Four-Day Weekend Fun

Well, I decided to take another four day weekend and ended up having alot of fun. Thursday I started the morning cleaing house and working on some craft projects. I went to the salon to pamper myself and then went with Jon to a doctor's appointment. (That wasn't fun.) Then Jon and I drove out to Daniele and Troy's and grabbed Mandy for a sleepover. We had alot of fun. Of course, we had to be back in time for The Office. Couldn't miss that!! Friday, Mandy and I went to Tai Pan to do some shopping. I have never been there before, but could have easily spent a whole paycheck. We were only there for any hour, and I still didn't get through the whole store. Mandy picked out Nutcracker and, of course, Aunt Sally couldn't resist. Then we went to lunch and then to Barnese and Noble. Jon and I took her to Del Taco for dinner and she loved playing in the play land. She is so much fun and we are always grateful to Troy and Daniele for sharing their children with us.

Mandy at one of Braden's games.

On Saturday, Jon and I spent a good part of the day at the Harmon's grocery store near our house. Jon, Dean, and I took a tour of Harmon's which was very interesting. They took us on a tour of their many departments. My favorite is the cooking department where they have the neatest ccoking gadgets and appliances. There is a Cuisinart blender/food processor that I want really badly. Hopefully Santa will leave it under my Christmas tree this year. We also got to sample alot of the their produce, cheese's, deli item's, and so forth. Afterwords, we hit the gelato bar and received free sample's of gelato. Then they gave each household a bag of free groceries. It was pretty cool. I want to go again. I hope they let you do it twice.

Harmon's at Bangerter Crossing

Well, Saturday night found Jon and I at home just hanging out. Jon has been working on a research paper for his film class. The topic he chose was war films. So, we borrowed several different war movies from the library and settled in for an evening of watching war with a Hollywood touch. We watched Patton, which is a pretty graphic film even for the 1970's, when it was filmed. Since I figured I wasn't going to be doing much, I decided to work on my Primary lesson. However, Daniele called me to invite me to a movie. She wanted to go see the new James Bond movie, Quantum of Solace, which is one I have been wanting to see. It was a toss up between James Bond and Patton, but I jumped at the chance to get out and spend some time with Daniele. It is a great movie and the company wasn't bad either. Even though there is alot of action and violence, it helps when Daniel Craig is easy on the eye's.

Go Cowboys!!!

Bradens team did it!!! They are undefeated with only 6 points scored against them the whole season. They had their last playoff game and now they are off to Las Vegas for the Pigskin Tournament.

Here are some highlights from this season.

Make a Smilebox slideshow

Neal A Maxwell

My cousin had this on her blog and I had to copy it. We are truly in the last days.

'Make no mistake about it, brothers and sisters, in the months and years ahead, events are likely to require each member to decide whether or not he will follow the First Presidency. Members will find it more difficult to halt longer between two opinions. President Marion G. Romney said, many years ago, that he had 'never hesitated to follow the counsel of the Authorities of the Church even though it crossed my social, professional or political life.''This is hard doctrine, but it is particularly vital doctrine in a society which is becoming more wicked. In short, brothers and sisters, not being ashamed of the gospel of Jesus Christ includes not being ashamed of the prophets of Jesus Christ. . . Your discipleship may see the time when such religious convictions are discounted. . . . This new irreligious imperialism seeks to disallow certain opinions simply because those opinions grow out of religious convictions.'Resistance to abortion will be seen as primitive. Concern over the institution of the family will be viewed as untrendy and unenlightened.... Before the ultimate victory of the forces of righteousness, some skirmishes will be lost. Even in these, however, let us leave a record so that the choices are clear, letting others do as they will in the face of prophetic counsel. There will also be times, happily, when a minor defeat seems probable, but others will step forward, having been rallied to rightness by what we do. We will know the joy, on occasion, of having awakened a slumbering majority of the decent people of all races and creeds which was,till then, unconscious of itself. Jesus said that when the fig trees put forth their leaves, 'summer is nigh.' Thus warned that summer is upon us, let us not then complain of the heat.'Neal A. Maxwell, “A More Determined Discipleship,” Ensign, Feb 1979, 69–73. From an address delivered at Brigham Young University, 10 October 1978.

Halloween 2008

Halloween was alot of fun this year. We dressed up Dixie in a little witch's costume and she looked so cute, except she hated the hat and kept taking it off. And the cape was too long and she would keep tripping on it. So she just wore it for picture's. We had quite a few trick-or-treaters even though it rained. However, our favorite trick-or-treater's were Daniele's kids. They looked so cute and we were so happy that they stayed for a while to visit. Braden and Britney decided to hit our street and came back with loads of candy. You'll notice in the picture that Mandy isn't wearing her costume. She was an elephant but decided she didn't want to wear it anymore. We hope everyone else had a fun and safe Halloween.

Britney, Missy, Mandy, and Braden

Dixie