November had my head spinning with so much change and activity.
We started with annual leaf jumping with the neighbors.
Special trips to find new gluten-free food. This visit was to Andrea’s Gluten Free Bakery.
One of my favorite places on Earth is getting a new addition! This is the baptismal pond behind my church. It was dug up and then filled in as my church started construction on a new phase of the building.
We got a new roof on our house!
We had a special reading night at the library. Katie got to read to the biggest dog I’ve seen in a while.
Jackson’s dog seemed tiny by comparison!
Jackson went to his friend’s cool superhero party. I was asked to do a superhero photo booth. This is the “comic book” version of the birthday girl’s superhero photo. So cool!
I dug out my mother’s wedding dress and Katie begged to wear it. Speechless…
Katie and I attended a cookie exchange party with some of the volunteers I work with at church. We played a silly ice breaker game (the one where you have a famous person’s name stuck on your back and have to ask questions to figure out who it is), then went around the room telling how we found our church and what moments are most memorable to us from church.
I spent an entire day at a Holy Yoga retreat. I so enjoyed this day to worship and meditate on God’s goodness!
Katie and I played with our shadows. This photo makes me happy.
November was foggy.
Foggy nights mean fun with light painting photography!
We said goodbye to Dan’s old car, and bought a new one on Black Friday. This is the old one. His name was Petey. And would you believe I don’t have a photo yet of the new one? Ha!
We experienced a first for our family: after 16 and eleven-twelfths years of marriage, Dan and I bought our first real Christmas tree. We went to a nearby Christmas tree farm and took a tractor ride to the fields.
The kids enjoyed playing “spy” in between the trees.
And petting horses, donkeys, goats and camels.
We finally selected a tree to take home.
And got to sing “I’m the happiest Christmas tree./Ho-ho-ho, hee-hee-hee…” all the way home, where we decorated our scented beauty. (I’m writing this post at the end of December, by the way. And that tree has been crooked for an entire month. I’ve convinced myself it adds character!)
The last highlight of November is something I can’t illustrate with a photo. After ten years, Dan left his job and started a new one on November 29. It was the cherry on top of a year full of immense change for our family. It’s a great move for him, and provides lots of opportunities for advancement. I am so proud of him and how he handled the move with integrity and heaping amounts of prayer. Dan and I both know he’s exactly where he needs to be at this time in his life. Watching God work through the entire process was inspiring and humbling.
And now, we’re ready for December!
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