"The life I touch, for good or ill, will touch another life, and that in turn another, until who knows where the trembling stops or in what far place my touch will be felt."
Frederich Buechner

Happy Halloween

Maci, Glen, Avri and Sara

Sterling, Jami, Dr. Daeden, Skip, and Kamy

I guess there is a tradition that I forgot about. My kids and grandkids all reminded me that I make carmel apples for Halloween. I can't say that I remember it--is it "parts-timers" or just their wishes? Even Amy in AZ said she remembers it. Not sure, but they reminded me far enough in advance that I made carmel apples today and handed them out to all our scary family members and their parents. All kids looked like they were having fun! Isn't the internet wonderful!! We even have pics of Chad's kids in their Halloween costumes this year, but I have lost them in the saving. We only had 2 families stop by for "Trick or Treat" (other than our own families). Lonnie is enjoying all the extra candy. I even chastised him for sneaking into the candy I had hidden, but it seems that it really didn't matter. Hope you had a wonderful day!!

Justin, Cheyenne, Miranda, Bailey, Stetson

Chad and family enjoying their tropical paradise.

This is from Chad and Amy Rix in Guantanamo, Cuba. We are a little jealous of their balmy weather, but enjoy our change of seasons==they change hourly!

Here are some pics I took in the past month. Chad told me it's snowing in Idaho today, enjoy the pics of the beach! :-) There are also some of the kids playing soccer and collecting hermit crabs for school show and tell. The pics of Chad and I with the bikes are from this past saturday. We did an 8 mile ride of the fence line (tough hills!!!). WE are in front of the north east gate (maybe uncle Dave will recognize it). It's the gate that is still used to let 3 cubans in for work every day. We are not normally allowed to go here for security reasons.Enjoy the pics!Amy & family

Sunday Morning

This is Amy and Dave's baby-Wall-E. Amy had me make a Halloween costume for him. Hard to do long distance. Used Nestle as a model, but I guess she is a little bigger.

Yesterday was another beautiful day!!! (In the 70's) I worked 3AM to 3:30 PM so I was able to enjoy some the the "beauty". In the evening, Liz wanted pictures so we went to Rigby Lake. We have had more water than usual this year, so the lake was still full of water. Do you know how hard it is to get 5 monkey's to look good--here they are just hanging around. :0) We took many pics. You will get one when Liz decides which one she likes.

Lonnie and Glen went hunting yesterday from 0630-1930 hrs. Saw some does, but no bucks. Nice day to wander in the mountains.

Mighty hunters

My bike ride was great--it is beeeeaaaaauuuuuuttttifullllll out side!! I rode about 4 miles and could have kept going. When I got home I dug the last hill of red potatoes, most of the onions and some of the carrots from our garden. I picked some purple plums--the trees are still full of plums! We have had a bumper crop this year, I hate to see them go to waste--am giving them away as fast as I can and to whomever will take them.
While riding my bike I realized I forgot to brag about our Great hunters. This is the first year that Miranda and Cheyenne could go hunting (they both are the age of 12). The first day out they both got their does. Liz got her deer on Monday. Jody is waiting, everybody has theirs so now he can have some peace and quiet and go out alone to get his buck. :0) The third doe is Jody's brother Laramie's. Liz is happy to have meat for this winter.
Lonnie is going hunting this weekend, I think. (I have to work). He has been out on a cattle drive all week. He comes home at night. They are finding cattle from the summer ranges on the mountains, riding on their horses and driving them to the pens to bring to the pastures down here. He is a real cowboy!! He loves his horse, Lady.

Stetson, Cheyenne, Bailey(front), Miranda (back), Justin, Laramie, Jody

New driveway

Sara, Glen, Maci and Avri's home with their new blacktopped driveway. Isn't it good looking?

Lonnie kept telling me that he did not think I had very many pumpking in the garden. I said that we would see when it frosted. The grandkids all got to pick their favorites out and I still had many left. Isn't that the way life is. We can't always see the end results of our thoughts and actions (the leaves of summer are protecting or hiding them-we can't see the big picture) but when we have the frosts of life (adversity) the products of a good life are able to be seen (by how we react to adversity). We are then able to "reap the harvest" of the good that we have done(and help us through)
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After giving many away, today I have a few pumpkins left

Avri and Glen picking pumpkins--it was cold that day!!

Maci chooses her perfect pumpkin!

Last weekend, I was off and had big plans to work out in the yard-mowing, digging, etc. Well about 10 AM on Saturday, the snow started. We got several inches, then on Sunday it melted off. I was able to do some yard work on Wednesday and now it is in the high 60's and I am going for a bike ride. Idaho--no one can ever tell what it will be like!!! Got to love it--it was in the 80's earlier in the week, went from Indian Summer to Winter--Where did fall go?

Church continuing to grow

The LDS church across the street is have the cement poured as I type. The foundation is being laid--a solid foundation.

Make a difference

"We must not, in trying to think about how we can make a big difference, ignore the small daily differences we can make which, over time, add up to big differences that we often can not foresee." William George Jordan, writer 1864-1928

Justin's 10th birthday

Justin turned 10 on October 8, 2008. We had a party and his Dad and Mom's house on Sunday evening. Yummy Cake, ice cream and lots of fun!!

New Church being built across the street...

Well, we used to live out in the country, just as we did not San Antonio, but the town is growing around us. (Just like in San Antonio) When we moved here, the farmer across the road said he would never sell the farm, but there is a new subdivision going in (3 houses already and more lots have been bought). There is a new LDS chaple going in right across the street. (At least it will be good neighbors and they keep their property us nicely.) The land has been cleared and they are digging for plumbing--thought you could see it better in pic, but digger dan is at work. It is suppose to be a Stake Center. This is a before and during picture. I will post more pics as they progress on the building. Sara and Glen had their driveway blacktopped when they

blacktopped the road across the street. It really looks good and they love it. Someday we will do more than gravel with our driveway.

Fall Break trip

The kids and Liz had a 5 day break, so I requested the time off also. We could only take 3 days, so we went up to Yellowstone park. The temperatures were unseasonably warm. We saw a black bear, buffalo, Coyote, elk, and deer. We stopped at Old Faithful as it is one of Stetson's favorites. We camped in Yellowstone and Cody, WY. In Cody we walked to the Buffalo Bill Museum, which is 5 museums together. Lonnie loved the gun museum. It had guns from old westerns like Bonanza, Ringo, John Wayne's guns, etc. There were thousands of guns!!!!!!!!! The artist's museum was closed, but the kids loved the Indian and Museum of Natural History. It was very interactive. We also walked to a minature museum. It was very well done. We enjoyed campfires, s'mores and playing on the playground. We were packed into the motor home (10 of us in all-7 kids ages 2-12 and 3 adults). It was a grand time, memorable for me--hopefully for the kids.