November in Review

November started with a Brea Blunder; while putting away laundry I kicked the side table in our bedroom and broke my second to baby toe. At first we thought it was a bad bruise/sprain but after inspection from Nurse Mom we decided it was broken.  It hurt for a couple weeks and forced me to wear sandals in the snow (no other shoes would fit) but I finally was able to get a real shoe on and it has healed great!

The weather got warm enough that we were able to spend more time outside (11/9).  Elizabeth loves being outside but when the ground is cold and covered in wet leaves I don't let her crawl around much!  We also got our first snow (11/20) and Elizabeth got to go outside in her snow suit and sit in it.  She didn't really understand why I was so excited and just kept looking at me like, "It's cold and I can't move!" 

On Friday Nov 15, Ben took the afternoon off at work and we went to the temple.  We took Elizabeth with us (so one of us went in and the other stayed out and babysat and vise versa).  It was the first time I was able to go since Elizabeth was born and it was great! I am so glad that we live so close to the temple and hope to be able to go more now that she is getting older. 

The Louisville Ward Elder's Quorum adopted a lake in Louisville to take care of a clean.  On Nov 16 we went with the Elder's Quorum and got to pick up trash around the lake.  It was a little brisk but a good reason to take a nice early morning walk.  

I tried taking Elizabeth swimming at the Louisville Rec Center and it was not fun (the kiddy pool was lame).  So I convinced Ben to go with us for FHE to the Lafayette pool (11/19).  This is the pool where I went growing up and it is so much fun.  Elizabeth LOVED it and she laughed and played in the water.  I think babies come out naturally swimmers because she could kick and move in the water like it was so natural!

Ben and I got CU tickets to the last home football game of the season; CU vs USC.  Rachel and Nedra watched Elizabeth so that we could go.  It was FREEZING but so much fun.  The first 5 minutes of the game were pretty intense and then we got behind and lost pretty bad (as expected this year).  The highlight of the game was during half time when one of the male cheerleaders broke a world record and did 70 back flips in a row across the football field; It made me dizzy just watching him.  After the game we went to a concert at a bar to hear our friends Forsyth and Gee play. It was a fun night!

Here is a video of the Cheerleader- seriously amazing!!