Temple Week

Our Stake President has been really emphasizing temple worship.

He designated this week to be the stake temple week.

We started it off by going on a hike that ended at the Logan temple

on Monday night for family night,

then Saturday we are going to spend a day in the temple doing all the work for

Grandma Milligan's (who lives with us) brother and his wife.

Thanks to grandma Jolene who will be baby-sitting!

Home Improvement

Mouse Traps!

Packer has been obsessed with mouse traps lately.

Sadie saw a mouse run into our vent and the boys finally caught it.

Tennis Balls!

Our kitchen floor is constantly scratched by our angled chairs.

Hunter and I noticed grandma's tennis balls on her walker the other day.

Since we have plenty of second hand tennis balls from grandpa Steve,

we painted them black and cut slices in them to fit on our chair legs.

What Makes The Man?

 Bill Anderson, Donny's father, passed away Friday, October 8, 2010.

His son, Gregg, gave a wonderful tribute to him at his funeral titled,

"What Makes The Man?"

He truly was a man of God- kind and loving and true to his faith.

He had diabetes since age 1 and fought a mighty fight for his health all his life.

He found meaning and happiness in life until the moment he died.

"By Their Fruits Ye Shall Know Them-"

As we gathered as a family it was a celebration of what a good life he led.

Even though both his legs were amputated, 

he left some big shoes for his children to fill.

 Here are the grandchildren eating dinner together

the first night they gathered in Portland.

 This is all the grandchildren practicing the song,

"I am a child of God" for the funeral.

 This is our children (Plus a cousin) the morning of the funeral,

trying to keep their church clothes clean.

The kids had fun driving around in his wheelchair.

They thought the whole gathering was a party!

This is the whole family at the funeral.
What an awesome gathering!

"When ye are in the service of your fellow beings, ye are only in the service of your God"

 Sadie spent the day with our special needs neighbor.  

They walked around the park on a "buddy walk," 

played games, and ate lunch together.

Sadie has been really making an effort to serve grandma.

She delivers meals, hangs up her clothes,

and spends time talking with her and recording her life stories.

Fall Fun

 PLAYING ON HAY  PILES

 FOOTBALL WITH DAD

 HARVESTING WITH MOM

 DRESSING UP FOR HALLOWEEN