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

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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.

Turkey Day and all the childern are home

WOW what a week. So I"ll start with Zach, he has had a busy week. He got out of school early which he thought was great. On Thursday he made a three story card house. He is VERY proud of it. He was also excited that we had Navajo taco on Thursday and that on Saturday we had a traditional Thanksgiving dinner. Zach was in charge of the rolls for our dinner and they were wonderful. I think we have another excellent roll maker in the works.

Christian was a great help on Saturday, after he adjusted to the fact that we were having Thanksgiving dinner on Saturday instead of Thursday, and he was very glad that Navjo tacos were part of the time spent here. I'm pretty sure that he and Zach would like me to make them every week. Christian was in charge of the mashed potatoes. they ended up being VERY good and wonderful. He needed some direction in proper cutting technique so that he got to keep all off his fingers. When he was done he still had all of them. Christian was help just getting things done for the dinner. I was so grateful for all of his help.

Nathan well, he was Nate, he was in charge of the all important frog eye salad. He had dinner in Sedro-Woolley on Thursday. His cousin Voughn was not pleased that he didn't have any frog eye with him. Nathan started the frog eye on Friday night. He was stirring the sauce for the frog eyes for a long time, when I realized that the burn he was using wasn't on. He changed burners and got the frog eye started to be finished right before eating. He did a great job finishing up the frog eye the next day, everyone was frustrated that the marshmallows were white not colored, but they were all we could find. Nathan did save the day as I didn't get the martineles so he brought some home from work.

Hello :)

this past week has been an amazing one. we had school three days and Wednesday was a half day. i wore jeans 2 out of 3 days. which is absolutely amazing! because i wear sweats literally everyday. i love to be comfortable. but anyway. i did wear jeans which was an amazing accomplishment. then um. Wednesday i had a half day and the last 45 minutes of school we were having an aids presentation that i really did not want to go to. so i called mom before 4th period and she came and got me towards the end of class and we went grocery shopping. and i got orange sweats when we were at walmart. then we went to the at&t store and i found the cell phone that i am going to buy with my Christmas money. so anyway. mom and i were on one side of the store and i was trying to convince her that i should get unlimited texting and she said no. then we went over to her husband who was paying the phone bill and he had just added unlimited texting! i was so excited. he did it cause i went over on accident...anywho! i now have unlimited texting so im a happy person :) so then thursday turkey day came and nothing exciting happened. then friday came and liz arrived. that night we went down to sedro and spent the night at our cousins house. and we almost died. cause we had gone up to hamilton to pick up one of her friends and we were on our way down to our cousins house and we were tryin to get off the highway onto there road, it kinda veered off to the left, and then the car wasnt turning and it wouldnt stop and i was so scared. we were hydroplanting. and we almost went into a ditch. it was quite scarry. anyway. then saturday we got home at like 1030 am and we showered then i started on stuffing. i cut the onions and celery, toasted the breat and tore it into small pieces. then i took the stuff out of the turkey and stuffed my first bird :) then i made this caramel pumpkin pie on gramcracker crust it is amazing. then the missionaries came over and we had a good time. then sunday we went to church and for the third hour the youngmen, youngwomen, and the adults were combind. it was boring. anywho. i should go this has been taking a long time. oh and i decided that i am going to be a baker and specialize in cakes :) anywho ill talk to you guys later. i hope you guys had a great turkey day :)

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Elizabeth

okay so i haven't written one of these before so bear with me. This week i had two thanksgivings; one at my dads and one at my moms. i flew to Washington on Friday and left on Monday, we had a great Thanksgiving with the missionaries. before that Alice and i had went to sedro-woolley (on Friday) so that i could visit some friends. it was really rainy so my mom told alice and me to just spend the night there (at Addy's house). what else? oh yes, i went to kohls suring black Friday at 400 in the morning-got some steals on clothes. other than that the only thing going on has been the usual school holabaloo. yea i know good times, right? so ya'll have a great week, and i hope your thanksgiving was swell

Justin was quiet busy this week, on Saturday while we were cooking he went out with the missionaries to check on some less active families. Then the missionaries came home with him and as they didn't have a dinner appointment we asked them to stay with us. Justin was in charge of the shopping, especially for the ice cream for to go with the apple crisp, which he did wonderfully.

I had a busy week myself, work, picking up Liz at the airport, after which she took me to lunch which was yummy. I didn't do a lot of the cooking for our dinner on Saturday, more of the over seeing supervisor job, which was nice and fun. Everyone made very yummy things for us to enjoy. The best part of my week was Sunday when all 5 of the kids were at church with us. It was so nice to have us all there together. Afterward I had Alice's friend Erin come and take come family pictures for us as I don't know when we will all be together again. I also spent time at the CTR store helping getting things ready. I do need to pour more of my time into getting things done for the store. The grand opening is next weekend so lots to do for that.

Want to thank all my friends who have listened to me and given advice to me the last few weeks as I have struggled with different things. I have decided to go with patience, forgiveness, and love. Now I must keep practicing these important things, which at times are so hard for me. We were reminded to start reading 3 Nephi on Monday so we will end with the Christmas story on Christmas. they also wanted to read an article out of the Ensign today and discuss it with our family. I have not gotten there yet but plan on reading it tonight before I go to bed tonight. At times I feel so inadequate as I still have so much to learn and do. I must continue to work harder and becoming a more Christ like person. And living the commandments and the other recommendations from the prophet and the apostles.

What a week

We have been so busy. I can't believe how much more there is to do with one more teenager in the house. But it has been great fun. There have been hard decisions made by some of us. As we all learn to have more patience and understanding with each other.

Justin has spent a lot of time studying for the ham radio test. I will be joining him in the studying effort so that we can take the test in Dec. We are wanting to be able to use this as a hobby we can enjoy together. We had an investigator at church today, so Justin had to teacher a class today, he said that it went well. They will actually be in the Everson ward, but knew someone from the branch and came to visit us, we were quiet glad to have them.

Nathan got a truck this week, we are hoping, with fingers, eyes, and toes crossed that this one keeps running. Nate knew I had, had a bad few days so he made lunch for all of us today of french toast. It was very yummy, THANKS Nate. He and Alice also tackled the dishes for me which was muchly appreciated.

I have had a busy time, trying to keep up with the kids and my new project and the CTR Bookstore. It is keeping me busy but I did learn how to change a regular file to a PDF which is a new skill for me. I am also learning more about web design, I am so excited about all the new skills I am learning, or expanding while helping a dear friend out.

I am also learning the importance of patience, prayer, forgiveness and turning the other check, things that I really need to practice and remember. I have finding my time on my knees and in tears over many things. I am trying, not always successfully to put Christ first and do what I believe He would want me to do, instead of follow my first response. I have always said that I would never let someone else make me upset and then use that as a reason not to go to church. That was put to the test this week, I am glad that I didn't let this keep me away from church, as there were many things said that I needed to hear, especially in primary where being kind to others was talked about several times. I must always remember that kindness begins with me.

This week I am adding a workout back into my routine. I have a new workout that is only 20 min long so I am going to be in bed at 10 PM so I can get up and do my routine, before reading my scriptures. I'm looking forward to the results as I make this change in my life, even though I know that it will be tough.

We have decided what we want to do as a family to welcome in the New Year. We are gong to go for a walk around Lake Padden, and then go and do the polar bear plunge. It will be cold and cold, but it will be fun to create this memory with the kids, everyone but Liz will be there. The boys are so excited about it, I think we have even got Justin on board with our craziness. We shall see.

ok so what to say.......i got a truck again after decideing that cars are from the lower levels of a place i cant say cause mom is gonna read this. its an f 350 camper special from 74 with a 408 V-8 in it, its a beast to say the least, has four gas tanks and runs well, im scraping my other two cars to make some cash, to get to work im riding the bus from lynden to belling ham so i gotta get to be sooner than i used to, no more late nights for me. not much else going on here, so ttyl yall TRUCKS ROCK if you dissagree go eat a lemon lol jk jk

Hello! It is Alice. My past week has been quite exciting. I started school at Lynden High recently. It has been quite fun. In my 1st period fitness for life class almost all of the girls remember me from 7th grade. Me and my next door neighbor Erin are best friends. We go for long walks after school everyday. This thrusday and friday I stayed home sick :( which was not fun. Saturday night I went to this church dance. It was LAME! to put it lightly. Over all my week was pretty good. I have been talking to my friends from Reno a lot more than I thought I would; I talk to my bestest friend Ryan more than anyone. I'm so excited for turkey day. School is going good :) How is your week going?
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Rain, Alice, and Nate at church....great week

Zach's week was good, because he umm played with his friends, and this week he was doing the pacer at PE and I could have got more but he felt like he was coughing stuff up. He played with his dog and he went to Aunt's house and saw his grandparents it was great to see them. He watched a movie at his aunt's place.

Hello, its Alice. My week was filled with excitement. Sunday was my last week in the Peavine Mountian ward in Reno. Monday after school my best friends Rachel and Ryan came over and we hung out until like 10. It was great. The next day we did not have school so I went over to Rachel's house and we picked up Ryan. We played pool all day and looked at pictures from our Yosemite trip. Wednesday was a late start day; after school Ryan came over and we baked chocolate chip cookies for a church dinner. For mutual we had a thanksgiving dinner and Ryan came with me. It was a blast. I felt bad for him though because my bishop drilled him with questions about us and his future after high school. Thursday night Rachel threw me a surprise going away party. It was Rachel, Ryan, Spencer, and I; my friend Jessica was going to come but no one could get a hold of her. We went to Starbucks and then up to Rachel's and we went into her hot tub. When they dropped me off at my house we said good bye and there were watery eyes. Not 5 minutes after they left Shealie a girl from church came and picked Liz and I up and we met our Laurel president at Cold Stone and we got ice cream and talked for a while. Then Liz and I went home. That was my last night in Reno. I was up until at least 1 in the morning packing and cleaning my room. On Friday I flew up to Washington. Now I am living in Washington with my mommy. Today we went to church and all of the girls were amazingly nice. I'm so glad to be home and living with my mom again. I should be starting school on Wednesday or Thursday.
Anyway that was my week. I hope you had a wonderful week!

ello every one, nate here to talk to you about my week

ok let me lead off with spunge bob is the dumbest cartoon around, its running in the back ground and i cant stand it. on now for the week, i SEVERLY over ordered for my freezer and am trying to figure out what im gonna do on monday, ive decided to take my car into a shop in sedro so i can get it fixed before it gets much worse weather wise up here, other than that not much finally started to go back to church so yeah, guess i'll talk to you later , PEACE

Well, I"ll start with our house is clear full, which is very nice. The best part was having everyone at church with us. The only way it wold have been better was to have Liz with us. She will be here for Thanksgiving and it will be great to have all of the kids here for a bit. I have had a busy week. Thursday I went with a Laura, a dear friend, and we started working on a project together, that will give us both more business experience. I'm very excited about it. We presented a local business with a new business plan. The owner really liked the plan so now we are working on putting the plans into motion, they include updating the stores web page, a newsletter to send to people who visit the store on a regular basis, and other things. Now comes the part of making it all work.

Thursday it started raining, and raining and raining. But luckily that didn't keep Alice from getting here on Friday. We are so glad that she made it here. she had requested fajitas for dinner so that is what we had, followed of course by ice cream. Zach and Christian were excited that she was coming as they figured there would be ice cream involved. She picked egg nog, the kids said it was very yummy. They are also glad she is here as Alice likes to bake and made brownies on Saturday. The boys requested Navajo taco for dinner on Saturday and they were yummy. Zach and Christian want me to make them for Turkey day but I told them NOPE we are having turkey. Justin mentioned that he could get use to eating them weekly, I don't think so though. I've been looking for more recipes that I can do in the crock pot as I'll be home a lot less to cook dinner on time after the first of the year.

Alice is now busy setting up her room. To make the rooms work in here we have made these adjustments, she will be in the bedroom during the week, and on the weekend she will sleep on the futon and the boys will sleep in the bedroom. So she is trying to make it so her things don't over power the boys things, but it feels like her room to her, and theirs to them.

Fire pits and good times

There were many exciting things this week, and a few ooohhhh:) moments. Alice will be arriving on Friday to stay. This would be one of the exciting things. There is lots to do at our end and hers to get things ready for her arrival. We need to fix the room she will be staying in, and get things lined up at both school and church for her. But every is excited for her. Nathan says we need to do something fun when she gets her, perhaps her favorite ice cream and dinner. I'm excited to have another girl in the house.

Saturday we had an extra boy, Kayden, his family were moving so I had invited him to come and help Zachary and Christian. They were in charge of digging a fire pit. Which they did a wonderful job at. After it was done, Justin went and helped them toward the end, and then helped them build a small fire in it. They are all hoping that this coming weekend we can make a big fire, roast some hot dogs, and burn some marshmallows and turn them into s'mores. Kayden did say he would like to be here for that so we shall see if he is available then.

I know many wonderful men, this week two of them did remarkable things in my eyes. The first is my dear wonderful husband, who is always thinking of others. I was working on a board with our last name, Masterson on it, which I was putting the words, "families are forever" across it. Justin saw what I was doing and said he really liked it, but was wondering if we need to do one that says Adair as well as Masterson. He doesn't want any of my children to feel left out as they are Adair's not Masterson's.

The second was when my little brother called me. He was at Home Depot, Jonathan said they had sold their house this week and that his little girls were sad as they had to leave their swing set behind. So he was looking for a new wooden one, that hasn't been put together yet so he can have it shipped to Italy with their other things, where he will put it together when it gets there for the girls. He also got himself a Harley to be shipped also. They leave in 9 days, we are wishing them a safe and uneventful flight.

I also talked with my sister, Amy, I think our cats must be related as they both do strange things. She said that Stinky, her cat, brought a pheasant in to the house today. It was still very much a live. It didn't appear to have any damage, so they caught it and put it in with their chickens, so they can watch it and make sure it is okay. According to Amy the ducks chase Stinky, she is thinking that Stinky is working her way up to them as the pheasant is the same size as Stinky is and ducks are the next size up. If I were one of those ducks I'd start watching my back.

Friday night we invited two couples over for dinner. Justin made his wonderful chili, and I made corn bread to go with it. We were going to play games, but ended up just visiting for a few hours instead. It was great, Justin and Darrin figured out that they were related, and we all shared great stories about how we met our spouse and funny things that happened to us as we were growing up. It is wonderful to have good friends.

Today in primary we talked about what we did as being in the "Service in Secret Club" It was fun to hear the different things that kids had done. After which we talked about our different talents and how it is important to use them to use them, and that you must sometimes work hard to develop your talents. Then we must share them with others, so we can receive more. we ended with the challenge to use your talents to do things in our Service in Secret Club. I will need to bring something for the kids next week.

Firewood is on all the boys minds

Zachary worked on his bear this week, he wrote two letters, and did a to do list. At scouts they went to the library, and learned about where different types of books were kept in the library. Zach also became an expert at splitting logs, learning safety from Christian. At school his friend who had been out for two weeks because he was sick returned. Zach was excited to see him. He stayed side by side with the fastest kid in his class. Today at church they played jeopardy and the girls won by eight points. the boys are hoping to do better next time.

Christian has been reading a bunch of books this week. He went trunker-treating at church, chopped some wood. At scouts they are building a tribusha, to go against another pack in pumpkin throwing. Christian also finally got through a piece of wood that he has been working on the last two weeks he is so proud of himself. At church his lesson was a out temple marriage.

It's been a busy week, part of it was quiet relaxing as I refilled the bird feeder. I have been enjoying watching all the birds around it. Today we had a woodpecker out side also, so I may need to get some of the stuff they like. Yesterday the sunrise over the mountain was quiet incredible.

Thursday evening a friend of mine came to visit, Miss Kinsey. she stayed for a while eating popcorn and enjoying a cup of apple juice, watching some TV until her mom came over to pick her up. Friday Kinsey came to my rescue. I had put some gas in my car and accidentally locked my keys in the car. Justin was a sleep with his cell phone off, and couldn't hear the house phone. I called Kinsey's mom to see if she could go and wake Justin up so he could come and rescue me. Kinsey answered the phone and her Mom wasn't there so I told her I need to go. I continued to try and find someone to help. I was having no luck and was quiet frustrated when the ear piece for my cell phone went off. It was Lianne, Kinsey's mom, when she got home she said that Kinsey was quiet insistent that I called. When Lianne checked the caller ID it said Safeway, so she said that I hadn't called, but Kinsey was quiet insistent that I had so she was calling to make Kinsey happy. I was able to ask Lianne to go get Justin up and tell him what my problem was. Justin tried to call me several times but my phone never did pick it up. I called him back and got him as he was awake and he came to the rescue. I'll forever be grateful Kinsey insisting that I had called or it would have been an even longer morning.

An old friend from high school found me on Face book. Which is fun as I haven't kept track of anyone from HS. It has been fun to exchange messages with her and talk about old times.

Nathan found a great deal on firewood for us, if you go and split the wood you get to keep half. So Nate has been going on the last two days he was off. I am greatly appreciative of it. As Nate enjoys this kind of work it makes it great for both of us. He said that the guy is a real character, he has a collection of I think he said 20 or so pipe organs. Sounds really fun to see.

I was in charge of sharing time in primary today and I had the children start a Service in Secret Club. It started as a fun way to teach the children about doing service to others. I made Service in Secret cards for all of the kids. the more I thought about it the more I decided that I would take on the challenge I gave the children to do Service in Secret this week. I'm going to be looking hard to do some secret service myself. I know that it will feel good to do some service in secret. And am passing on the challenge to everyone who reads our blog, do some kind of service in secret and see if it makes you feel better.