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Monday, October 26th: We had a nice FHE. Emily was on the lesson, so I helped her come up with 5 people in the Book of Mormon to scramble their names and have Matt and Zoe and their teammates unscramble the words. Then each team had to tell us something about that person. We unscrambled one name at a time. Matt guessed all of the names before Zoe, so he would give us an overview of the person guessed and then Zoe would add to what Matt said. We talked about Moroni, Ammon, Laban, Nehor, and Jared. I thought it was a good, fun lesson. Zach was on the game and we made a 100 piece puzzle. It held most everyone's attention and it was fun. Matt brought home Dunkin' Donuts, which were yummy!

Tuesday, October 27th: Don picked Matt up around 4am and brought him to the airport.

I was awake around 5:15am, so I turned the alarm off, but then I fell asleep and woke up at 6:25am...late! I woke the girls up and told them we woke up late, so they had to hustle. Eleanor wondered, "Why did you wake us up late? You're supposed to have a timer to get you up. Did Daddy take it?"

Zach and Kate tried on costumes this morning that Andrea isn't using this year. Kate already has her costume, but she wanted to try on costumes anyway. This dragon costume would be perfect for her to wear to a party that we're going to on Saturday. The party will be outside, so this costume would keep her nice and warm. Now I need to convince Kate to wear it. Zach has on the Captain Hook costume.

Here we have Bob the Builder and Woody from "Toy Story"...

Kate is modeling the Knight costume that Zach loves and wants to wear for Halloween. It's a tad bit too small for Zach, but it will work.


Emily, Zach, and I had dentists appointments this afternoon. It was finally said out loud that Emily is a potential candidate for braces. I'm glad that our dentist is not quick to put braces on kids and wants to wait until all of her teeth are in and she is older. She would be either 13 or 14 years old he thinks before he would recommend a consult with an orthodontist. Well, this gives us enough notice to save up for braces I guess.

Zach is a great patient at the dentist office. He has always been willing to let the hygeniest take x-rays of his teeth, but today was the first time that it was a success, and his teeth look great!

Zoe, Eleanor, Kate, and Noah stayed with Terri and Molly while we were at the dentist. They had fun playing, eating, and watching movies. That does sound a lot more fun then getting your teeth cleaned!

The day ended with Noah taking Eleanor's shirt that she had laid out to put on in the morning and dunked it in the draining bath water. Nice. I had to take the clothes out of the dryer that I thought I had successfully avoided all day, plop them in a chair, and dry Eleanor's shirt. Thanks, Noah!

Matt arrived safely in Utah. :-)

Today: Eleanor's shirt was still damp this morning and her pants were no where to be found, so she picked a different outfit.