Braces

After getting 4 teeth pulled about 2 weeks ago, Josh got braces on Monday. Brianna was intrigued with the whole process. We are glad that Josh's teeth will look a lot better.

Halloween!

This year, our trick-or-treating crew seemed small. We only had 3 children who participated this year. Our ward had a chili & soup dinner and then trunk-or-treat. Besides the wind, everything turned out great! Here are pictures of our football player and cheerleaders.

Ukulele

Tyler has to do a big project for his Book of Mormon class that will strengthen his testimony. Tyler has decided to learn to play the ukulele and sing the song, "How Can I Be?" He bought a ukulele and is learning how to play. I have enjoyed watching him be willing and excited to learn new things. If you want to hear the song I am talking about, you can go to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjDkQI2OO-w

Scrapbooking

My Mom, sisters (Ashley & Stephanie), Merica & I went to a digital scrapbook retreat in Orem, UT on October 14th & 15th. The retreat was held at La Quinta Inn in a conference room. We liked staying at the same hotel and just walking downstairs for the retreat. We all enjoyed being away from everyday responsibilities for a few days, enjoying great company and scrapbooking. We learned a lot of new things Photoshop Elements will do to make our pages look even better! On Friday night, we went to visit Tyler at his apartment at BYU. We took him to the Creamery on the 9th to enjoy some yummy ice cream. On Sunday morning, Stephanie had to fly back to TX early, but the rest of us were able to attend Noah's (Scott & Heather's) blessing. I drove back to Idaho after the blessing. Wonderful weekend which I hope we will be able to make a yearly event!

Laptops in hand, all ready to go (Ashley came a little later due to teaching)

Ashley & Melanie

Melanie & Merica
Marilyn & Stephanie
The next 2 are 2 of the layouts I finished, using steps I have not done before

Good food & yummy snacks

One of the ladies attending the retreat made these adorable cupcakes

Visiting Tyler---he seems to have grown taller!

Noah's blessing day

More schooling

Lon is getting his doctorate from Evidence in Motion Executive Program. It is through the Physical Therapy Association and is an online degree. It is supposed to take 1 year, with 3 to 4 weeks, 1 week at a time, on location in different cities. He went to Louisville, KY on September 21-25th to attend. They say to plan on at least 6 hours of class work per week. Lon is excited to learn more about the business/financial part of his business.

New lawn mower

Appears that it is time to mow our yard! :-)

Bug Eyes

Vacation?

Tonight, Justin was called on to say the dinner prayer. During the prayer, he said, "Please bless Tyler on his vacation". We are hoping that Tyler enjoys his "vacation". :-) Yes, we miss our Tyler!

BYU

We took Tyler to BYU on August 4th & 5th, hoping he would find a good job while attending college. All day Thursday, he filled out applications. At first, we went to the employment center, but after talking to Kevin & Ryan, we started going to the places Tyler was interested in working and he had a few interviews.. One of the jobs told Tyler he had to take the safety/driving class, which was scheduled for Friday afternoon. As soon as he was done with the course, he took the safety certificate to two different jobs that he was interested in. After about 15 minutes, Guest Services (driving special guests around BYU, setting up and taking down tables & chairs, taking tickets at some events, Lost & Found) called him and offered him a job, which he accepted. About 10 minutes after that, BYU vehicle rental (washing, vacuuming & waxing cars) called to offer him a job, also. We decided that he needed to pray about the decision and let them know later. On the following Monday, he called Guest Services and let them know he had accepted a different job. He received calls from all of the places he had submitted applications wanting to set up an interview with him. We have decided that a good time to get a job at BYU is before all of the students start to arrive. We took him back to Provo on August 13th, where he started working at vehicle rentals on the 15th and is enjoying his job. He is living with Grandma Stokes for the week and will move into his apartment on Sunday. Education week is this week on BYU campus. At the beginning of the week, Tyler said that he has never seen so many confused adults all in one place. :-) We miss Tyler. At the same time, we are so excited for him.

Tiffany

I have enjoyed editing pictures. Here are a few of my favorite that I have done.

Amber & Tiffany

Girl's Camp 2011

Tiffany

Tiffany & Makayla

Tiffany & Brianna

Elk

A family in our ward bought 5 elk to add to their many different animals & birds (pheasants, pigeons, ducks, swans, peacocks, emu, chickens) that they own. Our children had fun feeding the elk, which was a bit strange, considering they are wild animals. They had to get special permits and get their cage inspected before they were allowed to buy them.

Braces

Tiffany had 6 spacers put in on June 21st. On June 27th, she had her braces put on. She had brackets put on 4 top teeth and all of the bottom teeth. She picked red & blue bands, for the 4th of July. So far, her teeth are not too sore. Her braces will be on for about 2 years.

Rodeo

As a family (minus Tyler, who was at work), we went to the Western Heritage Days & Ranch Rodeo in Gooding. This is a rodeo where men who work on a ranch participate, not the professionals. The Range Race was my favorite. This is a race where the men stand behind a line, minus their boots and sitting on their saddle. After the start, they put their boots on, pick up their saddle and run to the end of the arena, where they saddle their horse and ride the horse to the other end of the arena. The race was pretty exciting because 3 cowboys were bucked from their horses. No one was hurt.

Trailer loading

Notice the cowboy falling off horse

10 cute mini donkeys were the half time show

Team branding

Here is a video (just click on the link) of one of the cowboys in the Ranch Bronc Riding. Exciting!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrKygtiGXYY

Duct tape boat

For his final project in Physics, Tyler had to build a boat made from cardboard, plastic wrap & duct tape. After the boat was complete, the people in the class were able to race their boats at a local swimming pool. Tyler & Carlos worked many hours building, wrapping & taping their boat. There were 10 boats that raced. Tyler & Carlos were in the 1st heat to race and finished before the other 3 boats had made it half way across the pool. After everyone had raced their boats, the winners of the other boat races raced. Tyler and Carlos came in 1st overall. My favorite part was when the canoe that Texas & Kade built---sank. So funny!

Tyler & Carlos designing boat

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6 rolls of duct tape

Tyler & Carlos with boat

Most of the duct tape boats

Tyler & Carlos waiting for others to finish race---they were fast!

Going ddddooooowwwwnnnn

Having fun in another boat after races

Here is a video of Tyler's 1st race:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNVSCn6eE28