Sunday was our primary program! It went really well. The children sang better than I think they ever have and only one child decided to shout out something silly during his talking part. We thanked the children for their efforts with popcorn and a movie during singing time.
On Sunday we also went to the North Logan pumpkin walk. There were a lot of fun scenes!
Mark finally completed the first chapter of his dissertation! (YAY!) He submitted a condensed version of it to a journal for publication! He has two more chapters to write.
Thursday evening we went to a potluck dinner with my coworkers from WebAIM. It was at the house of one of the workers. Due to COVID concerns, we stayed outside. They had a campfire to sit around and it really wasn’t too cold. It was a lot of fun to visit! I work with some great people. The person hosting the party’s partner recently retired as a hired organist for the Catholic Church. He played a few songs for us which was really fun!
Mark also got to go hunting this week. He went grouse hunting on Wednesday with his professor. They didn’t get any though. On Friday night, Mark and his dad hiked up the mountain in Richmond to Egan’s mine. They camped over night and woke up early Saturday for deer hunting. They didn’t see any deer and Mark was home earlier than we expected. I was happy to see him and didn’t mind that he didn’t have a deer! 🙂
This week’s Great British Baking Championship was German desserts! I tried making German Cinnamon Star cookies, also called Zimtsterne. I learned that most German cookies use tree nuts. These cookies have a lot of almond flour in them. They were relatively easy to make, but the sticky dough was hard to get out of the cookie cutter. I also wish I had thought to pipe the merengue on top to make a more clear star design. We really liked them though!
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