Grandma Peters has arrived in Salt Lake

Brad headed for Laguna Woods early Wednesday morning and he was picked up at SNA by Wes and Jan. Everyone finished packing up Grandma's belongings and loaded them in a truck. Brad headed to Las Vegas to spend the night and the other three headed to a motel near the airport to spend the night in preparation for the Thursday flight to Salt Lake City.

Grandma traveled well and was very excited to be arriving at her new home. She couldn't believe her bedroom. She sat and watched while the Hannay's, Deb, and the Ross's helped unload the truck and start putting her belongings into her new room. Ezra chatted to her for several minutes to keep her company.


The stress of the trip and her overall health caused her to be admitted to the ER on Friday night about 11:30 pm. (Jan, George and I were able to attend Ty's game and cheer the Miner's to victory). We finally had her situated in her room by 5:00 am and headed home to get some shut eye.

She is doing well today. We visited her on the way to take Wes and Jan to the airport and then again this afternoon. She will be in 2-7 days depending on how quickly she stabilizes and loses the fever.

Football!

I just saw the live update for Ty's game today against Syracuse--it's the third quarter, and the score is Bingham 38-Syracuse 3. Heh. Kim was right, this was the game to skip. We're definitely going to next Friday's game against (probably) Alta, who is leading Cottonwood 37 to 6 in their third quarter.

So, what are Bingham's colors? What is Ty's number? We want to dress appropriately for next week, and maybe bring a sign or two!

Reunion Reset in 2010

We are sure enjoying our visit with Grandma and Grandpa Ross. While they have been here, we got to talking about our annual Ross Reunion. Technically, we have run through all of the siblings (Deb got off easy with Lauren's wedding! (-; ) So, do we start over again? My thought was, we have been on the Wasatch front the last two years. What do you guys think about going in together to get a houseboat on Lake Powell? Although the days of Forever Resorts freebies are but a sweet memory, we could all plan ahead and maybe chip in resources to make it happen. If the Hannays and Gillelands are willing to bring their boats, I would be happy to coordinate the planning efforts down here with reservations, meal planning and the like. The Ross boys and Deb's help with execution of the event would be great. One big concerted effort...What are your thoughts? Make a comment in the lovely comment section that is now functional! Love it! Love you!

Thank you, Grandma and Grandpa!

Fact of the Day

One third of companies on the Mormon Trail had no fatalities. 7% of companies suffered over half of the fatalities. Did you know that?

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!

Travel update

Mom & Dad called to let me know they landed safely in Houston. They are back on American soil waiting to board the plane to SLC in a few hours. Can't wait....

ERIC
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
WE LOVE YOU TONS!
Grandpa & Grandma

Happy Birthday, Michelle
We love you!

Mom & Dad

Happy Autumn!

Three big pumpkins...

...and one little pumpkin.

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Kim, the reason we don't turn on the comments for individual posts is because they aren't as easy to read as main posts. I think the best thing to do is just respond with a new post, like you did.

I clicked through on Nicole's "Blast from the past" and I can say that one of the tender mercies is that they don't include photos with those old articles. :)

rrrrruby!

wow... she is sooo adorable! and puppy breath is the cutest thing ever! hope you all remain allergy free :)

ATTN: BRAD

Can you add a comment section to our family blog please?

I wanted to tell Nic I think her new puppy is SO cute. GOOD LUCK with that! Hee Hee (evil laugh)

An Announcement

We decided to finally take the plunge and get a puppy. I have been researching allergy friendly dogs for a while (Corbin is allergic to many breeds), and this weekend there was an adoption fair in Page. We found this sweet little terrier mix, and brought her home to become the sister we never had. Meet Ruby.

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Happy Birthday Grandma

We love you Mom! Happy Birthday.

Cross-Country

Drake and Corbin are both running cross-country with the middle school team this year. They had their first meet last weekend in Kayenta. Corbin had a terrific debut placing 11th in the JV race. Drake , unfortunately, was sick and was way back. He was a trooper to even race! This Wednesday they had their second meet on the rez in Tonalea against some of the same teams. Corbin was 4th and Drake 15th! Way to go boys!

Blast From the Past

As a YW presidency, we take turns teaching the lesson on fast Sunday. This week it was my turn, and the topic was service. I shared with the girls a story from an old New Era. Does this look familiar to anyone? Thanks for being a great example Brad.

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Texas or Bust

The Hannays are off to Texas! Ty's game will be on Fox Sports Network (FSN) at 10:30am Texas time 9:30am Utah time and 8:30am AZ time. Pray for us and that Ty will remain healthy and have a great experience.