The Next Few Days

The day after our van and we had issues in Southern Utah, we went to church when a sister came up to me before church started and asked, "What's the holiday today?" I love that we're known for that. I let her know that September 21 was the anniversary of when Joseph Smith saw Angel Moroni who told him about the Book of Mormon. And it is also H.G. Wells' birthday. Then we chatted about Fall (since September 22 was the first day of Fall) and the Fall colors.

At home after church, I went around singing, "Do you remember the 21st night of September?" 

Jeremy and I took a big nap after our long day the day before.

Besides being the Autumnal Equinox, September 22 was Hobbit Day so I listened to Hobbit music.

We didn't have time to go out for a drive to look at Fall colors so there was a lot of just hanging out.

 

 Then as you know, I got sick a few days later, so that was the end of celebrating September.

First Day of Fall

Before I tell you about the first day of Fall, September 22, let me tell you about the day before.  September 21 is the birthday of H.G. Wells.  To celebrate, Nichole checked out "The Invisible Man" from the school library.  She read the whole thing and turned it back in to the library the next day which is why I didn't get around to getting pictures.  I commented that Nichole was quick.  Jeremy commented that she must have used a "time machine."

Now... the first day of Fall.  Great day for a walk, right?  Jeremy, Lucky, and I did go for a walk and did some birding.  We wore jackets.

 
That evening, even though the weather felt more like Winter than Fall (snow up in the hills), our ward hosted the 2nd annual neighborhood chili and cornbread cook-off.

It was fun to socialize and eat food.  Yumm.  It was a bit chilly but the chili was good.
Ah, Fall.

If You Were To Build a Time Machine...

what would it look like?

To celebrate H.G. Wells' birthday, September 21, I gave my children that challenge.  H.G. Wells wrote the novel, The Time Machine, so I asked them, "If you were to build a time machine, what would it look like?"

Jr.'s picture of his looks very much like a clock.

Nichole built two kinds.

We ran out of time today, but we plan to take one of Nichole's models for a test drive sometime soon.  We get to pretend like someone is going back in time to when I was a kid.

On a different note, before bed tonight Jr. requested to look at a Where's Waldo? book.  He told me, "because it's Waldo's birthday."  That kid pays attention.  Jeremy and I were mentioning to each other how this year is the 25th anniversary of when the first Where's Waldo? book was introduced in 1987 and Jr. caught on to that and wanted to celebrate.

Today is also International Peace Day.  Jr. heard me mention it at breakfast and got excited to tear off a "piece" of his zucchini bread to show me.

Whew.  Busy day for celebrating.