October was filled with good things. We started the month with birth of Little A.J.. She is beautiful and we all like to make a fuss over her. My husband and I made a trip to Michigan to see one of our far away families. We nearly froze the first two days we were there. It was cold and rainy and windy. We visited our favorite cider and doughnut establishment and went to Lansing, to the state library and spent a fascinating morning searching for information on some of the Patterson's and the Brittain's that lived in Michigan. We walked a long way in the cold. A warm lunch at Wendy's really tasted good that day. We shopped for fabric together and visited a petting farm and learned about life in the good old days. We were served lots of nice meals and treats and we napped and read good books. We also took a nice walk at Kensington park in Michigan. Our gracious host bought all the girls fancy knee socks to keep us warm. One of the best parts of our trip was seeing our grandaughter do her part in the Primary program.
We got together for Halloween with some of the family and had a nice dinner and the children played the traditional pumpkin walk game. Afterward the children went out trick-or-treating. Joseph made the cute haunted house for the center piece. I spent part of the month sick, but I am grateful to feel better now. October flew by in the wink of an eye
