Dec 5th... What a special day!

This weekend our family went to Las Vegas (Logandale, NV) to celebrate my Grandma's 90th Birthday. It was a wonderful celebration and great to see so many of our family members. The pictures are of the quilt that Kori made. It has family pictures on them and is so beautiful. Everyone was amazed by how beautiful it was. Then after the party we went over to my Grandmothers house and my mom and Mike Kentera got married. Mike was my mom's boyfriend in high school and they ran into each other at their 50th high school reunion. Several years later, they were getting married. They are both very happy and we are happy for them.

Halloween 2009

Tim and I usualy don't dress up for Halloween. This year however, I was in training and they suggested we dressup, so I did. I wore Alex's chef's hat and white chef's top from Dance Co. Tim bought a pair of blue scrub pants and a blue tee shirt and wore a stethiscope around his neck. Funny thing is that Tim figured he was dressing up as a nurse, since that is what the nurses wear. But when he got to work, everyone said he looked like a Dr. Then the nurses started calling him Dr McDreamy... from the show Grey's Anatomy. Of course I had to agree with him.. He is McDreamy!

Tim's Medallion Moment

You gotta see this!!! Not Tim's proudest moment.. but it sure was funny!!!

While we were on our cruise, they played a battle of the sexes game. Guys against girls. I went up for part of the game and Tim decided to go up for another round. This wasn't what I did. This was a game where he took a "medallion" and stuck it between his butt cheeks and then try and walk, or hop to the cup on the stage and drop it in....

What a week!!

Last Friday Tim and I flew to Miami, FL. In Miami, Tim realized he had left his shorts at home. We tried to think of every way we could get him some shorts before we left Miami, but we couldn't figure a way, There was no stores close by and short of calling a cab or renting a car, we figured we would have to wait till we got on the ship and hope they had some shorts.

The following day we boarded a cruise ship to the Caribbean. We had never been to the Caribbean before so we were super excited. Linda and Ken Hales and Linda and Kurt Brooks and Cindy and Keith Hales also went with us. Our first day was at sea. The water was so calm and blue it was amazing. The 2nd day we went to Cozumel. We took a ferry to Playa del Carmen and then took a van to Coba. While we were waiting for the Ferry, we met a couple from South Jordan. Their names are Lona and Gordon Graham. They were super nice and ended up joining us for our tour. While we were in Playa Del Carmen waiting for the van, Linda and Ken were in the shop arranging the van and they saw a Book of Mormon on the counter. Come to find out, the girl helping us was a member of the church and her brother was serving a mission in Mexico and she was getting herself ready to go to the temple. It was amazing to run into a member. She said she would love to come to Utah. Linda told her that is she came to Utah, she could stay with them and we would all take care of her while she was here. It took about an hour to drive to Coba and the driver drove very fast. There are about 7,000 ruins from the Mayan people there. Tim, Ken, Cindy, Keith, Lona and Gordon all climbed thetallest pyramid. Interesting thing is that the next day they were closing the pyramid so no one would be able to climb it. We were definately blessed to ge there on that day. After our tour, we were going back to where the Ferry was and a man on the side of the road saw Linda H's bag that said UTAH. He called her and Lind B over and asked them to send him a book. Linda B asked what kind of book, and he said, The other testimony of Jesus Christ. They realized that he was asking for a copy of the Book of Mormon. It was amazing that we could be missionaries any where we go!

Our next day was at sea and then the next day we went to Grand Cayman. It was beautiful and the people were very nice. We went to the Turtle farm and then to a town called "Hell" and then to swim with the stingrays. I thought I would be very scared, but they are really gentle creatures and so beautful!

The next day we went to Jamaica. It was very different there. Grand Cayman was totally flat and Jamaica was very mountainous. We went on a kind of historical tour in Jamaica and while we were looking at some of the unusual plant life we found some Marajuana.... yepper it looked like the real thing. LOL It was interesting, but very different. The roads are very rough and it wasn't the cleanest. I think I would like to go to Kingston or Montego Bay next time I go there.

Our last day seemed to fly by. We spent a lot of time playing cards. It was fun! What a wonderful 26th anniversary.

One more wall down... 20 more to go...

Thank Heaven's for Missionary Mom's

Great Display Tables!

Not sure why this is sideways?

Claudia Bellamy, you sweetheart!

Debbie showing us our Capes!

More Basement Pictures...

So this weekend was busy. We painted part of the upstairs, did the texture glaze on it and we installed a hall light in the basement, and we put up curtains in the basement. We also fixed a couple of sprinklers outside. It was a good day!

Finished Basement....

Before.............















AFTER!!!

Our Mission Wall....

This is what you see as soon as you come into our house. It is on the closet door. The close up is where Alex is serving right now. We have little stars with numbers for where he served in his first 2 areas. He is close to the shore now and we put his picture out in the water, but then everyone thought he was serving on an island or something. So we moved it more inland. :oP

Next Step in our Home Renovation!

We painted the wall, but might lighten it with texturing. You can also see a little of the wood that will be on the floor when we install that. Carpet is coming in on Friday!!! well downstairs at least. We still need to touch up the baseboard. We didn't have the edger thing to keep from getting on the base board.

Aunt Rae Knight's Funeral

Ed and JoAnn

Finally got the date added to Grandpa's headstone and got his full name added!

Thanks to Facebook Friends...

Here is a wonderful picture and the most recent one we have of our dear Elder Nelson. It is from Brother Munoz's facebook. It was his son Alan's 15th Birthday and the Elders had been invited. Bro Munoz had added me to his facebook and so I was able to see this great picture!!! Doesn't Elder Nelson look happy! I knowhe loves this family and they have been so good to him. I am so thankful to those wonderful people who have helped my son while he has been in FL.