all!)

This was some sort of panda race at bedtime…

The first snow of the season is so magical.  I loved watching them run out in jammies to enjoy it.  

More playing in the snow after school

First day of tap!  Meg was SO excited.  There has been a lot of tapping at our house lately!!  

Took a flag to Grandpa's grave for Veteran's day.  I am so grateful for his (and Grandma's) sacrifices for our country.  I miss them both but am happy they are together.  :)

After making the playoffs, Carter's team got to have a practice on the high school field under the lights.  He was so excited!!

Unfortunately, a warmish day turned into a super cold night and he forgot he had a bag with gloves and warm clothes, so the poor little guy was freezing by the time we picked him up.  

These kiddos used one of their valentines day coupons for a lunch out.

It has been getting chilly and everybody loves sitting by the heaters!  

  

Emma did a wonderful job at her piano recital!  It is so fun to see her hard work and improvement and her music has been a blessing in our home!  

We raced from the piano recital out to Carter's championship football game.  

Where they won!!  One last pic with the yard sign before it made it's way to his bedroom… number 1 is number 1!  

We met Em and Jackson at the zoo for a visit to the small animal house (perfect for cold days!) 

We waited and watched the crocodile until he moved… pretty exciting!

  

I sent Zach an awesome drawing in his lunch…

And procured some Magellan books for Zach's NHD research paper.  

He had to have primary research as well, so we ended up at the U's special collections library: 

Libraries are just the coolest.  

Meg and baby Ella jumped in the leaves…  (poor photography but a happy moment)

Nate helped Zach color one of Zach's favorite kind of projects (ha!)  

We recycled papers but some had to be captured first!  

 

  

Emma and Carter have been working hard and I just love how Meg is learning to write letters into words of her own – and seriously, that bat is the cutest.

Apparently we were trying on the new ski helmets while we sorted papers.  :)

Emma brought home her cool Halloween art that had been hanging in the school hallway by the office!

  

All of the other kids had been skiing before.  Meg was super excited to start… we let her try on her equipment in the living room and after 2 days she was getting her own boots on and off and clipping in and out of her skis all by herself.  She wore her helmet and goggles around for days – even downtown with me to run an errand, where we ran into Santa (didn't realize he got out before Thanksgiving!) and she visited him helmet, goggles, and all.  

  

Brighton opened and Meg took her skills to the snow!  

We had a pre-thanksgiving feast at the Woodwards (where somehow the only picture I got was of Carter wielding his drumstick!)  I guess if that's the only picture, it was a pretty good one.  :)

I saw a great puppet show at the library:  

Nate knew I needed a laugh one morning and texted me this pic:  

I love that guy.  

And Carter brought home his enormous trophy from football.  Seriously – that thing is HUGE.  I loved the look on his face all afternoon.  

  

It was a month with so many, many things to be grateful for!