General Conference; Maria de los angeles passed away, Fall colors

 Jane cheers at the high school football games most Friday nights. They did their mini cheer fundraiser during one of the half times. Note to self: next year, print out flyers for the fundraiser and have Jane deliver them in her cheer uniform to some neighbors with young girls. (she didnt' get any to come this year, but I only posted it on social media).

We were able to watch General Conference over the first weekend of October. Saturday session was mostly me, Scott and Nora (the other kids were working or had things), but Sunday we were all there. Nora made her traditional fort, and she invited Megan to join us for the second session. I cleaned the kitchen during some of the sessions (since I can hear and see the tv well from the kitchen) and cooked during some of them too.

Sunday, Annabelle brought down her diamond art and her and Scott worked on it. We got some special conference snacks(goldfish, pb crackers, snapd cheezit gummy bears etc), as always, and had brunch both days. Saturday we got Einstein Bagels and Sunday we had homemade cinnamon rolls and mini crustless quiche. This time I used the Lionhouse cinnamon roll recipe which was delicious. Next time I'll need to add a little more flour so they're not so flimsy when I put the dough rolls on the cookie sheet. 

Saturday, in between sessions, I brought Annabelle a bagel while she was working, and then I stopped by the Farmer's Market that's right there. There were several stands lining two sides of a street, and  I found a stand run by a couple of hispanic men and wanted to give them my business. I bought a bag of peaches and pears, both of which were delicious (although the pears needed a couple of more days to ripen). 

My half sister, Maria de los angeles, passed away. She was born in February of 1958, so she would've been 66 years old. I actually don't have any pictures of her here, but below are her older siblings, Esperanza(June 1954), Lupe(February 1942) and Jose Luis(January 1956). I was able to have an hour long phone conversation with Esperanza this week which was nice. I contacted her after her sisters passing and asked if I could call. I came with some questions and learned more about her, and her family. I got a voice recording of it and typed up all I could. Elisabeth was our translator which was so nice! I couldn't have done it without her. 

Even though September and the first couple of weeks of October were still warm and in the 80s-90s, it was Fall and I wanted Fall foods, so I've been making various pumpkin treats and foods. Most of these recipes come from CSE. 

Nora went on a trail run with Penny and I. We hiked up and jogged down Herriman Foothills and on our hike up, we came across this snake! Yuck! 

Family date/treat night! This week was shake shack (and I grabbed an acai bowl from Tropical smoothie cafe since I didn't want too much dairy since it makes me bloated and gassy). 

We went for a Sunday drive in Provo Canyon and went up to KYHV lookout point. The Fall colors during the drive up and once we got up to the lookout were so beautiful!