Orchestra Concert

Nichole and Jr. had their first orchestra concert of the school year and since they are both at the same school this year but in different orchestras (and there are only two orchestras), I got to record all the musical pieces of the concert.

Great job, kids.

See Jr.'s new tie that a man in our ward made for him? It has sheet music on it.

That View

Check out that view my kids get to see from their high school windows.

Granted they usually get daytime lighting on the mountains but... that view.

Taco Tuesday

Tuesday, October 4, was National Taco Day. I hadn't gone shopping yet after Shelftember so I didn't have any taco shells and we ate up all the tortilla chips with Conference Nachos so in true shelf cooking fashion (use what you have), we had taco pasta.

 

Then I went to yet another Orem Reads event at the Orem Library that night and listened to Sarah M. Eden again. She read the first chapter of one of her new books coming out next year then answered some questions.

It was so nice to hear her praising libraries and what her local library did for her when she was young because all of my children (and my husband and I) love the library.

Monday Night Fun... Jason Fun

Monday, October 3, the kids and I went to see a Jason Fun magic show again. This time it was at the Provo Library. He did some of the same tricks as his show we watched at the Orem Library but he also did some new tricks.

 

It was great fun... Jason Fun.

General Conference

So many good talks in General Conference again. Some of us took notes. Some of the boys played "Conference Squares." Jet ate M&Ms.

We had our traditional nachos. When did that become a tradition? It used to be only for the New Year.

I had some hot chocolate. I can't remember the reason why but I found a picture of me with my Provo mug so there must be a reason why. Oh well. Your guess is as good as mine.

Last year, Jr. Jr. and I got to go hiking before the first Saturday session. This year, Jeremy took Lucky out fishing at Deer Creek Reservoir. They didn't catch anything but had good bonding time.

General Conference October 2022.

Crush a Can, Save a Sloth

September 27 was Crush a Can Day.

I learned from Hogle Zoo's Instagram page the "correct" way to crush a can. 

I also learned from them that recycling helps to save sloth habitats.

So...

Crush a Can

Save a Sloth

But only if you recycle it as well.

Family Movie at the Library

I went to Orem Reads: Romance Con by myself. I took the kids to another event for Orem Reads. September 26 was National Family Day. We went to watch a family movie at the Orem Library- The Princess Bride. Still my favorite movie. It was fun to watch it on a big screen. 

While we waited for them to open the doors to the auditorium, Jet got some of his energy out running around the storytelling wing of the library. He was only a little wiggly at the beginning of the movie before he decided to fall asleep and slept through the rest of the movie.

It was a nice bonding activity with family.

That day was also National Pancake Day and Johnny Appleseed Day so we had pancakes and apple cider at home.

When we got back from the library, my sister reminded my mom, my other sister, and me that Jupiter was the closest it had been to Earth in 69 years. She also told us we could see some of its moons. My sisters, my mom, and I all went outside to look at it from our different locations and were texting back and forth about it. I had several of my immediate family members come out to look at it as well as some of the neighbors (came to look at it, my immediate family didn't come out to look at the neighbors).

That was a nice "family" activity, too.