one of my sisters (who shall remain nameless) is anti facebook. not that i can really blame her, i am too, but i did give in to the pull from society and now am a facebooker (not a good one, but i do have an account!). so, all that to say, these pictures are also on facebook, but for the sake of my anti-facebook sister, i shall post all pictures here as well!
Saturday, October 30, 2010
Monday, October 25, 2010
First Utah Snow
moses' prayers were answered! he has been asking God for snow for a year now. they were all so excited this morning when we let them open the front door to see what was awaiting them...their snow! i'm sure we will not think this an exciting event, say in a few months or weeks, but this first snow was a pure delight for the children. it is not as powdery as i think it will one day be since it has been raining for the past 2 days, but they had lots of fun and have been thanking God for it all morning!
Saturday, October 23, 2010
Family day adventures
Like I've said before, Friday is family day. This time we went to Cabela's (Doug and Moses' favorite store on earth!) and then had a picnic in Big Cottonwood Canyon. It was beautiful! The leaves were wonderful fall colors and looked even more vibrant against the deep green of all the evergreens! Simply gorgeous! However, since I'm new to this whole Utah thing, Mommy totally forgot that it is much chillier ON the mountain as opposed to the valley. I did not take any jackets, but thankfully we did bring their blankets in the car, so they were able to bundle up with those. To end the day, we actually had a baby-sitter for the first time since moving here, so Doug and I were able to go out to dinner! I'm not sure if it tasted so good because it was just really good, or because we didn't have to cook it and feed children at the same time as trying to enjoy our own meal...maybe both!
Friday, October 15, 2010
Fun Times in Utah
Friday is family day! Each Friday we try to go and do something fun as a family. Last Friday we went up to the Copper Mine! It was amazing. As you look at the pictures, please realize that the "tiny, little trucks" you see driving around in the mine are really 3 stories tall! There are staircases on the fronts of the trucks for the workers to climb up and get inside. They are HUGE! Moses had a blast...as did the girls and daddy! This Friday we went to a pumpkin patch. We all had an amazing time and they had a wonderful market to buy all sorts of fresh produce. As we were walking through the garden area, I saw tons of green tomatoes (still on the vines...of course!) and asked Doug if he thought they'd sell us some. I could really go for some fried green tomatoes! So, we asked and they did, but they did say we were only the 2nd people to ever ask for them. The lady there told me that most people around here aren't brave enough to make "fried green tomatoes"! For us though, tonight we will have what I can only imagine to be wonderful fried green tomatoes in honor of the South!
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Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Utah at Last!
By God's grace not only have we safely moved to Utah but the Lord has settled us in an apartment complex where we have many people around us who need the Gospel. Four (4) Mormon missionaries came last night to our house and we served them ice-cream and got to know them better. I played a song for them with my guitar "Before the Throne of God Above." It has a great gospel line: "Because the sinless Savior died / my sinful soul is counted free / for God the just is satisfied / to look on him and pardon me" They will come back next Monday and we will get down to the meat of the gospel as I share my testimony and some Scriptures with them. Pray right now for Mormon Missionaries Guardado, Haiosi, Patterson and Randall. Also Pray for Rhett, he has fallen away from Mormonism, has recently been divorced, and really needs Christ, he's my banker. Thank You. God bless you all and thank you so much for your prayers and support...
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