It sold!

My "Sudoko Christmas' wall hanging sold. I had it at the Arts East Gallery by EOU.

The Twelve Names of Christ

We had a most excellent talk yesterday from a recently returned very handsome missionary! (aka my son) He said 2 years ago he was in the MTC during Christmas and the apostles came and spoke to them. One of the talks was instead of doing the Twelve Days of Christmas they should compose their 12 Names of Christ and study them out in their scriptures. So he talked about four of his favorite names and I figured I would list some of the names for Christ since there are a bizillion names.

Wonderful, Counselor, the Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace, the Bread of life, the Light of the World, the Good Shepherd, the Exemplar, Rock of my Salvation, the Vine, the Creator, the Savior, the Beloved Son, the Firstborn, the Lamb, Holy One, Jehovah, Son, Redeemer, the Word, Deliverer, Mediator, Light, Messiah, Christ

So we had a talk with a challenge.

We Got Him!

Elder Kevan is Home!

His first flight home was cancelled. We went to Portland anyway and spent the day with Ben/Lindsy and the grandchildren. We had fun waiting. We went out to eat, we went to see the Christmas boats in Portland harbor, we climbed on the bird statues in Portland,

We picked Luke up late Saturday evening at the airport.

He looks good. His cheeks are not sunken in, he is healthy, happy and talks to us.

He will be released today at 11:30. He reports to the High council at 4:15pm today. He speaks in Sacrament meeting next Sunday. He is still a Gun Ho missionary.

We are excited to have him here.

He wants to find work and get enrolled at BYU Utah.

He is walking to church today. He is wearing his name tag, (he hasn't been released yet). He is carrying his Columbian scripture cover and a hymnal cover that his Bishop gave him. It is leather with a burnt drawing. He has a bright red, yellow knitted hat from Columbia and he is wearing his heavy coat from High school. (we will get him a new coat)

Aida 2010 costumes

I have been working on costumes for the high school musical this year and have finished them. I always think of just one more thing to do. I turned in my invoice to the school today to get reimbursed, so I must be finished. Here are a few photos of the costumes made. I had a lot of help this year which took off a lot of stress and I think the students liked their costumes. The play is tonight, tomorrow and Saturday. We have tickets for tonight. See anyone you know? I guess I will have to clean the house now... I do have a few quilt projects that are calling my name.

Actually this is what we really had...

Okay so our grand & glorious plans didn't quite pan out. Duncan did make three pie crusts and I did the fillings. Bruce made everything else. We skipped the carrots, olives and mushrooms and pecan pie. (we can eat those today) sigh

We played a killer game of Sorry (the competition brings us closer as a fam) ha!

We talked with all the children far away from home. (except Luke who will be home in in 15 days!)

We worked on a jigsaw puzzle and sat around with turkey tummies.

So what did you do?

Thanksgiving Menu

Food and cooking plays an important part in our home so here is our menu. We each get to choose a pie. Now we are going over the river and through the woods to the grocery store.

~ Thanksgiving Menu ~

Roasted Turkey

Cornbread and Sausage Stuffing

Braised Potatoes

Broccoli with Hollandaise Sauce

Croissants

Cranberry Juice & Sprite

~ Desserts ~

Bumble berry Pie

Cherry Pie

Pumpkin Pie

Free Tickies

We got three free tickets to Phantom of the Opera at EOU. Apparently they got the rights to do the show and talent form the Portland area.

Denise Wheeler called and said they needed a white negligee for a scene where Cristine puts the negligee over her costume and the phantom kidnaps her to his underground world.

They also used the black jacket with cape for they guy that plays Hannibal just before he is killed.

She took about 8 dresses but I didn't see them. They were for the Don Juan rehearsal scene.

We enjoyed the play. The costumes were great, the scenery was fun and the acting marvelous!

There was a standing ovation and a full house. Denise says the tickets are all sold out for the rest of the week.

Luke at the zoo

Here is Elder Kevan with his companion at the zoo on his day off in Columbia, South America.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LUKE! We love you!!!

Carrots!

What's up Doc?

Bruce planted these carrots this year, for variety and something fun to do.

He harvested a 5 gal bucket of the carrots.

The white one is our ghost carrot.

The red one is a blood carrot and it is orange on the inside.

Tamastslikt Indian Tour

We did the tour at the Indian Museum by Pendleton with the YM/YW group. Can you tell which one is me and which one is Connie Long? We are in disguise, we took our glasses off...

Andrew got his Star Rank at scouts this week.

He is working hard to get his Eagle.

Great jorb Andrew!

He got four Merit badges; Citizenship in the World, Rowing, Swimming and Physical Fitness.

Giveaway

I have five yards of orange velour fabric. I made three pumpkins out of it. The first 4 people to log in will get a yard. www.marthastewart.com

Cut out a fabric rectangle, 5-by-10-inch, 8-by-16-inch, and 11-by-22-inch pieces for our three pumpkin sizes.

Fold rectangle, right side up, so short sides meet; stitch along that edge with 1/4-inch seam allowance. Baste the bottom seam and pull threads to gather.
pull thread to cinch fabric, and stitch to secure.

I think I will add a green button for the stem. I love buttons.

Andrew's Scrimmage

The girls' soccer U- 14 team challenged Andrew's soccer team to wear skirts when they played them on Friday and said they would give them ice cream. The boys sure had fun. Matt and Thea are in the background.

What some people will do for ice Cream...

Kung Fu Panda

I spent the last week with my mom, Crys and sister, Bonita in SLC.

Mom and I got our hair cut. We went to the Decades clothing store, the Bountiful temple, a couple of DI's for costumes and we watched Mulberry.

I went to classes with Crys & Alan and we got our picture taken in front of Kung Fu Panda at BYU. We went to the Sociology Club open house with a nice museum, we watched Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, we went to Cafe Rio for salads with Alan. I watched a Chinese movie called "Secret" and read the sub titles. I took Crys to Decades clothing store and each got scarves.

Bo, mom and I went to the General RS meeting. We had salad, quiche and an apple crisp for zert.

It was a fun bonding week.

Babysitting Grandsons

I spent the last week watching the boys while B & L spent the week in DC.

Monday we picked blackberries and went to the park to ride bikes and play in the sandbox.

Tuesday we went to Macdonald's for ice cream and to play on their big indoor toy.

Wednesday we went to the bouncy house. They have five of those inflatable toys and you pay $7 for the first child and $5 for each sibling. They get an hour and a half of jumping & climbing. Then went to get a Jamba Juice (fresh fruit smoothie with ice) I got a peach mango and the boys got a chocolate moo then off to go to Michaels.

Thursday we went to another park like our Riverside park & the boys ran & ran. I read a book in the shade.

Friday, Andrew & Bruce joined us and we went to the coast and played in a huge sandbox. This is a whale bone sculpture the boys were playing on. We went to the Marine science center and saw Dorie and Nemo. We had a picnic, went to the light house and the last thing we did was walk out across the dunes to the reef and watched the boats come in.

Saturday we went to the farmer's market and got donuts, Bruce got melons & blueberries for Matt. I got to go to Jo Ann's and the the Goodwill. Bruce took the boys blackberry picking. We met B & L at the Target parking lot & gave up the boys. It seems to be a lot quieter around here...

Braces

Andrew got braces on the top set of teeth today. They are green. He says when he gets in high school he wants to get them in blue. In October he wants orange. We got a mouth guard for him for sports. They want him to brush his teeth three times a day and they gave him a small brush for school.

Moving Bricks

From Luke's letter:

"the Last two pictures are from a service project we did today. We moved 1500 bricks up a hill where trucks or tractors go. It was for an investigator who is building her house."

Alumni Game

Duncan played goalie for the Alumni game on Friday. The odds (graduated in an odd school year) played the evens. The evens won 6 to 5. It was fun to watch.

The Textile Artist

Here are the art projects at the exhibit at EOU, Nightengale Gallery. It is open M-F, 11 am to 4 pm. Bruce's Garden and the Recycle Pilla. The exhibit goes until Sept. 11th.

There were 40 artists, 90 projects and they chose 44, they chose two of mine.

There was only one nude and it is small, just go by it quickly and you will be alright.

Prices range from $27 (my pilla) to $1000. Am I out of my league or what?

Bruce's Garden is not for sale.

They also have a nice booklet with a photo of the work and an artist's statement.

I will have to revamp my statement and make it sound professional. The booklet sells for $3.00. I got one free for being an exhibitor.

Blue Ribbon Quilt

Here is the quilt that won the blue ribbon, it is in the middle of the quilt. It was a challenge quilt. We had to use one color that we drew from a box with black and white fabric. The crayon color I picked was green. It was fun.

Catherine Creek

On Saturday we took the grandkids fishing. Matt learned how to cast. Bruce caught 11 fish but had to put them back in because they were too small. Wyatt was more interested in throwing rocks in the water which doesn't work well when Grandpa is trying to fish. Thea just liked to sit in the creek and enjoy the rocks.

We had a nice picnic and played water soccer. What is water soccer you ask? It is small boys throwing the soccer ball in the river and Andrew running to catch it before it is swept away. Ben said it was hilarious and then he ran down stream and rescued the orange tiger soccer ball.

Salmon river

Bruce went with the YW on a 1 day raft trip by Riggins Idaho.

they had lunch at McDonald's. the girls set up there tent. Bruce had a tent with Brett Jackman. This is a before and after picture of setting up the tent. They camped on a sand dune and then the rafting company ferried them to the take off point and they returned to the campsite at night, they went about 20 miles on the river. Bruce and Brett got to go on the IK ( inflatable kayaks) Bruce said at one point his kayak was vertical in the rapids. He had fun. That is what he remembered.

The girls talked about Star twirling. At night you look at one star and twirl around. Then someone shines a light in your eyes and you fall down and everyone laughs with you because you do it to them. Bruce fell down and with his feet still in the air he said, "I can still see my star".

Slip N Slide

We set the slip N slide up for the boys to play on. they loved to run and slide and fall and have fun. We are living the dream.