Elder & Sister Lewis

My parents came for a visit in Cedar City a few days before they had to report for their mission. We had a wonderful time full of walks, food, and grandkids. Last Saturday we hiked up to Red Cliffs...and guess what we saw? A real-live turantula in the wild! Kyson was absolutely estatic, his dream come true, haha. It was huge AND hairy...unfortunately my mom is the only one that got pix. My parents entered the MTC (missionary training center) on Monday, November 10th. After an intense week of training I was able to meet up with them Friday evening for dinner. They were so excited and ready to head to West Virginia. They are now in Spencer, West Virginia getting settled. I'm so excited for them, I know they will make wonderful missionaries.

Impressive...not too much stuff for 18 months away.

The classic missionary photo...aren't they a good-looking couple?!

Eliza said yes!

And she was such a gorgeous bride! Eliza is one of the most loving people I know. Jason sure knows how to choose 'em! It was a wonderful weekend. Our mission president was her sealer which made it even more special. And of course classic Eliza, they had ice cream and tons of candy at her reception. It was so fun to enjoy this happy day with her and get to see old friends from the mission.

The happy couple - Jason & Eliza

It was a "moter" weekend. Moter or motra is how they say "sister" in Albanian. I met Eliza and Elaine when we served together in Albania.

Congrats Mr. & Mrs. Ruys!

I Voted

I voted, and I hope you did too. It's not only our privilege, but our obligation.


Quote of the day by Rev. William J. H. Boetcker:

• "You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich.
• You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.
• You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift.
• You cannot lift the wage earner up by pulling the wage payer down.
• You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred.
• You cannot build character and courage by taking away Men's initiative and independence.
• You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should, do for themselves.
• You cannot establish sound security on borrowed money,
• You cannot keep out of trouble by spending more than your income."
  

God Bless the U.S.A.

Happy Halloween!

My nephew, the lil dragon, SO scary!

My niece, the lil lamb, SO adorable!

All the dressing-up I did this year was wear these earrings to work.

Of course Kaden had to try them on first...

I hope everyone gets lots of chocolate and has a Happy Halloween!

Rope 'em N Ride 'em!

Or just brand them actually...well except for Cody and George, they actually got a little riding in.

So yes, we got to help out on the Melling Farm this weekend and get our hands dirty (literally with poo, eww!) by helping brand the cows. I guess most years they have 80+ cows, but this year we only had 20 so it went pretty quickly. I just went to watch, but I couldn't resist helping out. I think it'd be fun to live on a ranch someday, yeehaw!

Proof that we really got our hands dirty. Yes that is manure, gross!

Here they are nice and peaceful, just eating before the round-up began.

Brittany, Cody, Wayne, and Joe herding the moo moo's.

In the chute on the way to the hot iron, eek!

Our job was to put the boards in behind the cows once they got in the chute.

Cody doing a little cow surfing :)

This cow was a little too small so he kept moving around, fortunately George was happy to help out with his headlock.

Grandpa doing the actual branding...it stunk SO bad!

Part of the "rounding up" included getting the horses tied up and out of the way. George thought it was necessary to ride them bareback, crazy kid.