Happy Thanksgiving!

Ahhhh, Thanksgiving once again. it was a good day with friends to share it with. We are thankful so such good life long friends we have.

Bye Bye ugly floors!

So the one thing I hated about this house was the carpet. If you ever talked to me that was the thing I complained about the most. That ugly dark blue carpet. It stunk, it was lumpy, it was put down very badly and did I mention it was ugly! It took almost 2 yrs but we finally got wood (fake wood) floors. Landen likes it, do you?

Mini Jon

If there was ever a picture that looked like Jon, this is it.

Maddy's special day!

Sat. 11/6/2010 is a very special day for my baby girl Maddy. This is the day she was baptized. She was very excited and did great. She has a special glow about her now. She been going to church since she was 2 and has spent the majority of her life learning about the gospel. We are so proud of her decision to get baptized. Today in church she bore her testimony and recited the second article of faith "We believe that man will be punished for his own sins and not Adam's transgressions." For those of you that aren't Mormon the Articles of Faith outline 13 basic points of belief of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. These are:
1 We ^abelieve in ^bGod, the Eternal Father, and in His ^cSon, Jesus Christ, and in the ^dHoly Ghost.

2 We believe that men will be ^apunished for their ^bown sins, and not for Adam’s ^ctransgression.

3 We believe that through the ^aAtonement of Christ, all ^bmankind may be ^csaved, by obedience to the laws and ordinances of the Gospel.

4 We believe that the first principles and ^aordinances of the Gospel are: first, ^bFaith in the Lord Jesus Christ; second, ^cRepentance; third, ^dBaptism by ^eimmersion for the ^fremission of sins; fourth, Laying on of ^ghands for the ^hgift of the Holy Ghost.

5 We believe that a man must be ^acalled of God, by ^bprophecy, and by the laying on of ^chands by those who are in ^dauthority, to ^epreach the Gospel and administer in the ^fordinances thereof.

6 We believe in the same ^aorganization that existed in the Primitive Church, namely, apostles, ^bprophets, ^cpastors, ^dteachers, ^eevangelists, and so forth.

7 We believe in the ^agift of ^btongues, ^cprophecy, ^drevelation, ^evisions, ^fhealing, ^ginterpretation of tongues, and so forth.

8 We believe the ^aBible to be the ^bword of God as far as it is translated ^ccorrectly; we also believe the ^dBook of Mormon to be the word of God.

9 We believe all that God has ^arevealed, all that He does now reveal, and we believe that He will yet ^breveal many great and important things pertaining to the Kingdom of God.

10 We believe in the literal ^agathering of Israel and in the restoration of the ^bTen Tribes; that ^cZion (the New Jerusalem) will be built upon the American continent; that Christ will ^dreign personally upon the earth; and, that the earth will be ^erenewed and receive its ^fparadisiacal ^gglory.

11 We claim the ^aprivilege of worshiping Almighty God according to the ^bdictates of our own ^cconscience, and allow all men the same privilege, let them ^dworship how, where, or what they may.

12 We believe in being ^asubject to ^bkings, presidents, rulers, and magistrates, in ^cobeying, honoring, and sustaining the ^dlaw.

13 ^aWe believe in being ^bhonest, true, ^cchaste, ^dbenevolent, virtuous, and in doing ^egood to all men; indeed, we may say that we follow the admonition of Paul—We believe all things, we ^fhope all things, we have endured many things, and hope to be able to ^gendure all things. If there is anything ^hvirtuous, ⁱlovely, or of good report or praiseworthy, we seek after these things.

Halloween Party time!

So Halloween this year was very eventful! We had Maddy's party one weekend and an adult only party the Friday before Halloween. It was fun, we've had better. Watch the video and see Jon having his own private party. BTW that's Jon as Nacho Libre and me as the devil. Don't ask. The night of Halloween Landen and I stayed home passing out candy and Maddy and Jon went trick or treating and got way too much candy. Lets just say I'm sure to gain some weight with all that good candy around. Tristen went with his friends being a teenager and all but they did come back here to watch a scary movie. Overall our Halloween was good! Bella from Twilight even ending up showing up. =0)

Now and Then, what a difference 5yrs makes!

I found these pictures of Jon and I
on our honeymoon and noticed they're much like now, minus the hair and we look 5yrs younger. =0)

Fall is here!

So there's Pumpkin Patch's , and Halloween, and fun times when Fall comes. I feel like I've been behind in my blogging so here is my chance to catch up. Landen is growing like crazy, riding dragons and smiling all the time. Tristens been playing football and has done great (it's over now but I'm pretending it's not) Maddy just turned 8 and is getting baptized. Hannah is Hannah not much changed when we see her. And me well I've turned in a black cat as you can see. j/k.