weekly rewind

Best: eating tomatoes grown by sweet late grandpa George - Robert having Columbus Day off - general conference and lots of things I needed to hear - pizza and priesthood with the Mecham clan - birthday parties for our little buddies George, Watson and Sammy boy - Louie helping George with his smash cake one sprinkle at a time (and photobombing a thousand pictures, I'm sure) - Lou's obsession with shoes and socks (which could also go in the worst section because she freaks out if you don't help her put them on immediately) - paces's rainbows with Mikey and Nikki and "baby Husband" (because Minnie has a hard time saying Hudson) - breakfast at our place conference morning - air pop popcorn party at Megan and Nick's - FHE at the Larson's roasting hotdogs and marshmallows - Halloween surprises from Grandma Mecham - impromptu dinner at the gummersalls - dinner at the dodo with Laurel and my ladies - magic mail days (we put a letter in the mail for our cousin buddies and the next day Min checked to make sure the mailman had taken it and found a letter from them...not even planned!) - lots of play dates with good buddies - library runs galore - our little miracle pumpkins we found growing in the front yard - scoring insane deals on costumes (Min's convinced every day is Halloween because, hello, her costume is ready) - Louie's new words (Mimmie = Minnie, caca = cracker, nana = banana (or food in general), uh-oh, nigh nigh) 

Worst: our home boys losing basketball - the stomach flu for our little ladies on Columbus Day - weekend scout campout for Bobby (meaning a night alone for yours truly which is like the thing I hate the very most in this world) - bidding farewell to Laurel (until Christmas anyway) - nap refusals - this constant need to change things around in the house - Min's ear aches - lots of feelings putting me in a funk - missing Minnie's little birthday celebration at preschool (because they celebrate summer birthdays throughout the year) because of the stomach flu - the smell of bacon that lingers around the house and on our clothes for daysssss) -zoo day foiled by throw up