October is over

October was a lovely jam-packed month.  It was wonderful to celebrate Thanksgiving with all of my family and the addition of two of my aunts and uncles on my mom's side.  It was so nice to all be together.

That same weekend, we celebrated my nieces' birthday and had family photos taken.  Thankfully, the weather turned out great for the photos.  I accidentally let Lily-Anna fall asleep in the van on the way to the photo session but the cookies my sister-in-law packed helped keep her going.

Both Kohen and Isaac had pneumonia this month.  Both sets of lungs sound clear again.  Isaac just

has a lingering cough.  Kohen's lungs sounded either "terrible" or "horrible" according to our doctor and his cough wasn't good but it didn't keep him down and he was happy enough.  It was harder to hear the fluid in Isaac's lungs but he experienced more of the symptoms.  I am very thankful for antibiotics.  They seemed to start working right away for both boys.

Graham and his dad went to Washington D.C. for an extra-long weekend.  Graham has wanted to go there for ages.  They were able to visit the Museum of the Bible along with a number of the typical tourist sites along with the National Air and Space Museum.  The Saturday before they left, Graham took each of the children out for a 'Daddy date'.

Isaac joined the Running Club at school and participated in a running meet at another school.  I took Kohen and Lily-Anna to see him run.  I was surprised that I became quite emotional.  I can't remember but I think I was probably able to hold back tears. 

I was thinking a lot about Josiah.  This is the first time that I've ever gone to watch Isaac do something like this.  I think perhaps it hit me that I would never get the chance to go anywhere to see Josiah compete.  I have zero interest in running so I'm happy Isaac enjoys that.  He also signed up to participate in math contests but unfortunately he was off school with pneumonia the two days of the first contests.

After being off school for a week and a half due to the pneumonia, Kohen said he didn't want to go to school for the whole day.  For a couple of weeks I picked him up early but now he's back to full time.

I have been enjoying trying new recipes from Recipetineats.com.  I felt pretty cool buying saffron for my biryani.  I was even brave enough to buy chicken thighs with skin and bones.  I'm usually a boneless, skinless girl.  I also liked making chicken pot pie.  All the kids liked the pot pie and another honey garlic chicken recipe and the baked penne.  Is it obvious that I no longer have a baby at home and that two boys are at school all day?  We enjoyed the biryani with my in-laws on Thanksgiving Day but we ended the meal with pumpkin pie.

It's time to head to bed.  Thanks for any prayers.

Blessings,
Elizabeth

Hebrews 4:16
Let us then approach God's throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.

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