Better Together | The Holden Household

Holden Update 20
Fall | Week 2 - Part V: Girls Just Wanna Have Fun!
Weekend Highlights
FRIDAY
Friday was Harvestfest in my game! This holiday is always such a fun one for the Holden fam. The day started relatively early with Dallas and Darla in the kitchen. They made carrot bread and pumpkin pie before the grandparents came over!
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Then at 3:00PM, Mr. & Mrs. Holden came over to start the festivities. Waylon went straight to the living room, where Wade and Keaton were, to visit and watch sports TV with them. **Keaton's adoring face, watching his dad and grandpa hug, hits me in my feels**
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While Mae went to the kitchen to help the women finish the turkey dinner!
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Then Darla had the honor of calling everyone to the meal. Everyone grabbed some food, found a chair, and started to eat, laugh, and catch up on what was new in each other's lives.
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They later moved over to the living room and visited while the watching the game on TV. They also turned on some singer-songwriter music and broke out the deck of cards -- the party started!
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Even Captain got a Harvestfest feast!
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The clock hit 10:00PM, and the grandparents had to leave. It is a long drive back to Strangerville!
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~ Happy Harvestfest! ~
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SATURDAY
Saturday rolled around, which was the day of Dallas' cheer competition! Darla and Dallas went to the gym to get in a quick yoga session before the competition started.
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Time for the cheer competition!
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Dallas, Sydney, and Zuri signed up to compete as a group and individually. In the group performance, Dallas was doing a stellar job!
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Until she fell...
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She redeemed herself in her individual performance!
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Until she fell...again. Yikes!
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Dallas didn't place in the cheer competition, but she wasn't too upset -- it's her first competition! She'll just need to practice, and hopefully she'll do better next time. After the competition, Dallas and Sydney went back to Sydney's house for a sleepover!
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They put on face masks, ordered a pizza, danced, gossiped about boys (River and Ryder - the Cowley boys), took pictures, and had a pillow fight! The only thing missing from the sleepover was literal sleep! :p
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SUNDAY
Sunday was pretty uneventful for the Holdens. After breakfast, they went to volunteer at the local soup kitchen. Once their shift was over, the family members went back home and focused on their skills, housework and homework. However, Keaton invited over Jose to play Party Frenzy for a little while. It was nice to see the friendship grow between these two!
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