Next Book

Tallin has a little more time on his hands since his recent playground accident. He was trying to do a double back with a twist dismount off of the monkey bars (he loved watching the men's gymnastics during the Olympics and decided to try out a few moves on his own) and he over-rotated and landed square on his backside. Hey, it happens. He ended up with a small crack in his hip and has been ordered to stay off his feet for the next 5 days. The doc said it would either get a lot better or worse, genius really I know, he was really going out on a limb there huh. Anyway, Tallin has already memorized "No Dinosaurs at Church" and he said he's ready to move on to some more challenging material. So the next book will be "Hearing the Voice of the Lord" by Elder Gerald Lund.

Boredom

Hello Family! I haven't posted in quite some time. Not much has been going on in my life. Well actually I have had some pretty bizarre and embarrassing days this past week, which include locking the keys to my COMPANY'S car inside, not having a cell phone with me to call, and being stranded at the post office. Never once have I ever locked the keys inside of a car, and the FIRST time it happens it has to be with the company car. My boss was pretty good about it, although I am still being made fun of for my ditzy moment. The Dietetics students put on a "Fruit and Veggie Fair" for an elementary school this week that I was able to help with. It was pretty fun and we came up with some pretty creative games involving fruit and veggies. At one of the booths the kids won a cucumber as a prize, and I have never seen kids get so excited about a cucumber. I doubt they knew what it was, and were probably really mad when they got home and realized that we had given them a vegetable as a prize for winning, but oh well! I also have been putting together a display for a Health Fair that we are having in a few weeks. It's all about the benefits of eating a lot of lower calorie foods compared to eating a lot less food for the same amount of calories. Sounds like fun, I know. So between all of my fun projects and school and work and play I have been a busy little bee!
It was snowing when I woke up today. I was NOT a happy camper, but it didn't stick so I guess I will live. Our weather has been so great lately that I forgot that I live in Logan where it's winter ALL THE TIME!

Anyway, I posted a few pictures from a few different weekends. My roommates and I went and hiked to the wind caves one weekend and the fall leaves were BEAUTIFUL! The next weekend Jessy came up from provo and we went and got some more pictures in the canyon, so I thought I would share them with you all cause they are so pretty! I love you all and hope everyone is doing well!

Look at all those COLORS!

The view from inside the cave!

This cute little cabin Jess and I found!

The Next Book

Sorry it's taken so long to post this, but since I was elected to pick the next book for Christmas I figured I better get it done. I have chosen "No Dinosaurs at Church" it is one of Tallin's favorites so I thought it would be something we could all learn from. Also for those of us who aren't studying in institutions of higher education, or molding young minds, I decided to pick something that wouldn't be to challenging. You can find the book online at Deseret Book, or probably anywhere else where Mormon paraphernalia is sold. Enjoy!

I just want to take a moment and thank you all for the compliments and set a few things straight. First of all, yes I am a tyrant. But that is what has made you all such good kids. And as for being a hypocrite, I'm sure that is true also but you need to know that it is Mom's idea that I have one so I can call if I get lost or something in Chicago. With my luck the dang thing won't work when I need it anyway. It is a camera phone so it will be useful if I want to take a picture of the cows or something. One other thing you need to know, the texting is not part of this contract so don't even try. I know what you are thinking girls. I couldn't figure out how to text anyway so what's the use, right!

Mom and I are looking forward to seeing you all through the next few weeks. There sure are some exciting things ahead for this family and we can't wait. And finally, I need to deflect a little attention from me to someone else. This is kind of a mean thing to do but I can't resist. Your mother got an application for AARP in the mail today. She is pretty excited about that. Luv ya, Dad

A "LEISURE" afternoon

Just thought I would make a post and tell you about our Friday afternoon. Dad decided he would get some wood for
Cal Eagar who lives in Snowflake. He is the good old guy that has the handicapped sons, he and dad have struck up quite a friendship. Cal can't breath real well and has some other health problems, so dad wanted to get him a trailer load of quakie. His pick-up is STILL in the shop, so we decided to take mine, and take along the old "Cibeque Queen". We headed up to Green's Peak, but before we left we noticed that we only had 1/4 of a tank of gas, but dad said "Oh, we'll be o.k." We found a place where there were many old quakie logs already on the ground. We tried to back the trailer up close, but we couldn't get the pick-up in 4-low. Dad started cutting "logs"! They were at least 6 feet long and were heavy. I tried to roll, push, WHATEVER I could do to get them close to the trailer. We started lifting them end over end, but some of them I couldn't even lift! I asked him if he could cut some of them shorter, so I could lift them, but he said we needed to hurry and that was a waste of time. I was not much help, I'm NOT much of a skidder, and pretty soon I was too tired to lift one more log. Dad just kept cutting and carrying logs to a pile. He decided it would take too much gas to pull the trailer home that afternoon. We left the trailer and piles of logs and headed for home with the gas light flashing. We started to coast after we passed the Greer turn-off. Miraculously, we made it to the gas station. Dad and Dennis went back the next morning to finish the job. I told him the next time he wanted a "skidder" he should call one of you boys, or call someone with a CAT. I guess I'm just a whimp. haha Oh, one more thing. You're dad broke down and got a cell phone today. Don't faint! HIS # is 551-1651, so add that to your phone list. Hope all is well with all of you. I will be seeing most of you soon - and hopefully "baby Hall" will be there when I arrive. Love you all! Mom