Missionary News - Nathan

Today Andrew spoke in the Payson - Pondersoa Ward. He did a really good job. Two of the ladies in the ward want to introduce Andrew to their daughter or granddaughter. Lol.

We had icecream cake for Heather's birthday yesterday because we won't all be together next week.

The girls are really enjoying their college classes. Kelly signed up for a fencing class. She's loving it! But, she missed part of the lecture on the first day because she kept thinking about Princess Bride. haha

Have you tried to resend those pictures? I'm sending you some. Hope it doesn't bog down your email. If it does let me know. Maybe I could send them to your gmail instead.

Upstairs, Grandma is cleaning the kitchen.  I'm pretending to help.  I just wanted to be in the picture.  haha

Patricia, Heather and Jo just chillin.

We thought we had cut the icecream cake in EXACTLY the number of pieces as there were people.  But, somehow we miscounted.  It's hard to count 16 people when they keep moving.  So, the extra piece went in the freezer and was eaten by the Birthday girl today.  Although several people threatened to snag it.

Downstairs - Is it homework or Facebook?  It's anybody's guess.

And the typical boys activity (when they aren't wrestling).  LOVE the faces I sometimes catch with the camera.

Now for the Missionary News....

So how did Andrew get roped into speaking in Grandma and Grandpa's ward? I'm so jealous of Kelly. Fencing, man that is just sweet! I didn't even know that they had that sort of class.

Everything is still going good here. In fact it looks as if the area that I'm in is about to take off. All of that hard work is about to pay off.

It should be fun being on the lake after two years of not being able to go near the water. You should probably keep an eye on him, he might've forgotten how to swim. I just can't believe how old everyone is getting. It makes me feel old thinking about it. Sorry it took so long to send the pictures but I kept forgeting to bring my camera and up load them. I really like the one of the red panda it turned its head to look right at the camera at just the right moment. And yes it's okay to kiss a kangaroo, at least there isn't anything against it in the hand book. This was a crazy week. Running all over the place between my area and Nambour because our companions had a leadership meeting for a few days down nin Brisbane.


Love ya lots,
Nathan

Happy 40th Sesame Street

I got these from YouTube but you can watch them nonstop at Sesame Street

Fall Break Fun!

A new kind of sword fighting!

Phoenicians excited by teeny-tiny snow flurries

This video was taken by Keri last Saturday while we were in Payson for my nephew's birthday. You can hardly see the snow flurries, but we are Phoenicians after all and easily excited by snow of any kind!

Hillbilly Helicopter

More pictures coming later, but I promised to post this right away.

My two youngest sisters and my 3 Anderson cousins invented this when they were little as a way to get all 5 of them on the swing at the same time. While we were reminiscing my kids heard the story and of course had to try it. I laughed soo hard!

Jeanette explains in her own words here.

I'm thankful for cheap entertainment

Note to self: Next time - instead of BUYING tokens grab a handful of pennies out of the ashtray.

Oh, and by the way, it was Kelly's golf banquet and she got an award. Good job, honey!

Flashback

Made for New Beginnings in 2006. Fifteen minutes of memories.

Those are my girls! Love ya, miss ya.

Another Mormon Myth

Mormon's can't send flowers?

"Let Virtue Garnish All My Thoughts"

This was taken about a year and a half ago and it is by no means professional - in fact they get the giggles at the end and the picture is fuzzy, but these are the YW from the Rose Lane Ward.

Gear up for Conference

Endorphins - the free happy drug

Elle Woods once said, "Because laughing gives you endorphins and endorphins make you happy and happy people do not kill there husbands." Okay, the twins will see the flaw here, and immediately point it out. She actually said "exercise gives you endorphins," but seriously, why would I exercise when I could just laugh and get the same benefit?

My father used to say things to us kids that we would totally accept as the absolute truth. For example: He got in a car accident one time and told us the circus was in town and an elephant had sat on his car. Totally bought it! And when mustaches were in - and his disappeared one day - he told us it went down the drain. Really? Of course technically that was true.

He also would sing silly songs to us. Sometimes we would find out that it was a real song and other people would actually know the song. And it had words! Not just silly sounds. This is what I heard:

Mairsy dotes
And dosey dotes
And liddle lamsy divey
A kid duldee divey too
Wouldn't you?

I had no idea how to answer this question. Did I want to duldee divey? No clue. Come to find out the words go like this:

Mares eat oats
And does eat oats
And little lambs eat ivy
A kid'll eat ivy, too
Wouldn't you?

Not so fun to sing anymore when you know the real words. bummer

Here's a video of another song he used to sing. I Am My Own Grandpa. Talk about being confused! How does this work exactly. Apparently my father only knew a very small part of this song. But the video made me laugh and I had to send it to all my sisters. Now I'm sharing it with you.

Anita Renfroe's Total Momsense

Called to serve

My daughters emailed this link to me
http://www.byub.org/calledtoserve/
It's a music video by the men from the Mormon Tabernacle Choir.