Body World

Today, we celebrated Taylore's good report card by going to the Body World exhibit. They take human bodies (cadavers) and inject plastic to preserve them for art and teaching. It's a traveling exhibit and very interesting. I got to see what arthritis looks like, tumors, what a stroke looks like after a mild one and after a major one, a heart attack. It was quite interesting. There were babies at each stage of life, the little ones were from the 1920's and couldn't be cured at that time. We got to see organs, muscle and what an obsese person looks like with all the fat attached to the muscle. We saw healthy lungs, and smoker lungs, emphazema. It was amazing. Here's the website for more info http://www.nowutah.com/bodyworlds/

I would highly recommend seeing it if it comes to your location. Very educational.

Happy Anniversary Deb and Joe!

Just 26 Years ago today Deb and Joe were married in Boise. It seems like last year. Boy, time flies. That was the weekend I met Stomie, Rose, Michelle, Jeff, Cathy and her family! That's amazing!

Prom Queen Meets Leaf Man

I didn't get a picture of him grabbing the ankles of teens, but this outfit will give you a good idea of how well he fit in!

Slacker

I have been slacking in keeping up with this blog. My apologies to those who read it regularly, but I bet you have Shannon's Birthday memorized by now :) Speaking of Birthdays, Michelle celebrated her 33rd Birthday this week! We didn't forget you, just slacked on the posting! Little Grace had a birthday too this week. What a little sweetie who is growing up fast. Michele Seale will celebrate her special day on Saturday and Huge kisses to ZEKE who will celebrate his birthday this next week. You are all very special and we love you guys!

We had a fun Halloween and Rick grabed the ankles of teenagers while hiding in the piles of leaves in our front yard. Not sure they'll ever be the same again - the teens and poor Moms and Dad's! But Rick had a blast!

Whether you like football or not the University of Utah is undefeated and has had an incredible season. Here's a picture of the boy's praying before yesterday's game with Texas Christian University. (They are really good too).

Our church family has been pretty exciting too. When we first moved to Utah, there were just a few Christian churches here with a hundred or so people attending. Today, there are probably 25-50 churches and ours alone has grown to over 1,000 people each weekend. Something's going on in this valley and it's very exciting.

Well that's it for now!

Happy Birthday to Shannon

Today Shannon turned 27! It seems like yesterday that she was a little toddler with the telephone to her ear. Boy, time flies! Shannon had a 'girls weekend' in Southern California to celebrate her birthday.

We went out to dinner tonight to celebrate a belated Birthday to Sara. She's had a week full of activities and has enjoyed this birthday.

We got to visit with Cathy this week as she was on her way to Boise to be with her daughter who tragically lost her husband.

It's good to be with family. I just wish all the circumstances were good ones.

We had our first snow at our house last night. It should be back up to the 70's by midweek. Off to SFO tomorrow.

Happy Birthday Sara and Shirley

We've spent last week reminising over the wedding since we got the video back of the wedding plus the photographer's pictures. Life is so precious and it's great to soak in the wonderful moments that we get. Little Zeke will have a Birthday next month, but I just couldn't pass up this picture. He just warms my heart!

Fall Colors

I know most of you won't know our friends Don and Lori, but you can still appreciate the fall colors out here. We even got a little snow in the mountains Saturday morning.