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The Bunch Visit Family

A found lots of glass soda bottles at World Market. T has created a glass bottle soda monster!

We had both a busy and fun week! The kids and I went to visit with my parents one afternoon. Truth be told, A, my mom, and I went to do some snooping at World Market. World Market is kind of like a rich man's Trader Joe's, but with less frozen food and more furniture. We hadn't been snooping around there in quite awhile. They have so many different things from other countries to try that the hard part is NOT getting too much in one trip. We got a couple of things we really liked, several that were ok, and a couple we spat out and threw the rest away. They had their advent calendars out already so now we're set for the holiday season, which is rapidly approaching. T stayed back at the house to play checkers with Grandpa. He is getting closer to winning! He said Grandpa's strategy is to take so long on his turn that you forget what you were doing.😂 He's not wrong. I always say I am going to bring a timer! You would think given the amount of time given to each move that they were playing chess! 

T is growing taller and my Dad is shrinking. 😂

They were crazy intense.😂 Beating Grandpa at checkers is on T's bucket list.

They really enjoy each others company 🥰

They are also crazy competitive like everyone else in our family! T's plane made it the farthest. A said it was because of his "long monkey arms". 🤣

We also went out to celebrate birthdays (literally everyone's but D's) with my in laws. We grilled some chicken and had all the fixins. It was a great afternoon! D started falling asleep in his chair before left so I knew it was time to start the trek home. Unfortunately, A was on call and couldn't go with us. My in laws are about 2 hours from her work and that is just too far for her to be when she is on call. She was sad to miss out on our visit. Next time I will double check so that she can come. 

T working on a physics lab.

My mother in law is FINALLY retired!! 

We made a 5 layer dessert to celebrate all our birthdays (except D).

We had a fun afternoon! I even got to see the very last baby calf that they will EVER have. She is really cute!

I took T to the lake for his last swimming requirement for scouts. He had to use his jeans to make a floatation device and float for one minute. Now for all those times we go swimming with our jeans on, he can make a life jacket.🙃

I was the production crew. Still loving my chair!


We also went to go see Avatar Way of the Water again. It came back to theaters for one week this past week to prepare us for the new Avatar coming out in December. We saw it twice originally when it came out. The 3D effects are just astounding! The ocean scenes are breathtaking. We are looking forward to seeing the new one....in 3D of course! A is also really excited about the new Wicked movie coming out. She absolutely loves the first one and has basically talked about this one since we saw the last one. Unfortunately, the movie is 3 hours long and was in the middle of our normal pickleball day so we didn't play again this week. I think the kids and I might go play while D is at work later this week. We miss playing! It is loads of fun.

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