I'd been telling Derek that I wasn't able to get the sprinkler water off again. Every time I tried, it filled up with water like it had last year. He wondered if we might have a leak in the line. So bright and early the morning of the day we were going to take off to Idaho for Thanksgiving Derek put up the rest of the lights
and dug up the front yard sucking out dirt and water as he went.
Gigantic gaping hole and at the bottom of it sure enough...a crack in the line. Under the valve. Awesome.
We couldn't deal with it then so we covered the hole with a window well cover and put some Halloween caution tape up to call people's attention to it.
It looked so great. We just wanted everyone to see it. ;)
We headed for Idaho knowing that we would have to come back earlier than originally planned to have this sprinkler pipe situation resolved before the snow flies.
When we got there we made the most of our time since it wouldn't be long. Hyrum read to Grandma ( Can't believe he's reading this length of book! Three months ago we didn't even know he could read AT ALL)
and Grandma read to Noah ( He's a bit jealous of all of the attention Hyrum is getting for reading)
And playing with the toys that they always forget are so cool at Grandma's house
Happy and relaxing Thanksgiving heaven
Every year when we come for Thanksgiving we are greeted by this
This adorable little planter that I brought as a hostess gift the first Thanksgiving I spent here. Eleven years ago! It used to have real plants but these hold up much better. Makes me happy every time I see it.
Then it was time to eat! Eli was ready to put his fresh new tooth to the test.
But he had to settle for sweet potatoes ( a first thanksgiving dinner tradition ) then we mixed it up with a little turkey and sweet potatoes (it's only fitting) and topped it off with applesauce!
That was quite a feast for Elijah who was used to two containers. He was fat and happy for sure!
The rest of the day was filled with more playing, napping and browsing through ads. Then we watched 'Cars' the movie that night with popcorn while Elijah bonded with Grandma.
The next day was Black Friday which my boys were appropriately dressed for
Totally an accident but fitting for the day I think. When one wears it the others HAVE to wear theirs too.
But instead of heading to the stores we headed to the Idaho museum for the King Tut exhibit. Hyrum had seen an article about King Tut's artifacts in the newspaper a month or so ago and was fascinated
He was really excited to go see it for real
They had a sarcophagus with a fake mummy in it (that was taller than the original King Tut-specifically made for the american population because they figured we wouldn't understand why he was so small- really?!) But these was the only sarcophagi they were willing to be anywhere near.
We also checked out the rest of the museum which in one part talked about nuclear fusion since they have a nuclear power plant in Idaho. I was surprised how interested in it Hyrum was in the video they showed. He even kept referring to it through out the day. On our way out of the museum we stopped to take a picture with Santa Claus' mailbox that Derek remembers sending letters through. Fun!
Then it was time to pack up and get ready to go. Every time we come to grandma's house the boys want to play with these.
Big glass diamond sun catchers that project rainbows all over the room. Grandma has offered for the boys to take them home but I want them to be a grandma's house memory. And a grandma's house memory they shall be. :)
and dug up the front yard sucking out dirt and water as he went.
Gigantic gaping hole and at the bottom of it sure enough...a crack in the line. Under the valve. Awesome.
We couldn't deal with it then so we covered the hole with a window well cover and put some Halloween caution tape up to call people's attention to it.
It looked so great. We just wanted everyone to see it. ;)
We headed for Idaho knowing that we would have to come back earlier than originally planned to have this sprinkler pipe situation resolved before the snow flies.
When we got there we made the most of our time since it wouldn't be long. Hyrum read to Grandma ( Can't believe he's reading this length of book! Three months ago we didn't even know he could read AT ALL)
and Grandma read to Noah ( He's a bit jealous of all of the attention Hyrum is getting for reading)
And playing with the toys that they always forget are so cool at Grandma's house
Happy and relaxing Thanksgiving heaven
Every year when we come for Thanksgiving we are greeted by this
This adorable little planter that I brought as a hostess gift the first Thanksgiving I spent here. Eleven years ago! It used to have real plants but these hold up much better. Makes me happy every time I see it.
Then it was time to eat! Eli was ready to put his fresh new tooth to the test.
But he had to settle for sweet potatoes ( a first thanksgiving dinner tradition ) then we mixed it up with a little turkey and sweet potatoes (it's only fitting) and topped it off with applesauce!
That was quite a feast for Elijah who was used to two containers. He was fat and happy for sure!
The rest of the day was filled with more playing, napping and browsing through ads. Then we watched 'Cars' the movie that night with popcorn while Elijah bonded with Grandma.
The next day was Black Friday which my boys were appropriately dressed for
Totally an accident but fitting for the day I think. When one wears it the others HAVE to wear theirs too.
But instead of heading to the stores we headed to the Idaho museum for the King Tut exhibit. Hyrum had seen an article about King Tut's artifacts in the newspaper a month or so ago and was fascinated
He was really excited to go see it for real
They had a sarcophagus with a fake mummy in it (that was taller than the original King Tut-specifically made for the american population because they figured we wouldn't understand why he was so small- really?!) But these was the only sarcophagi they were willing to be anywhere near.
We also checked out the rest of the museum which in one part talked about nuclear fusion since they have a nuclear power plant in Idaho. I was surprised how interested in it Hyrum was in the video they showed. He even kept referring to it through out the day. On our way out of the museum we stopped to take a picture with Santa Claus' mailbox that Derek remembers sending letters through. Fun!
Then it was time to pack up and get ready to go. Every time we come to grandma's house the boys want to play with these.
Big glass diamond sun catchers that project rainbows all over the room. Grandma has offered for the boys to take them home but I want them to be a grandma's house memory. And a grandma's house memory they shall be. :)
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