Written by Annaliese
Monday, November 12th- Chris had to work that day, but the kids and I had the day off, so we drove up to Maple Valley Sunday night to enjoy the day with my family. We enjoyed sleeping in and having a nice relaxing day! McKay during the night had set up the Christmas tree- he was so excited to get started! We had fun helping him get everything set up and Corrine especially loved it. She also figured since it was a "vacation day" she would stay in her pj's all day. Oh well. :)
McKay & Corrine take a break to read books :)
That night the kids & I went to the church with mom & dad to help mom set up for her seminary lesson- she was teaching about the first passover the children of Israel had before they left Egypt- so she had the room set up for a modern day passover and talked about the symbolism that it has. Sounds like it went well! I know my mom is a great teacher- those kids have no idea how lucky they are! After we got home we stayed up and watched "Elf" with Tanner & McKay until we finally all crashed.
Tuesday, November 13th- We left early (early for us anyway) to head back to Aberdeen. Traffic was good and the kids slept the whole way which made it an easy drive. I'm so grateful my family is close enough to just go for a quick visit! Chris was already at work when we got home- so we passed on the highway. I found out when I got to work that morning that Adrianna (my bosses daughter that I babysit) had conference schedule that week- so she was at the office most days at 11am. That night Chris & I still only seemed to see each other in passing. He got home and I left with Allen for a Stake Relief Society Leadership Training- it was well done and hopefully gave us some good ideas and motivation for the upcoming year. And Allen is such a good baby- he actually sat very content through the whole meeting!
Thursday, November 15th- Happy Birthday to Kelly! We talked about it in the morning and forgot to call her once our day got busy! But we were thinking of you! Adrianna was dropped off at the office by her aunt who has a 4-year old that loves to play with Corrine. He kept begging his mom to stay and play with us instead of going to daycare- I was fine with it, so I had an extra for the day! The kids were great, the biggest challenge of the day was getting 3 carseats in the back seat of my car! But somehow we managed!
Friday, November 16th- We didn't have Adrianna that afternoon so we did a lot of errand running around town- it was nice to get it all done! That night we all went to bed fairly early as we are usually exhausted by the weeks end!
Saturday, November 17th- We were up early getting the house clean, work done and a very yummy crockpot lunch started. Mom & Dad Allen arrived mid-afternoon from Bremerton where they were attending a District Scouting event. They came down to get their old fridge out of our garage as they are going to put it back in the Utah home while the twins live there this next semester. We enjoyed a nice lunch with them and they brought a few things for Corrine for her birthday and of course CHOCOLATE MILK (her favorite treat)- they gave her the cutest little tool bag complete with gardening tools in it. She has carried it EVERYWHERE the last couple days! And she calls them her "toodles" as she can't quite get her mouth around the word "tools"- it's really cute. The visit was too short, but so much fun- we always enjoy having them here!
Corrine opening presents wrapped in traditional "Allen fashion"
And here's the yummy recipe for crockpot salsa chicken:* 4 chicken breasts (I only used 3 and could have only done 2)
* 1 can cream of mushroom soup
* 1 16oz jar of salsa
* 1 pkt taco seasoning
Mix soup, salsa & seasoning together and pour over chicken in the crockpot
Cook on low for 8 hours (mine was done in about 4-5)
Shred chicken and add:
* 1 can black beans
* 1 cup sour cream
* 1 can corn
I also added onions, cilantro and some cooked rice that we had to make it less soupy and make it stretch a bit more.
* Serve over tortilla chips or with warm tortillas with taco type toppings. So easy and VERY YUMMY! We fed 4 adults and a child with PLENTY to spare!
Sunday, November 18th- Church was very full as it was "Invitation Sunday"- everyone was encouraged to invite someone to attend church with them. Lots of new faces! And they had a nice "Linger Longer" afterwards so everyone could visit.
We found a few fleas on Pikku, our small dog, that afternoon (we don't know if she got them from outside or what) but just to be sure we bathed both dogs and scoured the house- not my ideal Sunday activities, but sometimes it just needs to be done! Hopefully we were just overreacting- I don't want fleas in my house! The rest of the day was pretty mellow as we treid to keep warm and got ready to start another busy week!
We are looking forward to Thanksgiving with Chris' family later this week- we have so much to be grateful for! Hope you all have a wonderful holiday as well!
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