Halloween!

My kids and 2 of my brother, Mark's kids, Matthew and Hannah.

We continue to paint and try to get things settled at our new house. Hope you all have a happy halloween!

Technical Difficulties

Well, I have some cute Halloween pictures of my kids(from our ward's trunk or treat)... but my mom's computer won't recognize my camera and we don't have Internet yet. Incidentally, we have made the move over to Castle Dale but we are currently staying with my mom until we have appliances. We still have odds and ends stuff at our old house. GRRR. I hate the last part of moving where you just throw all the rest of your crap into boxes and think you will sort it later and you wish that you could just go and throw it off a cliff, and you probably would because you are so sick of moving stuff except that there might be something useful in one of the boxes like your can opener or something.

Anyway, I'm glad that my mom will let us hang out here and I'll try to post some pics soon!

LeAnne's Photo Contest

My sister, LeAnne, entered a photo contest and won for Emery County! Each applicant submitted a picture that represented their county. Check them out here. (Her picture is of the Power Plant which is an icon in Emery County.)

Kyle's Deer

Here is the hunter and his deer! Kyle and his dad went up on the mountain this last weekend and hunted with my brother-in-law, Tim and his boys. Kyle and his dad both shot this buck. It's a pretty nice one! Sorry Bambi...

Conference and the Kitchen

What a neat general conference. The overarching theme was really something that I needed to hear. I have found myself often getting disappointed lately and some of the talks given really helped me realize that I just need to apply myself more dilligently to the things I know I should be doing and everything will be okay. I love coming away from watching conference with new goals and a new outlook. One of my favorite talks was Elder Wirthlin's talk in the Saturday afternoon session. His theme was something that I really need to remember: "Come what may and love it." All of the points he made were things I needed to hear and I am so glad that we have conference two times a year so we can receive these insights from our leaders.

Well, the kitchen isn't all the way done but I am pretty stoked about these before and after pictures anyway. So here's the before (ie: old cabinets, wallpaper, pizza hut light fixture)

Drumroll please...

Here are the brothers who worked day and night all last weekend to put in the cabinets, countertops, electrical etc. Kyle's dad also came on Saturday but had to go home that night. These are some awesome guys and a beautiful kitchen. Thanks Judd and Keiauni for all the work you did!