oh yeah

I meant to put this on my last post but somehow it didn't get there so... here is the kicker

Happy Halloween

About a month ago my mom commissioned me to paint her little china cupboard like a Mary Engelbreit book. Two seasons of smallville later this was the result.

Today was cleaning/craft day/ decorating. Banner came down last night and made wreaths with me. they turned out really cute. This morning I decorated with our latest craftiness. Later in the afternoon Tenny and I tackled the scary basement room. I'm pretty sure we were harboring mice this last year. As we went through things we kept finding evidence of our little friends. It was confirmed however, when I found that the Indian corn that we set out for Halloween was nibbled on. Some of the ears were completely empty. While we were down there we also came across the Halloween costumes, and you Tenny, any Photo opportunity... well, lets just say that at one point she was going to be a pioneer cavewoman impersonating Elvis. While we spent a lovely few hours buried in camping gear and Christmas decorations my mom made four batches of rolls, two dozen cinnamon rolls, one dozen orange rolls and the rest just regular rolls. She got "Super Pumped" for baking after she watched the Lion House Bakery CD that came with her new cook book. She sent most of them over to the Sharp Family though. Good thing I think all I had to eat today was BREAD in some form. I feel like Paul in Trust in Thelma's way. This is what it must have felt like being baked into a loaf of bread.

RANDOM PICs

This is when Tenny And I were "cleaning" up the apples. More like we were  having a flinging competition to see who could fling them furthest into Richard's yard

And this is... Guess

News Worthy...literally

So today was Hectic in the extreme. There was a double Homicide in Castle Dale. Guess where? The next door neighbors of Sharon Smith, My boss. So I went to work as usual this morning at 9:00 and everything seemed normal. Then the phone calls started. (Who knew that everyone in Emery County had a scanner so they would be able to be the first ones up on gossip??) well I soon found out that Sharon's neighbor (the only neighbors in that area) had had a major blow up. Apparently the son (whit's age) got in a fist fight with his father in front of 4 of his siblings ages 8-15 the son then left the house and returned with a shot gun and shot his father in the face in the bedroom and then went to the kitchen and shot his mother. His fifteen year old sister then wrestled the gun away and he ran off. So at 9:00 about 3 minutes after he shot his parents and ran out of the house I show up to work. A few minutes later about 12 assorted government vehicles showed up, lights on and sirens whining. Oblivious to what is happening next door I am bombarded by the phone calls of the obsessive scanner listeners wondering if I heard gun shots and if I had seen anything on and on, over and over I answered the same questions. Ironically the people calling me had more information than I did seeing as I was the ONLY ONE on the block who was home during the shooting. Yes, Both Sharon and Tom had left me at the office for the day. So there I was at the office getting calls that my neighbor was a homicidal maniac and that they hadn't found him yet.! It was not good for my peace of mind. At about noon the news vans started showing up. When I got back from lunch I was jumped on by KSL, ABC, FOX and an assortment of local paper people asking me for interviews. I answered their questions as best I could but told them that I didn't want to be put on the evening news. And to top it all off the Jehovah's witnesses came to give me a message! I told them I was in the middle of a Homicide investigation and now was not a good time. (As if they couldn't tell by the 24 police cars and news vans blocking the street.) Anyway that is how my day went today. Hopefully tomorrow won't be this trying.

Important information!

OK for quick delivery on the info. I am going through the Temple on October 17th. It's the same day Jonas is getting Baptized and I thought that this would be the most convenient for everyone. We all need to be in the Bountiful Temple Chapel at 5:00 pm. If there are any questions or things that I forgot to let you know about let me know. I'll try any get you all called before so I know you all got the information.

Newest News

So much has happened since I last posted. First and foremost I have a job. I work for Target Pest Control, I'm a secretary and I sit in an office with Sharon Smith and input invoices into a computer. Let's just say I've learned a lot about insects and pests, more than I ever wanted to know. My second not so serious job is doing major projects for my mom. Right now I'm painting a little china cupboard. But for the last few weeks my mom and the girls and I have been doing some major remodeling/ deep cleaning of the house. We switched sides in my mom's room so now we have more space to party with the new TV and Wii. And I finally got fed up with my dangerous shower doors and ripped them down!

We have also started our smallville marathon. That's going really well. Last weekend I dragged the girls to the temple to teach the primary kids about the baptismal font. Real thrill. The flowers were beautiful though. My mom and I have joined an aqua-size/lap swim class at the new pool. It is actually a lot of fun. Only a few people are in the class so it is very enjoyable. It feels like we have the pool to ourselves most of the time. 

"Also mainly" I'm thinking of going through the temple in October the weekend Jonas gets baptized so everyone won't have to make more than one trip. I have to make some calls but I will let everyone know all the details soon. 

Helping Hands from Labyrinth

Last night we were having some fun with Photo Booth and decided to do the Helping Hands from Labyrinth, and some other photos.

Tea party

This afternoon the Fauverettes came over after the Temple dedication for a little tea party. The food was delicious as always and the set up was quite charming. I started snapping some shots and needless to say I got some good "smotos".

This one is my personal favorite. I laughed so hard I was crying. It reminded me of Igor from Young Frankenstein.

And some more comparisons...

Tenny is one photogenic babe.