Octoberfast

October is going by too fast!  Do you realize that Halloween is only 7 days away?  AAARRRGGGGHHHH!  No, I am not practicing my pirate yell for Halloween; that was a cry of frustration.
Anyway, fall break has already come and gone again.

The best part about fall break was that Jon and Matt came home to visit!  The second best part was the wonderful things we got to do.

Wednesday was Italian day with a trip to our favorite Italian restaurant for dinner.

Thursday was shopping day.  Jon bought lots of clothes, Matt bought a shirt, and Miriam bought a sweater.  Thomas and Katrina went along for the ride.  We had pizza for lunch and then Brian, Jonathan, and Thomas went shooting.  That night, Brian and I went on a long walk.

Friday was Japanese day.  First we met Brian's sister, Renee and her husband, Don, and their grandson Donny at the park.  We saw a snake, ate KFC, and had fun talking.  While some of us were talking, Brian and Don were at the toys with Thomas and Donny.  There was a Japanese woman at the toys with her kids and Brian got to speak Japanese with her which Brian loved because he went to Japan on an LDS mission thousands of years ago, and hasn't gotten to speak Japanese much since.  He was so happy to find out that he could still converse in Japanese.  Then, later that day, after Thomas left for a camp out and  Brian took Miriam driving around the lake and back,  Jonathan wanted a ride to his friend's house an hour away, so Brian and I drove him there that night.  While we were gone we tried out an amazingly authentic Japanese restaurant.  We ate sushi and tempura and Brian got to visit much of the time with our Japanese server.  Brian was in Japanese heaven.

Saturday was painting day.  We painted the upstairs bathroom.  Yay!  It looks so nice in there.

Sunday was the Sabbath; we went to church and then we drove Matt back to college; a two hour trip.  That night I had a meeting for my church calling.

So that was our fall break and now we're broke.