Nathan got a new truck...BLUE

hey hey yall

so mom has probably told every one that i got a new truck and that for the first several days of the rediculous snow the truck was great, 4 wheel drive plowing threw the snow and cutting the path for all the vehicals to fallow down the road since, oh whats this, they wouldnt plow benson untill the last day of the crummy weather. I got the truck stcuk in thr front yard twice, once when i missed the driveway, and again when i parked it for the night and went to go to work the next morning, to get it free the neighbors helped the first time, and the second time i had to dig it out and then plow threw the yard to get out and get to work, the night before was the fun night was heading to the bank to get some money when a semi runs me off the road, then a tractor with tires as big as my truck pulled me out of the three and a half feet of snow so we could hit the bank and go get money so i could put some gas in my tank, it has been rediculous and im glad its over, oh and i went to church to day as well, might be going more often, of course i've said that before and look where im at

ello

this week was pretty good. i left last friday for reno. i flew down to see my papi. we stayed one night there adn finished packin and cleanin the house then a lil after noon we left reno and set out for chattanooga. we took 4 days to drive across. we got down almost to vegas our first night. the next day we went down teh strip and drove up to st. george. we saw the place mama and papi lived when they were first married and we saw a couple other places of importance to the family. we saw the dixie D which was cool. then we went through zion park which was amazingly pretty. then we drove down to flagstaff. the next day we went the rest of the way across arizona, through new mexico, through the panhandle of texas and we ended the day almost at oklahoma city. it was amaizng. the next day we went got to tennessee at 1 am. it was an amazing drive. we stayed in tennessee at our aunt jill's house. christmas eve was great, we went to ichibons which is a japanese grill and they cook the food right in front of you. the fire scared wayjay and curtis (my little brothers), after dinner we went back to aunt jills and uncle jim read us a story before we went to bed. then amazingly enough we slept in on christmas morning until 8ish. then we hungout all day and we had an amazing dinner made by aunt jill and uncle jim. then the teenage girls all went out to the movies and we saw yes man. it was hallarious. the trip was great. i became really good at the drums on rockband and i got good at playing the wii. the flight back to seattle was interesting. i went from the atlanta airport to the chicago o'hara airport where i had a 2 and a half layover with a 1hour and 15 min delay added. then i got on the plane on flew back. i got back late last night.

i hope you had a great christmas.

alice

I did not do much but I did find out my true lifes calling . . . I want to be a space man for NASA I think this might not happen but i want to be the 1st man on mars so I want to know other planets and if there is life out there going to school and collage is important to me alot of the fun jobs are all needing you to be smart and thats wat is going on with me right now! -christian

well I got some awesome x-mas presents my faroet is a blanket and on friday I went to my friend taylor's house. O and on christmas I woke up at 5 40 and went out of my room and saw my gifts! Zachary Masterson

We have had some pretty serious snow are our place. it just kept getting deeper. by the 27th we had drifts that are as tall as I am, and the neighbor had dug us out twice. On the 27th he came for a third time and dug us out yet a gain so we could head to Seattle to get Alice at SeaTac. While we were gone Nathan cleared the snow of the roof as we were getting worried that it could cave in from the weight when it started to rain. On the 26th Justin and Nathan dug for 3 hours trying to get us out, when our neighbor drove by he came over with his tractor and finished the job lickity-split, it would have probably taken an other hour for them to get it done. We still have lots of snow outside but the roads are finally clear and we are grateful. But all this cold and snow has helped convince Justin even more that AZ sounds like a good idea. As much as I love the green up here in WA and all of the people, I know that this move is coming and am working on getting ready for it. We will probably move the fall after Alice graduates.

I must comment on Nate's truck, when I first saw it, it was like going back in time. It is the same color and body style of the truck that I learned to drive in, ours was just not a 4 x 4 and was an automatic. Even getting in was incredible, it has the same dash etc. It was fun. Hope this truck is as good as the one I remember. And left paint from on the gas station. We were glad he had it as it sure helped with all of our snow. THANKS NATE

It was so nice to go to church today and see all the people we have missed after not going for the last two weeks. I really missed all of the kids in primary. We had a brief meeting afterwards so i could let the teachers know what the plans are for next year, as usual not every one was excited about the changes but I guess as president I can't make everyone happy all the time. I am still working hard at becoming more excited about primary and reaching out to those people who I feel I have either offended or don't know how to handle. I am also setting some goals for the next year. I haven't decided if I'll post them here or not. Still thinking about it.

I'm going to post pictures that I took of the snow and Nathan's truck I hope you enjoy them.

Cold weather and dirty dogs

hello :)


this week was a good week. school was okay. nothing really happened.


at church we got a new young womans value virtue. now the moto sounds weird. i like the old way better. but o well. ill get used to it.


last night i got snowed in at my neighbor erins house. we had a great time :) i swear we spent the whole night laughing. litterally. it was amazing. the funnest night ive had in a LONG time. lol.


tomorrow (friday the 19th) i fly out to reno to go visit my daddy and the fam down there :) im so excited! we are going to be driving across america to tennessee and spending christmas with shea's family. its going to be so much fun! we havnt seen them in a long time.
along with flying into reno tomorrow i get to see my friends from there :) its going to be great.
im praying that the weather doesnt affect my flight tomorrow :( if it gets canceled i will be sad.

over the past week i have been training my dog (yes she technically is nates dog but i take care of her most of the time) to go to her kennal when she is told to. she also stold one of my sandals and it became her chew toy. she also took one of our hot pads and it is one of her favorite toys. she also broke her cord that she is tied up to and she ran to a manure pool thingy and she went from white to brown. it took them 6 washes to make her white again! talk about crazyness. but now she is white and pretty and she smells good :)

anywho. that was my week :) hope your week was great too!

alice

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ZACHARY!!!

I know I say it all the time but WHAT a week. Weather I'll start with the weather. First it was cold I mean REALLY cold with wind chill one morning we were -15 at 6:30am. Then the snow came and most of it blew out to the bay so can you say white out. Yesterday I had to go pick up Alice, Erin, and Kinsey from school as the snow was so bad, on the way home it was a complete white out, it was very scary to drive in. I had only been home a bit when I had to head back out to collect Nathan in Lynden. He had rode the bus from Bellingham. They had the Guide going north closed at main street in Lynden because of white out conditions. Today THE roads are a little of everything. I'm glad to be home for the night where it is warm. Tomorrow Alice and I head to go to the airport.

Other adventures some weather related. Erin and Kinsey's mom had gone to Seattle to pickup people at the airport. As the weather was so bad Lianne stayed down in Seattle and Alice and I spent the night with the girls as their house leaving Justin and Nathan here to fend for themselves. As Alice mentioned above there was a lot of laughing and giggling going on last night. I laughed just as here at home I was in charge of keeping the wood burning stove. We had a great time. Kinsey and I spent a nice time watching TV, and she was excited to have someone spend the night. Lianne finally made it home this afternoon she said it took 5 1/2 hours to get home.

The fluffy white dog added to our adventure. Last Saturday we got Alice and Christian off to the temple. I had let Seshee in as it was cold, I pushed the door shut but it didn't catch and I didn't notice, but she did. She bolted. Justin looked for her for about 30 min but couldn't find her. When he got home she was on the porch. and brown, and smelly. You could see the the line across her back where she went swimming in the cow pucky pound. I started trying to spray her off and clean her but was getting no where, luckily Pet Smart had an opening in an 30 min so we loaded her up in the truck and took her in. We went back 4 hours later and found a very nice WHITE dog. It was great they did her nails, trimmed her the whole yards. The man said it took 6 baths to get her clean. I will be grateful to him for a long time. As it has been so cold she has been inside more than out. She has been enjoying it.

The primary kids were suppose to do the nativity at the branch Christmas party but the party was cancelled because of the weather. As it has been so crazy and school cancelled for tomorrow, the decision was made to go ahead and make the call now, so everyone would be safe. We don't know whether they are going to reschedule or not so we are waiting to know .

Justin is making his wonderful chili tomorrow night. I"m looking forward to it and will either make corn bread or rolls to go along with it.

Kelly's last day at work is tomorrow. She will be in once in a while and help with records. She is going to be missed. Especially by the people who don't like what I say they always figure if they wait till the day she is working and try again. I'm glad she will still be around to answer my questions.