Dec 17 - Night With Wendy

Last night I took Wendy on our annual dinner and an movie date.  It is something that we have done every year one week before Christmas.  Tonight we went to Jonny Carino's and the new Sherlock Holmes movie.  We had a great night.

Dec 16 - Shopping is Never Done

Here is Micah in our local Walmart!  When is the shopping going to end?

We must remember the true meaning of Christmas!  It is not to get and give presents.  It is to celebrate the birth of our Savior.

Dec 14 - Picture from iPhone Home Screen

Love this picture from my iPhone.  It is the first thing I see when my iPhone turns on.  It is of lower falls from Yellowstone.  It was taken this summer.  When I look at my home screen it brings back great memories.

Pictures are wonderful things to have.  I know I enjoy looking at our family blogs.  Technology is a great thing!

Dec 15 - Box from Denver!

Kids always look forward to getting their Christmas gifts from Denver.  It is like a mini-Christmas, except they don't get to open up their gifts.  We got the boxes over several days (love the way the mail works in Idaho Falls).  My parents mail four boxes and we get them over three days!

Anyway, the mail system is really amazing.  You put a stamp on a box and it gets to your destination within a few days.  They would have to pay me more then $0.45 to drive across the country to deliver a letter.

Dec 13 - Game Night with the Scouts

Tonight we had a game night with the scouts.  Played a game called Quelf.  It was a fun game.

Becky - maybe you should look into this one.  It was a fun party game.

Dec 12 - Comfort Food

Nothing like coming home from a hard day's work and having some great comfort food.  Tonight we had grilled cheese sandwiches and tomato soup for dinner.  One of my favorite meals of all time!  You add a little crackers to the soup and you have a meal fit for a king!

Dec 11 - Tebow does it again. UNBELIEVABLE!

Ok - this is just nuts.  The Broncos came back from 10 points down with less than three minutes on the clock.  They won in overtime.  Three overtime wins for Tebow.  This is not good for the blood pressure.

This is the craziest thing I have seen in football in a long time.  How long can this keep happening?

Picture is from Rick Wilking/Reuters

Dec 10 - We Now Have a Chick-fil-a in Idaho Falls

Jody - you can come up and visit us now.  We have a Chick-fil-a.

Wendy and I ate lunch here today as we where out shopping.  We did not have the kids with us and they will not be happy that we ate here.  It just opened up two days ago and it is a very popular place.

Here is a picture of my bag!  Cool huh?

Dec 9 - PJ for Mariah?

Wendy is thinking about buying these PJs for Mariah.  I really like the feet.

Dec 8 - First College Acceptance

Mariah got her first college acceptance from Weber State today.  Hope the good news keeps coming in!  We should hear from BYU and BYU-ID within the next month.

Dec 7 - Never Forget

Dec 7 is a day that we should never forget.  The events that happened in 1941 changed history.  Many lives were given to support our freedoms and the freedoms of other nations.

Dec 7, 1998 is also the day that I was told I was no longer needed at Boise Cascade.  I was also hit out of the blue with this news and it changed my life.

I am not comparing the two events, it is just "funny" that they happened on the same day.

Can't wait to see Pearl Harbor next summer!  It is one thing that I remember from both my trips to Hawaii.  Very powerful experience for me.

Dec 6 - Smoke Alarm Problems

We have been having issues with our smoke alarm.  It has been going off and beeping for the past few days.  We changed all the batteries and that worked for a few days.  Then they started to go off again.  They don't go off at 8:00 in the morning, they go off at 2:00 AM.

So we determined that we needed to replace the old ones (they are 10+ years old and when we called they said they only last about 10 years).  It is also very cold, which could be causing them to go off.

Anyway, we hope to have the issue solved in the next few days!

Dec 5 - Wendy Primary Skating Party

Wendy and her companion primary teacher had a party for their primary class.  They went to the roller skating rink (it helps when her companion owns the place).  We had dinner, treats, and a good time skating.

Dec 4 - Tebow Time Again

Another Bronco come from behind win. This Tebow guy is crazy. How long can we keep this up? This time he did it looking like a NFL QB.

Dec 3 - Bogey and Gum

I don't know what is with our dog but he loves gum. Every time Wendy leaves gum in her church bag and Bogey gets time alone he will go eat her gum. What is funny is that he gently takes out items that are in the way. He does not damage anything but the gum package.

Crazy dog.

Dec 2 - A Night in Bethlehem

We had our ward party tonight. It was a night in Bethlehem. We had to pay taxes (canned food item), record our name (signed cards for missionaries in our ward), eat dinner, and watched the Savior be born. It was a great night. The only problem was the ward laughed when the three wise men walked out. I know it wasn't cause I was one of them.

I was cutting all the cheese in the kitchen (see below for proof).

Dec 1 - Christmas Tree

We got our tree up. It looks good.

Nov 30 - Kids Christmas Gift

My kids don't read my blog anymore so I thought I would post their Christmas gift.  Please don't tell them.

 
If they are reading this blog, than they know that this is a joke!

Nov 29 - Knight Times

Mariah's new paper formate came out today. It looks great. They went to a new layout so it is now like a book and not a full size paper. She had a couple of good articles in it also.

Nov 28 - Sunset

Must say that tonight's sunset was fabulous. I miss the ones in Denver but tonight's was great. The picture does not do it justice.