October Happenings

My sister, Tiffani, has always been very generous to us. I was surprised and excited to receive three huge boxes from her - filled with toilet paper, paper towels, laundry soap and Halloween candy. This is what the stairs looked like when I asked the kids to take everything upstairs. (Can I just say that Gain laundry detergent is my favorite, but I never use it because it doesn't go on sale. I'm so excited to do laundry!!)

The kids were most excited about the boxes.

They spent most of the afternoon painting them. They (the kids) were covered in paint - Jalen even had a gold nose.

We had the missionaries over for dinner. We try to have them over once a week. After dinner, we carved pumpkins with them. I forgot to take pictures of the carving. Ugh!

The elders carved a Moroni, which I think turned out really cool.

We love our missionaries. (Elder Muir on the right goes home next Wednesday. We'll miss him.)

Lately, I've been hearing about something called Jamberry nails. One of my former mission companions is selling them and sent me a free sample. I did Baylie's nails tonight and it was awesome! It was so easy and it's supposed to last at least two weeks. I think it will work much better than painting them. They have all kinds of fun designs. I wish I were the kind of person that likes to host parties and sell things because I think these would do really well here. If you're in Utah and want to know more about them, you can contact Michelle at michelle@footeprints.com. I think Jamberry originated in Utah.

Contrary to the photographic evidence, Baylie was VERY excited about her new nails.

There's the smile!

There's a new program at Baylie's school where teachers can take pictures and then e-mail them to parents or post them on a private blog. Here is a picture of Baylie today, reading by flashlight with her friend Logan. I love being able to see pictures of her at school.