Bo's Eagle Project

Fall Break! What a great time to do the Eagle Project! We had Jay's reception in the Social in August (although it was planned outside) The wall paper in there is over 30 years old and they had painted over the back wall over wall paper a color that is the same color as the blue painters tape. It did not match the decor. It was horrible! We thought then, "That would be a good eagle project" so we did some checking around and we got approval from the Holbrook facilities maintenance group. ( a church entity) anyways we met with the guy and gave him our proposal and it was approved. That was on Thursday and on Saturday we started. It took us all day to tear off the wallpaper and clean up for a missionary luncheon scheduled in there on Sunday. Then on Monday we started early and taped off to paint. It was such a process, Mike had to repair some drywall, in one place there was a hole in the wall. Some of it is plaster.... the back wall and the entry way had to be textured to be able to paint them. We waited for the drywall mud to dry to be able to paint. We finished the paint on Tuesday. I was glad the boys had Mon & Tues off. It was a little bigger job than we bargained for but it turned out beautifully! Thanks to all who came and helped! We would still be working there if you hadn't come to help. Thank you, Thank you!

My kids are growing old

I just had to giggle at Gavin for dressing up this morning as a Senior Citizen. It helps to have G Russell downstairs to supply the walker and Grandpa's old sweater.

Trevor's Mission to Russia

Our Son Trevor is in Krasnoyarsk Russia in the Novosibirsk Mission. He left on June 20, 2007. We are thrilled with the things he has been doing. Learning a new language - especially one where the N's and R's are backwards, traveling long distances - sometimes alone. He recently traveled to Madrid, Spain to renew his visa (not alone but with a group). He was able to go to Red Square and eat at McDonalds but he said the highlight of the trip was to attend the Madrid temple. He serves as a Zone leader and is doing well. He mentioned that it is starting to get cold. AHHH Siberia! I love you Trevor! I love having a missionary out. It's so.....rewarding, scary, spiritual, stressful, emotional, fulfilling, lovely, gratifying, it's lots of things all lumped into one. The other picture Was taken in Madrid. They were able to go on a little tour of the city. This is Peter the apostle holding the "keys". Trev looks great! Don't you think?

Celebrity Day

Can you guess which celebrities Gavin and Bo are?

Ok they are probably supposed to be real people - real celebrities not characters from movies - but this is who they wanted to be for today ( Woody from Toy Story and Captain Jack Sparrow from Pirates of the Caribbean. It's Homecoming week at Snowflake High School and for those who attended HS here you know it's quite a big week. Gavin is a Senior and is in Madrigals and tonight (Monday) is the ice cream social. Gavin is so funny! He is really good on stage. The last Madrigal concert he played the part of a 'nerd'. It was hillarious. Bo is a Sophomore and is a little more reserved. I was glad that they were both brave enough to go to school "dressed up".

Gavin's Touchdown!

We played Round Valley on Friday the 3rd. Sorry this picture isn't that great. I was so nervous, RV is a tough place to play and historically we have had some injuries over in the Dome. Gavin caught a pass and ran for about 60 yards in the 3rd quarter making the score 19 to 17. We were winning. From there the game went downhill and the final score: 19 to 40. But we were happy for Gavin and his first touchdown of the season. When we asked him about the play he said this, "The pass wasn't intended for me, it hit Terel and I thought well it's down. The next thing I knew it was in my hands so I turned and ran. The ball just stays in my hands over there" Gavin had a really GOOD JV game last year in the dome. The Lobos will hopefully put some offense together and see some good things happen in the next weeks. They play this Friday for homecoming VS Alchesay. The best is yet to come from the Lobos!