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Early in 2017 Chris' siblings started throwing around the idea of doing a surprise 40th Anniversary party for their parents. 2017 is also his mom's 60th birthday, so with some help from Dennis the wheels were set in motion and the planning began. It was tough to keep this big party a surprise but in the end, Janet was shocked and we are grateful to spoil her a bit! We had a wonderful party. All the efforts of time, money and planning really were worth it to see the smile on her face. My kids all deemed it one of the best parts of our summer! They loved the surprise!!  The girls and I got back from Pine Valley on Wednesday, spent Thursday making final preparations and then drove to Yakima Friday afternoon. I still had a few last minute things to put together and the kids loved having a night at Uncle Karl and Aunt Jana's. Chris was at Ensign Ranch at Girl's Camp Friday night, so he joined late afterwards..  The next morning we were at the church around ...

Here is my catch-all post of memorable events in September, October and November (Thanksgiving post still to come).  My nephew, Rylan, was baptized. These three are cousin buddies all born within five months of each other. They are all so excited for this big event in their lives. September brought some amazing weather. And since Finley has a modified full-day Kindergarten, we enjoyed lunches out in the park and at Lake Wilderness a few days before the weather started to turn colder. And Meg started to stand all by herself without using any support. Gah! She loves her Minnie Mouse Finally caught her ear-soothing tactics. She likes to fold her earlobe like this or rub the outer edge. Sometimes she sticks her finger in her ear hole. It's so cute and funny and weird and I love it. We began the "busy" stage... Mariner's game with Julie and Rob. Stake Day of Service working in Redmond to collect canned foods. We are a site! My friend,...