Well, what do I say tonight? It has been a fairly calm Sunday. Choir, Church and dinner after. We made brownies for our primary class and then gave the rest away because Larry and I do not need the extra sugar and Erick has decided that brownies are not his favorite.

Michelle is feeling better this week but still tired. They went up to Midway this weekend to stay in a time share that they have. They swam in the crater and had a good time as a family for Friday through Sunday. Ethan's choir group is singing at the Kaysville tabernacle at 3:00 p.m. this Saturday. They are coming at 11:00 a.m. on Thanksgiving Day so if anyone wants to see them they will need to come earlier.

Misty's Grandfather is recovering well and has feelings on both sides of his body and is off of the respirator so they are feeling good about his chances for recovery.

Maren and Landon both have a membership at Gold's Gym so they have been going together and taking turns watching Brinlie. Maren only has 250 more hours to get before graduation so she said that if you want something done before she leaves school you will have to come in soon. Brinlie just got her sixth tooth and has been fairly grumpy through the whole thing.

BJ has been frustrated because the car insurance is charging him double what Erick has to pay so we have been trying to find out why this week but have no answers. His roommate moved out of the apartment because because he has involved with marajuana and alcohol and didn't like everyone checking on him. Erika had two roommates move out because of the fire so it is alot quieter when I talk to him on the phone.

Erick's ward had a service auction this last Friday to raise money for "The Road home" He donated an authentic Italian dinner and had six girls buy that so he is going to have a party with him and six girls. He paid $35.00 for a cheesecake and $20.00 dollars for a dinner with two girls, so he said to tell you he paid more for a cheesecake than a dinner. I think he is looking forward to giving and receiving the services he bought and they raised $3000.00 for their charity. He is looking forward to the end of the semester for school.

Kirsten bought a Christmas Cactus yesterday because of her fond memories of my Christmas Cactus's. It is even blooming. They are both working two jobs and trying to stay sane. They raked up their leaves this weekend. Jon started his internship and is tired because they are moving something. They have the girls for Thanksgiving this year so we will get to see them.

Jake and Nikki have had all the family sick this past week. Everyone has colds. Jake worked 6 days last week so he is feeling like taking a day off to help him get rested. Lexie had her Primary Sacrament meeting today. They had the Father's sing the adult part with Lexie's class so Jake was able to sing with Lexie in the program today. He talked like he enjoyed it. Nikki had her Relief Society craft night that she has been preparing for this week so she was busy with that. Jake was helping Nikki's parents lay some tile yesterday in one of their bathrooms.

Larry did a lot of cleaning on the house this week. The office is cleaner than it has been for a year. He also did the laundry which was nice to have an automatic clothes washer, dryer and folder. He said he was going to patent the process. He bought him some new temple clothes this week and quite a few things at the church distribution center. He doesn't seem to be as stressed with school lately so I guess he is studying things that are easier for him to understand.

We went to the temple on Thursday and were able to do some names in Theo Pollock's family. Yesterday we went to see "Pirates of the Carribean 2" at the Kaysville Theatre. It was fun to have the time together.

I have been teaching sewing in TLC which is always stressful because we have to get done in two weeks and I have to trade rooms with Karen Taylor. We have a big project that is due for the Instructional Technology Class on the 6th of December and I have had to do a lot of reading to keep up with what I am doing. I have also had a lesson plan to write for the ESL class I am taking. I too am looking forward to the 6th of December.

Yesterday all my brothers and sisters and the spouses that could met at the Chuck-o-Rama in Draper for Dad's birthday. All the siblings were present except Craig who is in Iraq, but several spouses could not make it. Larry had to work so he could not go. It was fun to talk with everyone. Kathy said that Cory and Rebecca are expecting and Keith and Chris said that Erika and Craig are expecting. Aunt Annette has braces so she looks 30 years younger. Oh, and Dad predicted that BYU would lose yesterday so we know what he knows about BYU Football. Actually he was just disagreeing to be disagreeable.

Thanksgiving is at our house at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday. Have a good week.

Larry is as a Priesthood preview for our 11 year old primary boys right now. He had to give a talk. Erick went home teaching and then to Provo to see some Italian missionary friends so I am home by myself tonight for a while. It is actually good to start on the blog before 8:30 p.m.

This week was an exciting week for Michelle and Daniel. Michelle had her appendix out on Wednesday after a night of stomach pains. She came home on Thursday and was feeling good but woke up with a bruise on her stomach on Friday. Ethan had a piano recital on Friday and when Daniel got there with all the kids he said they had put her back in the hospital because they were worried about internal bleeding. We thought she might get out on Saturday but when they checked her blood it was down so they kept her in the hospital. That was when I ask everyone to pray for her and fast today if possible. She was able to come home this evening and they think that everything is going to be okay. But I hope you will keep her in your prayers.

Maren took her first test for completion of cosmetology school and passed with a 97% so she was feeling pretty good about that. She cut Landon's hair because he was the only person that needed a half inch off and they told her she would have an easier time finishing in the 30 minutes if she chose someone with straight hair next time so she has already informed Erick he has to grow is hair. She did a great job on Landon's hair though and finished in the 30 minutes. I got a free facial and manicure in the deal plus an acrylic nail that Maren was able to take off (because it was just on one finger.) It was interesting to see how they do the acrylic nail. Maren said that Brinlie is grouchy today.

BJ has mostly been busy with school and work. He helped Ericka paint her apartment yesterday. Right now they think that they may have to pay $1400.00 dollars for the fire damages to the apartment, but they don't know for sure.

Erick spent a lot of time on school this week but he spent most of the weekend working to make up for it and he took two days of vacation so he would have some money. He went shopping with me last night after Brooke's baptism and confirmation so we had a good time talking then. He went down to visit with some friends from his mission tonight in Provo.

Speaking of Provo, I am so excited about how the BYU Football team is doing this year. It seems they cannot be beat.

Kirsten and Jon had Brooke this weekend for the baptism and confirmation so they had a get together with everyone at their house after. Brooke was baptised and confirmed at her mother's ward and then we all went to Kirsten and Jon's for punch and cookies. It was fun to get together. If I can get the pictures uploaded then I will add a picture of their family after the baptism.

Misty has been in Montana with her brother and sister and the kids, visiting with her Grandfather before he had brain surgery for a tumor. He was diagnosed with a tumor about two weeks ago and so they went up to talk with him before the surgery. It is still undecided about how he will do but he could die if the surgery is not successful. They wanted to talk with him before the surgery because there was the possiblity that he would not be the same after the surgery. Jeff said that he is enjoying working graveyards because it is not quite so stressful. The kids had flu shots this week and Owen was grouchy tonight.

Jake and Nikki came up for the baptism and confirmation yesterday. Ashton would let me hold him without crying so I was excited about that. Jake said that Ashton is getting more teeth so he was grouchy today also. Ashton is learning a few words like "I don't know". Nikki has been busy with the Relief Society Enrichment board working on a craft night that is coming up. Lexie is learning to read better and having fun in school.

Hailee was excited last week because she had lost three teeth and now this week she is excited because she is getting her "grown-up teeth". She showed them to me at Ethan's piano recital.

Sara has her ultra sound tomorrow but she said that they still do not want to know what it is. David is enjoying his coop preschool that he is in on Fridays. There are 7 children so Sara only has to teach once every seven weeks. Isaac is saying some words like "I love you" and "bye, bye". He talked to me on the phone tonight while David played twister. Gail is living with Sara again while Nathan is gone and they have the room. They had some family pictures taken when Nathan was home Halloween weekend and the sent them to me to view. They were really nice. Nathan said that they had a number of activities for Veterans Day there that were fun to attend this week.

Larry went to a class this week and learned a lot about nutrition for diabeties. He has been reading some of it to me. It sounds a lot like what I have been trying to tell him for the last 5 years but what do I know. He has been frustrated that the laptop died. He took it into where we bought it and they said that it was fixed so he brought it home and it did the same thing so he took it back and got a new hard drive and brought it home and it is still doing the same thing. He needs the laptop for his school work so he was not a happy person last night when it did not work again.

I made it through another week of school work and going to school and got most of it done on time. My class at the U of U ends on December 6th and I am already counting the days.

Larry and I worked at the Family History Library on Thursday. It was Dad's birthday so I called him. We are celebrating his birthday this week sometime. We went to see Michelle in the hospital on Friday night besides the other things I have mentioned. We are busy but we are happy and relatively healthy. Have a good week.

We can't forget Owen the bumble bee!

Some Pictures of our Halloween Grandchildren

I am hoping to add the pictures of the fire BJ experienced.

Well, it is Sunday night again and we just finished playing Uno Attack with Maren and Landon and Erick and Kristen Taylor and BJ, while Brinlie chased the dog and tried to eat the cat food everytime we put her down.

We had a historic stake conference today. It was broadcast from the conference center to all of Davis and Morgan county Stake Centers. The Stake Presidency spoke at the Saturday night meetings but this morning they had talks from Merrill J. Bateman, Boyd K. Packer, and Thomas S. Monson. They reminded us of several things but the importance of prayer was one that I wanted to stress. I also Thought about the Book of Mormons that I gave my kids last year and wondered if they had read them yet. I would like to challenge them to read them again if they have.

BJ was down for the day. He had an exciting experience on Friday night. He was with a girl who lives next door and she was fixing him and another couple dinner. She put some oil on to heat and went to the other room for a minute and when she got back the oil was on fire. They didn't know what to do except look for the fire extinguisher. They couldn't find the one in her apartment and so they went to BJ's apartment. That fire extinguisher would not fire so by then they called 911 and got the fire department but they finally found a fire extinguisher in another apartment that they were able to put things out mostly before the fire engine arrived. I have a couple of pictures I will try to attach that BJ sent me from his phone.

Maren and Landon were in Las Vegas all last week for Halloween and for a convention that Landon's dad's business goes to every year. They seemed to have a good time. The bought a cute outfit for Brinlie that she had on tonight. Maren is starting her state exams on Saturday. I got to tend Brinlie last night while they went out alone.

Erick has been mostly working and going to school this week. He did take off on Tuesday early to do his home teaching. He went to the movie "Prestige" on Friday and really liked that. He was raving about it.

Kirsten's birthday was tonight. She celebrated it with her family tonight. We are celebrating her birthday and Jake's on Thanksgiving with the family. Kirsten has a job with Mervyn's for the holidays as well as her job doing medical transcription. Jon has got a second job with the Standard Examiner on weekends also so I hope they do not burn out. They went to dinner last night with Jon's parents for Kirsten and Ann's birthday's so Kyle and I went to see "Pirates of the Carribean 2" We really enjoyed that and are looking forward to movie 3. Kyle was one of the good guys from the Mummy for Halloween.

Ethan has a piano concert on Friday at 6:30 p.m. at the Piano Gallery again. Michelle and Daniel had their family pictures taken yesterday. Inkley's has a great special she said. Michelle also reminded us to vote this Tuesday if you did not vote already during early voting. Michelle brought the kids over for Halloween so we could see their costumes. Kalisse was an elephant, Hailee was a princess, Ethan was Darth Vadar and Jaron was Winne-the-pooh. I thought it was funny that Jaron took two handfuls of candy just like you would expect Winne-the-Pooh to do with honey.

Jeff and Misty brought the kids up for Halloween. Leah was Snow White, Matthew was Captain Jack Sparrow, and Owen was a bumble bee. Alana, Misty's mom always does such a professional job on their costumes. She really has a knack for sewing.

Nathan was able to go home to Houston for Halloween. They had a trunk or treat at the church on Saturday night then he went back to Brownsville on Tuesday night about 9:00 p.m. He is concerned about his spot for the Helicopter school and so he called asking everyone to fast for him that things might work out if they are supposed to so they could move on. He has a new phone number in his new apartment if anyone wants it they can call me.

I talked to Lexie on the phone today and she said that she was sick with a cold so they were not able to go to church. Jake wasn't home so I wondered if it was a Guard weekend.

Larry went to a sleep clinic on Wednesday where they tested him to see if his sleep apnea machine needed to be adjusted. He has not slept well lately. He went to a diabetes clinic on Monday where they taught him more about what he needs to do to control his diabetes. He has been been able to go into work later lately and that is a better schedule for him. He seems to be feeling better. He is busy with his business classes but seems to be enjoying them and doesn't stress as much as when it was Math.

I had end of term grades to finish last week and a big project for my class at the U of U. I am the mentor for the National Academic League and we are having to start practices for that. We have another teacher to help this year so hopfully that will ease some of the stress there. I didn't have ESL class this week because Monday was a Quality teaching day where the students don't come to school but we have to be there to figure grades and attend inservice. We attended the Olympic Caulron Park near the U of U stadium for part of our U of U class. We had to determine what Goals and Objectives they had when designing the park. It is an interesting experience that would be good to visit for a boost to your spirits.

Larry and I went to the temple on Thursday's for Ward temple night. We were supposed to work at the family history center together on Saturday but Larry had to work so he got a substitute. Larry went to pick up Maren and Landon at the airport while I took Kyle to the movie.

Well hopefully the pictures upload. A few times I couldn't get them to show even though it says they are uploaded.