THE SPJUTE FAMILY: A bit of our November

We had a fun November, and we were able to do some fun things. The weather slowed down a bit, so we were inside more. But, there was still some fun time spent enjoying the good 'ole outdoors!

The girls played in the dryer one night and this was the result. I still laugh whenever I see this!

My mom gave her married daughters tickets to Time Out For Women in St. George for Mother's Day, and the weekend finally came for us to enjoy them. We had a lot of fun together! We stayed in my aunt's townhouse and ate yummy food. It was fun to be together to be a sister/daughter instead of a mom. Time off like that is good for the soul, even if it was only for 1.5 days.

Here are Greg and Claire while I'm soaking up the TOFW awesomeness.

I got home around Midnight Saturday night just in time to take Greg to the airport the following day right after church. He went on his first work travel trip to Joplin, MO and left me solo with the girls for a week. A few things happened, but we survived. I am lucky to live in a neighborhood full of willing, helpful people. They saved my bacon more than once.

As Greg goes out of town, our terrible faucet decided to leak, and it leaked a ton! I'm not saying I would have had him change it, let's be honest :), but it seemed like one more thing to do. Claire was a trooper that day as we frantically went to Home Depot to pick out a faucet and she actually napped so I could install it. She cut her two 2 molars and was not feeling well at all. Poor girl! But, it was beneficial for me. I mean, how amazing is our new faucet?!!

The plan all along was to change the sink because I hated it. But, sinks are expensive. Little did I know all we needed to do was change the faucet.

And I absolutely love it!

Sofi found a Christmas present ... so we had fun playing with it.

Claire was still napping like a champ, so all in one afternoon I was able to go to the Eye Doctor and get my prescription fixed, then Sof and I went and got lunch at Cafe Rio. I know, worst mom ever, but I have a camera in Claire's room and was within a mile or so the whole time. We saw these adorable puppies for sale right outside the Cafe Rio and here is Sof holding a the only female puppy who was going for $1600. It is sick that people pay that much for a dog. But, she was adorable, so we had fun holding her for a minute. I tried to convince Greg that we bought her, and I think he believed me for a min.

I love it when Claire let's Sofi hold her hand.

Enjoying a Nielsen's Custard after going through the Quick Quack Car Wash 3 times. I was thrilled to learn that the flavor of the day was Lemon, my favorite!