November Fun

November blew by quickly. We couldn't believe how fast this month went and so many fun things happened. We were excited for Thanksgiving and already looking for Christmas.

Dax's final Primary program took place at our home church. He wrote his own talk and did so well. 

Seth also wrote a talk about how he loves Pahoran and Moroni.

We can't let a month go by without a Seth selfie.

Grandma, Grandpa, and Brittany came down to take Mom to lunch for her birthday. Mark had Wednesday off, so he got to come, too.

It was so good to see Grandma and Grandpa. 

Mom's sister Brittany has a birthday 4 days after Mom, so they celebrated lunch together.

We are sad every day that our field is gone.

We took a trip to Scheel's to get out of the house.

We scored some free tickets to the zoo, and because it had snowed, no one else was there. 

The lions were all sitting by the glass, so we had fun watching them.

This guy was chewing up some cardboard.

Dax had a staring contest with this lioness. 

We also watched this sea lion drag this stick around.

On our way out of the zoo, we checked on the lions one more time.

Mom and Mark went to check out this replica of the Vietnam Memorial on Veteran's Day. 

One of our big adventures in November was visiting SeaQuest Aquarium. They wanted us to come and try their animal encounters and WOW! We had a blast. We got to meet and feed a sloth, kinkajous, a porcupine, otters, and we even swam with the sharks and stingrays. It was such a neat experience. We also enjoyed just visiting the aquarium and feeding the other animals, too.

All of the boys wanted to try snorkeling with the stingrays.

Dad and Mark loved it. Dax and Seth did not.

Dax didn't like the sharks and stingrays swimming over his legs.

Dad and Mark really loved this experience.

The kinkajous were everyone's favorite. They were so friendly and fun.

They walked all over us, even on Seth's head.

The boys liked feeding these fish because they would let you touch them, which isn't common with fish.

The kinkajous wanted to check out everything!

Dax really loved the little fish spa.

Feeding and petting the porcupine was fun.

They let Seth jump right in with these huge pigs.

We liked feeding the iguanas. They were super nice and let you pet them, too.

We also played with the cats.

And we fed the sloth. He didn't move much other than to eat.

We filled our November with adventures. Here are lots more!

We visited the other aquarium in Utah, too. 

It was much more crowded, but we love the big shark tank.

Mom and Mark went on a hike up to Battle Creek Falls.

We were grateful for the warm weather.

Seth's friends brought him a Cougar Tail. I don't know what is nicer than that!

Dad was gifted a 10 gallon bucket of Black Licorice ice cream. He will never be able to eat it all!

Mark stayed home for part of a day and had to do some PE exercises. Luckily Esther was around to help out.

Melanie stopped by after her big adventure back east. 

We started our Christmas season right after Thanksgiving and visited the Tree of Life.