Happy Halloween!

And so it begins

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Today is the first game of the tournament Ty has been practicing for for the last 10 years. GOOD LUCK, PLAY HARD, WE LOVE YOU!

Six

50th HS Reunion

I had a great time at my reunion. Dad was a good sport through it all. They didn't do all the "most children", "grandchildren", etc. like they did at the 40th. The only prize was for the person who came the farthest to the reunion. The people at my table encouraged me to stand up and report even though we really came from SL. I won! Elizabeth Dahl Evans is with me. She and Brian are headed to Florida on a 6 month mission at the beginning of November.

There were about 500 graduates in my class. We had over 100 people at the reunion, of course, that counted spouses. Many came without a spouse, well over half. There were 2 couples at our table and 4 without their spouse. I was abke to visit with many people that either didn't come to the 40th or I didn't get to visit with them at that time. We had more visiting time for this reunion and we used it to the max.

Dad and I went to Olive Garden with Jan and Wes, and Alan and Connie while we were visiting Mom in Laguna Woods. She is all packed and ready to come on November 5th.

Double Digits

Happy Birthday Elise!

Great Minds

Just to show that great kids think alike, check out these two entries posted just minutes apart:

Claire Cooks (Laurene)
My New Favorite Cooking Show (Keryn)

Children of Eden

Tickets go on sale tomorrow for BYU's production of the totally fun Broadway musical, Children of Eden. (Same guy that did the music for Wicked, Stephen Schwartz.) While not even close to doctrinally correct, it is a thoughtful look at the relationships between parents and children, tracing the story of the creation, the fall of Adam, and Noah's flood.

I've probably purchased fewer than five CDs in my life. This was one of them.

Keryn and I are going to try to purchase tickets for a Saturday matinee on Nov. 21. Anyone else interested in coming? Even if you don't drop in for the same show we're going to see, I think you'd totally love the show. I sure did when I saw the last BYU production of it while I was still a student. (The community theater production I saw later left something to be desired.) If the choreography of the animals getting onto the ark is anything like the last time, it will be awesome, and amazing what they can do with a limited cast.

Autumn Mountains

Mission Report

We will be speaking in the River Ridge 6th ward (Kim's ward) this Sunday at 1:00 pm. We report to the high council at 3:15 the same day. We are in the new River Ridge 9th ward that meets at 9:00 am so we will also attend our own block. It will seem like a marathon. We have been attending a two hour block for a year. However, we would go an hour early to set up and the feed the missionaries after the block so it will probably even out!

Thoughts and Feelings

Life still doesn’t seem real. I can’t believe we are home. Suddenly Tobago seems so far away, yet my thoughts are still there wondering if there was bread for the sacrament, who taught the classes, did Alison and Maria make it to sacrament meeting, did Perez get the job, etc.

It was so hard to leave. I didn’t feel like we were finished yet. But then, when are you ever finished?

It was awesome to have so many of you at the airport and at our house at 11 pm when we arrived Wednesday night. It meant a lot to us. We have missed all of you considerably.

A special thanks for your prayers on our behalf. The Lord truly watched over us and angels went before us on so many occasions. I will miss the extra guidance and protection that come with the call to be a missionary. I grew so much in unexpected ways and realize I still have so far to go. We still need your prayers.

We appreciated the blogs and emails from you. We have a greater appreciation for the heritage and blessing that come by our citizenship in the US. The gospel is so strong and vibrant here. The blessing of the temple are easily available here. It was wonderful to be able to feel of your spirits and thoughts through those emails and blogs.

Pictures or Words

We loved Keryns blog about Grandma and Grandpa coming home! We would love some pictures or some other thoughts about it:) We wish we were there with all of you to share this happy time. Unfortunately we couldn't get there. Thanks. We love you guys!