Pops Concert

 Little Lady had her first concert of the season and she performed in both choir and orchestra.  She was so excited to have a solo in choir.

Time Capsule

 This week I went up to the Stake Center to clean out the Stake Young Women closets, and boy oh boy did we find relics of the past.  I could not believe all the things we found.  We found a program of Greater Than Us All from 1997 with my name in it from high school.  There were napkins from When Its Love circa 1994.  My personal favorites were the VHS on Sports Regulations and the chastity pamphlets from 1986!!

I couldn't believe the amount of stuff that was crammed in there. 

We threw out 6 bags of trash and donated another 4 bags.  It was a successful cleaning!

A Foliage Timeline

 I've been thoroughly loving my first Fall back in Central New York. I started taking weekly pictures of my backyard view to document the leaves. It's been so fun to watch the progress. It's gorgeous out there.

 Peak foliage is glorious!

Mini T-Shirts

 I pieced together smaller t-shirt squares for my niece this week. 

Kitty Check-In

Here are a few kitty photos...just because.  I know Little Man has been missing them.  He talks to them on Face-time and they look around confused.  They haven't quite figured out the concept of a cell phone, but they'll paw at it when they hear his voice.  

A Page Turner is Born

 Little Lady is learning a lot with her new piano teacher.  He asked her to be his page turner for his recital this past weekend.  It turns out she thoroughly enjoyed turning pages, because she loved following along to the music.  She was a bit in awe of his playing.

The entire performance was amazing.  All 3 work together at Colgate University.  I told Little Lady you knew it was going to be good, because they breathe together while playing. It was incredible to watch. 

She's very lucky to have him for a piano teacher, because he doesn't normally take high school students. 
 

The Final Program

 It's hard to believe, but today was Little Guy's final Primary Program.  It's an end of a Thompson era in primary.  He'll be a deacon in January.  

BYU Shenanigans

Little Man continues to have a great time - this includes pumpkin patches, pumpkin carving, and murder mystery dinners.

We miss him, but he's having a great first semester.

A Lovely Fall Day in Palmyra

 I was loving the trees and mums at the temple grounds.  It was so pretty I had to stop at Hill Cumorah to take a couple of pictures.  

A Glorious Drive Home

 We went to church in Connecticut and then drove home.  The entire drive was SO scenic.  The pictures don't do the drive home justice.  The foliage and rolls hills were glorious.

The boys came home and tried their Bertie Beans of Every Flavor.  They agreed that earwax and dirt were the worst.  Yuck!