Hey guys,

I know it has been a hot minute since I posted last, but things just sort of got chaotic for me. So chaotic we are actually late getting our homestudy update done. So here is a quick update…

September was awesome! In addition to the canning I’ve already posted about my parents came up for a long weekend in late September for the Walk to End Alzheimer's. The walk was virtual this year, but we still had a small community presence in a drive through “flower” garden. My parents helped us set it up at Kiwanis Park and it turned out fantastic! Mom and I also made a LOT of jelly and jam. Apparently, we didn’t do great at checking the recipes for quantity, so we made one batch of grape jelly (with the grapes from our backyard), two batches of strawberry jam, two batches of triple berry jam, and two batches of hot pepper relish/jelly. We made so much that weekend, we had to send my dad out to find more jelly jars!

October is honestly a blur to me. Andrew’s parents came up for a day one weekend, which we really loved. It was nice enough outside that we were able to sit on the deck without our fire pit turned on. Andrew’s mom actually got a bit sunburnt from sitting outside! Their visit also allowed us to celebrate his dad’s birthday by baking him a cake and singing happy birthday. The other big thing that sticks out to me from October was my trial block. It was the first time I’ve had a trial go longer than a week—in fact, we didn’t even get a jury picked until Friday afternoon! Unfortunately, we didn’t get through the trial to a verdict so I’m actually going through a second trial on that case this week (and probably next week too).

Something exciting and not work-related did happen though last month— my sister gave birth to the cutest little girl! I cannot wait to meet her (hopefully it will be safe enough with COVID that we will get to see them over Christmas). I love seeing pictures of her and hearing how her little life is going. Right now my parents are out visiting and getting to meet the new baby, so I’m pretty jealous.

Anyway, time to get ready for our homestudy update meeting.

~Natalie