sunday was the childrens primary program, probably my favorite sunday to go to church. all the kids did so good and the spirit was so strong. the sunbeams were so cute up in the very front. i know they all knew the songs, but none of them really sang, they all just kind of leaned on the railing and wiggled around, so cute. addie said her part perfectly "thou shall not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain." such a big girl!
we had a little catastrophe before the program and i was a little worried that she wouldn't be able to get it together to participate. it was a rough morning and we ended up bringing addie one size 8 and one size 10 shoe, so she had to go shoeless joe style at church. she was so upset! thank goodness for halloween candy that i just happened to throw in my bag before church! 1 piece of candy and all was right in shoeless addie's world. :)
that night we really started to hunker down. it had started raining early and lightly drizzled all day. work crews had been set up at church and there was kind of a nervous energy just waiting to see what would happen. we watched the sound of music and ate leftover chili and buffalo wings. christian went home teaching with tony, it was just a nice evening.
then around 9 our doorbell rang...
always so exciting!
we went to open it and look what we found!
a neighborhood boo!
so fun!
we got a candle, soap, whoopie pie mix, candy, ghost lights, and these cute little smore kits.
yay for neighbors that brave hurricanes to deliver goodies. :)
school and work were closed down so we all had a day off, hooRAY!
this is what i did most of the day...
who thought it was a good idea to buy 1/2 bushel of seconds apples?
i made 8 loaves of apple bread and an apple crisp for dessert.
that's 24 cups of apples, peeled, cored, and sliced.
and i still have a large bag left.
ugh.
we had had an appointment to get new tires for the truck, so we called in the morning and they said we were still on. so matt donned his camo one piece and he and frankie headed out. then he kept that silly suit on all day, "just in case i need to hurry outside for something." here's a pic of him getting ready to check water levels outside.
we watched i am number 4 and i cooked and we all cleaned about a billion times and i did laundry and matt studied and kids napped.
the missionaries showed up around 4 to have dinner and hang out for the evening.
we talked, they danced (elder v is quite the dancer!), we laughed, it was great.
after dinner we played a rousing game of aggravation that i, ahem, won.
they are so fun, we just love our missionaries.
after checking weather and roads, we sent them off around 9.
it was just a nice, homey day.
our lights flickered several times, but thankfully we never lost power.
our basement looks great and i think we're through the worst of it.
this morning is cold and wet but we can totally handle that.
prayers of gratitude for our safety and also for all the people that are still dealing with sandy damage.
goodbye, frankenstorm!
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