What Happened the Rest of November - Eagle Project Update!!

Naomi's birthday took up the first half of the month, but we still had other fun and exciting things happen as well. 

Soccer season officially ended the first weekend in November.  Naomi had a great time playing on Team Hamilton with coaches Kevin and Juan.  

 First row:  left to right - Olivia, Alivia, Hayden, Sophia
Middle row: L to R - Carlie, Naomi, Haylie
Back row: L to R - Coach Kevin, Katelyn, Paige, Coach Juan

 The highlight of the season - the trophy ceremony.  This is the last "everyone gets a trophy"  ceremony for Naomi.  She will be playing the the 8-10 bracket in the spring and you have to win to get a trophy.  That will be good for her, plus we are running out of shelf space!

 This is what whe wants to do when she grows up - be a professional soccer player.  You go, girl!

 

 

November 8th Nicholas started basketball practices.  He is so excited and eager to learn anything and everything about the game.  His coaches are super nice and boys are the team are fun.  This should be a good season.  As soon as we got back from practice, Nick's best buddy in the whole world who has been in Colorado for the last two years but is now living in Atlanta and had come up for the weekend, came over to spend some time playing at our house.  They had a blast. 

 

 

Naomi had a violin lesson that day and Jeremy went iceskating with the youth group that night.  It was a busy, but fun day!  We all slept well that night. 

 

 

November 11th, there was no school, so the kids were able to attend the funeral of one of the youth in our ward.  Because of multiple birth defects, he had simply stopped breathing while he slept.  Nick took this especially hard because he knew Chance and had worked/played with him on occassion.  We had a good talk about the Plan of Salvation and how he would see Chance again some day. 

 

November 12th, Naomi traded in her half-size violin for a 3/4-sized violin.  She is growing so fast. 

 

November 13th, Naomi turned 8.  We had a dinner of stroganoff and broccoli and opened presents.  We also unveiled her new room and gave her the bedding for her bed.  There is a whole blog entry dedicated just to her room renovation.  Check it out. 

 Her brothers gave her a Rainbow Loom for weaving elastics.  It is all the rage right now. 

 

November 15th was her party - check out the blog dedicated just to that event!  After the party Steve said we were never having another birthday party at our house, AGAIN!!  EVER!!!  We will see about that. 

 

EAGLE PROJECT UPDATE!!

 

Saturday, November 16th, they broke ground on Jeremy's project.  Using a bobcat, they cleared the path and then had to go back with shovels to do the fine tuning and get the exact dimensions they needed.  It was an exciting day!

 



The path

 

 The fire circle.

 

 Now that the paths and circle are dug out they needed to get the bridge in place.  This is part of Ethan's project, but the bridge needs to be in place before they can put down the gravel, sand and pavers.  No bad for a days work.  They are well on their way!

 

November was gorgeous this year!  Because we got so much rain the first two months of summer, the trees put on a great show during the fall!

Wednesday, November 20th Naomi FINALLY got to go to Achievement Day girls.  She has been waiting patiently to turn 8 so she could be with her friends.  In our church, when the boys turn 8 they get to start cub scouts and when the girls turn 8 they go to Acheivement Days.  They work on crafts and fun things that help them understand the gospel better.  It is tons of fun because all the girls in the ward ages 8-11 attend.  Once they turn 12 they go into the Young Women program.  FUN!  FUN! FUN!

We also found out that we will have family closer to us!!!  Bradden, Steve's brother, has accepted a job in Knoxville, Tennessee.  He and his adorable family will only be a four-hour drive away. 

Thanksgiving was nice and relaxing.  Everyone pitched in and got dinner ready.  YUMMY!!!  After dinner we all cleaned up and then watched "Sharknado" which has to be one of the most stupidly brilliant movies of all time.  It was so campy it was fun!

Black Friday we stayed in for a bit and then went out when the rush was over.  The kids love watching the crowds and we got a few things taken care of off our list.  It was a relaxing day.

November 30th I got to try Zumba for the first time.  I actually had a free Saturday morning without soccer, basketball or scouts!  It was really fun.  I think I could get into this!

We started decorating the house for Christmas.  I love putting up all the decorations.  The kids helped out and we had a great time.  That afternoon Jeremy had a friend, Justin, come and hang.  While we were helping Justin's family move earlier in the month, they rediscovered all the Rescue Hero toys in Justin's attic.  They planned a "Rescue Heroes Reunion" right then and there and today was the day.  They crack me up.  Let's just say that a "Rescue Heroes" movie might be in the works.  This was a great way to end the month of November.