Flag Football Boys

Taran, Timo and Izak all played flag football this fall. Here they are in their t-shirts. I was unable to go to their games because of my back so no team photo--I don't know why the league didn't do it. Tim doesn't like me burdening him with that kind of responsibility so just an individual photo this year, muddling through! Cute boys and they had a blast!

Amber's birthday

Last Monday was my sister-in-law Amber's birthday. It was a yummy Chinese dinner and fun times! Charl and Katie and kids came and Teresa was there as well. Uncle Brian and Aunt Leslie were there too so it was fun to catch up with them! It's such a blessing to have family around!

Fun Website

My cousin Hiedi is a graphic designer and shared this fun website. I printed out our whole family--everyone's colorstrology. I would have to say it's amazingly accurate in the personality part--I don't think Timo and Zane would think their reds are what would make them feel their best though! Tim didn't like his but I think the personality part was true. Anyway here it is: http://www.colorstrology.com/. Sorry it won't link--I am so technology challenged! Have fun anyway!

T'dye 4

Hey, just a plug for my cousin Jennifer's tie die party business. She is a stay-at-home mom who, like her whole family, is very creative! As you can see she sent me the cutest onesie for Gwen when she was a baby (not the best photo of her). This is a great party idea--I hope we can swing it for Emily's 12th birthday next year! Her website is t'dye4.com. She lives in Orem now, not St. George.

Election Recovery

I think I have recovered from yesterday. I am not depressed. Disappointed yes. It's not that I was a die hard John McCain supporter--I didn't even have a sign. But I just think our nation is heading in a dangerous direction and I am not sure Obama is the one that will correct our course, I'm not sure McCain was either. But raising taxes has only proven to stifle our economy, decreasing our military has only proven us to be more vulnerable and less prepared, and with his party owning the majority we are set up to be the Jimmy Carter II era.

I know with all my heart I know that God loves us and that we need to pray for our leaders, and our citizens. As citizens we need to be responsible for our actions and our lives. We can not demand that others (the government)take care of our problems and expect that to help us. We need to work hard together to find creative solutions that are lasting and effective not a bailout that is certain to back fire. I know we have painful times ahead, but I know we can trust God to help us. He will help us if we are humble and obedient. I love the line in the children's Primary song, "in this there is safety and peace." Okay, I feel a lot better, thanks for letting me blog about my thoughts!

Movie Reviews

Tim got me a few movies to watch while I am recuperating. Becoming Jane, this was a pretty good movie overall. I give it a 4 out of 5. If you are a Jane Austen fan then you would like it--it's about her. I guess it's based on a rumored romance, the guy names his first daughter Jane so it must be true, right? It's hard to know a lot about Jane's personal life since her sister burned her letters after her death. The Forbidden Kingdom, a kung fu movie with Jackie Chan and Jet Li. It's based on an Asian fairy tale about the immortals and the monkey king--famous in China. An American kid gets sent there to help the monkey king. It's an entertaining show, our kids loved it. It's not intense, mostly comical but it does stimulate the male martial arts gene afterward. Warning there is some use of the sh word in the beginning but once that passes I think it is fine--watch it first if you want to be sure--we did then Tim muted it (it's the bully at the beginning). I give it 3 stars. The last movie he got was the new Indiana Jones. It was definitely not as good as 1 or 3 but it was still entertaining and as far as I can remember it was clean. Tim saw it with his work last summer so none of the rest of us had seen it. I also give it 3 stars. Last night I watched Amazing Grace. We own it, it is a must own movie!!! I give it 5 plus stars! The story is fabulous and the acting equal to it. It is a period piece about William Wilberforce the British abolitionist--anti-slavery. The name is given for the hymn written by his pastor John Newton a repented/converted slave trader. I know I have written about this before in emails but I thought I'd post it so more people can support this awesome movie! I've watched it before but I wanted to watched it again, it is a great true story! Rent it or buy it!!!!!

Halloween Photos

So I missed Spooky Tales while I was in the hospital but our friends did it anyway and Tim took the kids. They had a lot of fun so I am grateful for good friends! We've had a lot of help this week so I can lay low, not bend twist or lift but I need to move around. So far so good, I am just sick of the painkillers--I am foggy enough with out them! Tim took the kids to work for trick-or-treating and then we met at my mom's and saw my brother Charl's kids--I will show those pics later. Tim took these pics before school and preschool so in the event they did not totally survive the day we had some documentation! Gwen started out as a fairy (with her magical cat) and ended up a lamb, she's 2 enough said! We headed over to Tim's parents' for dinner and met up with his sisters and their families. It was chaotic Halloween fun! I will add the group photo later since I don't know where my camera is to download the photos. BTW The teenagers did their own thing since they can't trick-or-treat at Tim's work anymore, it sounds like they had fun.