So Excited

We get to go home in two days! Donny told our Bishops wife in church today that I am as gitty as a little school girl. I am so ready to see all the family, I even dreamt about it last night. We are so excited to see snow, mountains, the Y on the mountain, etc. It is funny the little things your miss. I'm so excited for the Holiday season. We even broke out the hot coco and Christmas music the other night.

Open the windows and pour you out...furniture?

Friday Night

Donny: Why can't there just be a coupon that says, "Donny and Crystal get everything free."


Saturday Morning
Crystal: I'm so tired of not having a dresser I just want to be able to put my clothes away in a drawer.


At this point we are ready to go on our Saturday morning run. Donny suggests that we go run by the Flahertys, our relatives. We have never ran this way before. We stop by and chat with the Flahertys for a while and then start on our run home when what to our wondering eyes should appear...

a dresser with shelves attached and an end table, sorry no reindeer! But I haven't even told you the best part of the story yet. We were surviving just fine with out a dresser, just one of those modern conveniences that you grow accustomed to. We have tried to find one at yard sales but just haven't been able to bring ourselves to buy one. Which brings us to the climax of this post. The set was FREE, ZILCH, GRATIS. Just one of those tender mercies of the Lord. This Thanksgiving I'm thankful for coupons sent from the Lord where we get what we need for free.

Trick or Treat

Well we know who the artist is in the family...come on look at that finely carved nose. No we didn't have stencils this was all done with original creativity. However, we are thinking of selling our ideas. I realized, once again, that I am like my students and can only concentrate on one thing for so long and then my ADD kicks in and I can't sit still in my seat. Donny on the other hand carved his pumpkin with a steak knife and two hours later finished his masterpiece...ok maybe it was only an hour and a half. It is pretty much perfect. Our ward had a trunk-or-treat and we took the pumpkins with us. We have decided that kids can really score big these days. They can hit numerous trunk-or-treats before the actual blessed candy filled holiday begins. It was nice to see kids wearing Halloween costumes that didn't have to be altered because they were worn over the top of a snow suit.