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.