Nate is 20!!

hey wuzzzz up peoples!!!! its christian sooooo. . . This week I went to a stake sleding activity and it was fuunnn!!! But. . . I was going down the hill fast and then there was lots of people at the bottem of the hill and I was yelling "get out of the way!!!" and this one girl just looked at me and then . . . SMACK!!! . . . AND NOW DUH DUN DUH!!! I'm in alot of pain so ill tell you later if im still in pain - CHRISTIAN


Hey my grandma,aunts,and two of cousins came over for the last week end to visit for a while. IT WAS SO FUN!!!........We had a really good time.At school it was kinda fun but in P.E. we are learn how to play volleyball.- Zachary Masterson

hello :)

this week has been pretty boring. monday their was no school which was really cool. it was finals week at school so it was pretty stressful. i am pretty sure i did okay on all of my finals except english. i am positive that i failed the first section, pratically the whole class failed it because the lady who teaches it is a college student and well she isnt the best. anyway. monday i have the second half of my english final which is the vocab section. then tuseday i start new classes. im trying to switch into psychology. im so excited! im hoping next semseter will be better than this one.

i hope you had a great week :)

alice

It's been a busy week. I worked 5 days instead of 4, ti si amazing how working an extra day can mess with the rest of what you are use to getting done. But i buckled down and got it done. House was clean by the end of Saturday when the Elders came for dinner. I made the Navajo tacos and was sad that Nathan wasn't home as he ahd asked for them for his birthday.

Nathan has had a busy week. He turned 20 on the 20th. It was a hard week for himad he also gave his dog away that day. I felt bad for him, but she needed a better home. One of the neighbors had come over and complained that she was barking all the time, saying that if she kept it up he was going to call our landlord, so he placed an ad on craig's list. With in a few days a ncie couple came and they seemed great for her, I'm hoping that made it easier on Nate. This weekend he went down to Sedro to help his Uncle Rich with a project.

Justin had a busy time this weekend with the boys, Christian went to a 1st aid merit badge class and then it was off to the snow party he talked about. After sendig Christian on his way he and Zach went to the library getting home about the same time the missionaries arrived.

It was very cold this week, but no rain or snow which is nice. I'm hoping that Nate can go and get some more wood this week as we are going through a lot of it with the NW wind blowing.

Alice may be going to Africa in 2010 the summer after she graduates. There is a couple from the branch that goes on a regular basis and she wantso to gowith them. I think it would be a great expeirence for her. They go to several of the orphanges there and work. I would love to go with her, but I don't think she wants me to. I toldher to start saving her money. I'll get her passport in the next few months. and help her find a job depending on how hard her classes are.

Rains came down, and the floods came up

hey a lot had happan Ill try to remaber satis x-mis. My grand parit had to sand us are prasant. So thay try to rembrer sants we last spant time with us what was like when I wear like 5 or samething like that. So thay sand me a hot weals sate and a litte kid remot cantrl car. It was so funny because Im 10 now but it is the thout right. I got two days off of school so me and my bro are home alone so the first day we got along well but not the sancant day we kinda fited. On a video game same of you might have hard gitr haro well I omost baet the game on hard cool right.-Zachary Masterson

well nothing is really going on right now soooo... Iam doing go0d in school we had a really mean sub that said that i was doing go0d in class the class was almost over and so the sub said i had to go to the offfice and talk to the princpal and she said i was doing go0d in the class soooo im like wow,wow,wow here you said i was doing go0d the class andd then she accused me of not even being in the class the time but we got it all fixed and i dident have to go 2 the princapl w0ot!! ps there will be a NASA rocket lanched to the internatinal space staion with more astronaghts and supplies ^.=.^ {happy dragon face}

I would have to say that the biggest event since we last blogged would be the weather. On Christmas day the snow drifts were almost as tall as I am. It stuck around for a long time. Turning to an icy, slippery, dirty, and hard on the bottom mess. (I fell down hard a couple of times) We were pretty much sick of the mess, and wishing that it would go away, when it started to rain. Rain down in town wasn't the problem, it was the rain that visited all that snow in the mountains that caused the problem. The rivers started to rise, and then over flow, along with all the streams, and ditches. School was canceled for Alice one day and a late start on two. I'm guessing they didn't want the buses out in the dark on the flooded roads. They finally shut down the corner of Badger and Benson. I thought they should have done it long before they did. The water was so bad you couldn't see the road at all. Nathan and his big blue truck came to my rescue. He drove me to work on Wednesday and Thursday both. And we put him to work both times. There is a small creek that runs by the office. It jumped its banks and kept raising. The bridge that crosses it is quiet high as it is down in a small gully. When the river hit the bottom of the bridge we became concerned. When Nathan got to me on Wednesday night with stories of how bad the roads were we had him help us put all the book cases, chairs, and the processor for the x-ray machine up on cinder blocks, along with Dr. Claypools roll top desk. I had to pull on the patient files that were down low and put them up high. Thursday when he brought me to work, Nathan helped put the exam rooms back together. We did leave the desk and x-ray processor up. As we watched the water raise the dr. decided we needed sand bags to go around the doors. So I called Nate and being the big buff boy he is, he came and filled a bunch of sand bags for us while I finished work. We then put all the stuff back up and left. As far as I know the office has stayed dry.

On the way home there were several places with water on the road. Our corner of Badger and Benson being the worse. They only let us on to Benson because we were in a big truck and lived down there. Nathan lost his bearings for a bit and we almost went in the ditch which would have been very bad, but he figured it out before it was to late. I was very glad to get home. Where the water wasn't deep.

Lianne invited me out to lunch on Friday so I called Nate to find the best way to get out without getting into deep of water for my car. There was no water the way he sent me and I was glad.
We had a nice lunch, and it was great to sit and visit. She is such a great lady.

Many people would disagree with me, but I'd rather have kept the ice than have the flooding. We are counting our blessings as some parts of NW Washington were a lot worse off than we were. They were saying we might be our own little corner, cut off from the rest of the state for a while, as all the passes were closed due to avalanches or mud slides and I-5 was closed because of flooding. We were lucky this time as it only took a few days for things to re-open. Last time I-5 closed because of flooding it took 10 days to get it re-opened. Most of the roads are reopened now, but many people have a lot of work ahead of them with the clean up.

Church was wonderful, all the talks in sacrament meeting gave me a lot to think about. Sis. Price gave a wonderful talk about Standing Tall and serving where you are called. Without complaining, and to do your best. It made me stop and think am I doing my best. I am trying, but know that as always there is room for improvement. Bro. Smith talked about being a Zion people. I liked his approach which was to get out of Babylon as far as we can and that sometimes that is easier than feeling like you never quiet make it to Zion. I also liked the fact that he pointed out that Zion can be anywhere, not just in SLC.

We are hoping that we are done with all disasters for a while and this week we can settle back down to a normal schedule, with kids back in seminary, and actives on Wed. night. I am glad to say that I did manage to get my early morning workout in each day. I will do it again this week. At the end of the week we are hoping to get a family membership to the local YMCA which will be fun for all of us. The boys love the pool and Alice and I love the work out room. Sometimes we will drive to the Y in Bellingham and climb the rock wall. It will be good for all of us.

Primary is going well, we split to a jr. and sr. primary at the beginning of the new year. We are still working out the kinks but I think it is going to work out well for the children. Today was our first week reciting an article of faith to someone in the branch presidency. Pres. Hackwell was fabulous as always, passing out candy to all who recited, and queuing me to help when need for some so they could have success. We sent the youngest jr. primary classes in as a class so they could help each other. The theme this year is eternal families. I am hoping that as a primary we can teach this principle, without making any of the children feel badly if their families have not been sealed in the temple. Also being sensitive to those who are living outside of the traditional family. I know we have several who have 2 sets of parents because of divorce and those that come with grandparents to church. I am praying that not only the presidency but all who teach the children can do so, in a way that the principles are taught but that no precious feelings are hurt. I just remember assuring my own children that just because their parents were no longer married, didn't mean that they couldn't be part of an eternal family. And that they are still loved by their parents and Heavenly Father.

hey :)

so since we blogged last millions of things have been happening.
however i do not remember half of them.
we have had some killer snow and killer rain. the rain melted the snow causing a huge flood.
sense the flood i havnt been able to sleep. i have no idea why, just havnt.
about a week ago i went on a date with this guy. it was pretty fun. then a couple days later he asked me out.
i said yes of course. but i had to explain the mormon rules. thank goodness he didnt care. cause all the rules can drive some people away.
umm...school is doing great. im working on raising my grades. they arent horribly low but becasue i was sick for forever they dropped a little bit. but not to worry im fixen them.
im pretty sure thats it....
oh my neighbor and i went for a walk in the snow (when there was still snow) and i walked out into this huge field and layed down. it was scary walking out to it tho casue neither of us were sure weither or not there was a ditch on that side of the road. thank goodness there wasnt one.
hope you all had a wonderful week and a happy new year :)

alice

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.

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.