Halloween at our house

Halloween is a big thing at our house, not because we are in love with it but because we get so many trick or treaters. One year we got over 600. Tonight was typical of most, about 400. That's a lot of Candy. The little ones are so cute we love it. Even the dog likes it. It's hard to tell from this picture but you've seen the shows on TV that have mobs walking the street. That's our street.

I grow my own pumpkins and they always turn out unusually shaped. It makes them more original to carve. This year we decided to try something new. Cookie cutter to make most of the cut outs. It was super easy, fast and they turned out very unique. We will do it again next year.

Hope your Halloween was as nice as ours.

What to do with all the spare time?

So what does one do with all their spare time now that they have Tuesday nights free. After 7 1/2 years of wearing a white shirt and tie (he only wore one this week)and being in Rexburg it's time to find out what goes on our house. This week was rather nice. We had a cooler full of apples to take care of. What else could he do, the bishop helped out. He peeled enough apples to make 10 quarts of apple pie filling and a dehydrator full of slices. He even cleaned up. He's an alright kind of guy, and I think I will hang on to him.

The next night he tackled sewing, yes sewing. Each year he does the set for the Bar J Wranglers. It takes some real thought, and work. We have used scrims in to past and he wanted to extend them out. I ironed and he sewed and did a great job. A real Suzy Homemaker. Who knows what else he will take up. Maybe now instead of just looking up recipes on the Internet he will actually start cooking them. He tried making rice krispie treats the other day. Don't ask, they didn't turn out.

Hopefully you will all have a great Halloween. We will be open for Trick or Treaters until we run out of candy.

Too much time on our hands

We (the bishop and I) went to the home ward to church, and it was awful, well maybe not that bad. It's just we felt so out of place and our hearts and minds were somewhere north of here. Sunday morning was strange, we weren't quite sure what to do with all the extra time. The home ward meets at 1 and the bishop was use to leaving about 9 to be there for his first meeting. What does one do with all that time. We read the newspaper, he finished a book he'd started, (the first one he's made it all the way through since being called up there), I indexed, We started dinner, just ordinary stuff that we haven't done together for the last 7 years.
The bishop has commented several times through the last 3 years that he didn't know what he thought about before because the ward was always on his mind, whether it was a calling to be filled or someone to be helped or just the general welfare of everyone. I guess we will find out. He hasn't stopped thinking about you. We'll just keep thinking of you for the next eternity or two.

And the new bishop is.......

It was inevitable, we've known for over 3 years that this day would come. Did we want it too, NO! We (the Bishop and I) have felt like the luckiest people in the church because of the opportunity we have had in serving at BYU-I and especially in the 67th ward. I know that we are better people because of this. It has truly strengthened our testimonies in the love of our Heavenly Father for us. So many of you have touched us in one way or another and always for the better. We have loved every minute of this service. Thank you for your love and support and help in making the ward function and succeed like it did. Every person was valuable. You will all be greatly missed.

The last thing we did was have a bishopric social. I wish we could have had the whole ward but our house is only so large. We fed them and talked and reminisced and laughed for old times sake.

(Note: I am in the picture, not willingly that is for sure)

After dinner some of the guys took on the dishes. Thanks it was a great help, (I don't let many load the dish washer, one of my hang-ups). They should be on the activities committee they did such a good job.

After all this they began the practice for the song that we requested. "Brightly Beams our Father's Mercy". It was a well known fact that we had the most musically talented Counselors and Clerks in the stake. They sounded wonderful and I can't thank them enough.

The wives as they enjoyed the practice.

Oh and last but not least the new bishop is Jay Kohler, with counselors Golden Tawzer and Tyler Peterson.

A frequent familiar memory

This is/was a familiar site, so often seen around the complex, especially at the end of a semester, whether moving in or out. The moving van. Of course a move needs a little help and it wasn't unusual to see several men step up to the task. It didn't matter if it was the first or third floor they showed up.

It also wasn't unusual to see them rewarded with goodies or even pizza.

A pizza sandwich.

Moving will always be a big part of the school scene.

Memories, Memories, Memories

I realized that I had forgotten to post memories the last two weeks, OOPS!
This coming week is going to be a long one and yet too fast. So many thoughts and memories will be going through our minds, I doubt sleep will be big on the list. We have loved every minute of serving at BYU-I and especially in the 67th Ward. We have made some of our dearest friends and feel we are better because we have known so many of you. Thank-you for your love and friendship.

Today I am doing a brief review of the past bishoprics, Zach, Bishop, Spence

Aug, 2006-July 2007

HMMM, can't find the Spence, Bishop, Tom picture so you have to settle for this one.
Christi, Tom, Asher, Michelle, Amber, Spence, Bishop

July 2007-Dec 2007

Tom, Bishop, Jared
December 2007-July 2008

Jared, Bishop, Marc

July 2008-Dec 2009

Jake, Bishop, Marc,

Dec 2008 - TBA