Fall break 2020

 Shannon and the kids made the drive to see us during their Fall break. 

They arrived in the early evening on Tuesday. 

Instead of a meal, the kids agreed to try some of Grandpa's pistachios. 

They liked them. 

Blake did like them, but obviously I did not catch him with a pleased expression.

Thursday morning Shannon and Grandpa had bank business.

I looked out the window and saw a balloon that looked like it was headed to the High School. A week ago Fred and I were out walking and a balloon landed in the high school field. So naturally I assumed the same was happening here. The kids threw on their clothes and shoes and when we stepped out there were three balloons. We headed for the high school only to see that the balloon was no longer coming down. Kind of disappointed, but it was fun to see them.

Thursday night we went to Staheli Farm for their October festival activities.

B was a good brother and ran M around this horsey thing.

Looks like M knows how to shoot a basketball.

Shannon and B went off to do some stuff together so I don't have 

any pictures of that. 

Big swings here.

 

They have animals, but it is not a petting zoo. No Touch!!

Here's a better picture of the kids on the horsey thing.

Friday we went to two new parks that we haven't been to yet.

I didn't take any pictures. 

We ran into Danica (Daly) Francom. She recognized me and Fred.

It was a really nice surprise. We enjoyed a nice visit. She took this selfie.

So Brian is a big fan of the YouTube channel following Winder Towing. It's located in Hurricane just north of us. The kids wanted to go and see if they could meet Matt. Well he wasn't there, but we met the old guy. I can't remember his name. They were equally thrilled to meet him and the dogs. 

The show follows Matt going out to rescue off roaders here in the sand dunes and mountains. I haven't seen this big rig in any of the videos because he is always in his jeep. But this big rig was impressive too.

Here is the famous jeep and dog.

We did good on excitement on this day. Dairy Queen afterwards.

It was a very nice time together. Shannon pretty much does the cooking for us when she comes. I like that! She made a bow tie sausage dish that was yummy and a French Toast breakfast with big fat Texas Toast bread. 

I made homemade ice cream one night too. 

Just a few things

Corinne had these beautiful flowers delivered to my work. 

She tried to send them on my birthday, but the florists didn't cooperate with her.

Two florists canceled the order.

So a couple weeks later, this was a nice surprise.

I've never had flowers sent to me at work. I loved it!!

Here they are at home.

I sent some clothes to Clara. She is growing out of her clothes so I had to make myself shop for her. I bought her 3T size so they are a little big. But cute just the same.

Since I have been having weird foot sensations, I found that sitting in my recliner triggered that. So I suggested trying out the couch. Fred isn't super attached to his recliner, so he was all for it. It is a bit awkward, but we are adjusting and aren't ready to commit either way.

There was a job posting at work that actually looked interesting to me. I applied. We'll see what happens. I'm finally ready to consider a change.