It even comes with a slide!

The boys were very excited to receive their new bunk beds. We got them from a lady in the ward whose teen-age boys had outgrown them. The first night we had to hold a safety meeting: no sliding too fast on the slide (or you'll plow through the drywall), no standing on the top bunk (or you'll get a fresh haircut from the ceiling fan), and no sleeping too close to the edge (or you'll have to sleep on the floor). So far, no mishaps.

This week we have been playing "Musical Furniture" to make room for the new beds, and the new baby. Out with the old and in with the new.

Like Brant, I am going out to Conference next weekend. But we're taking all of our youth. Did I forget to tell you, we don't have any tickets? That discouraged a few of the youth, but it's also a chance for us to teach them a little about faith. We had a good lesson today to prepare them for the trip.

Dad, what's the status of your shoulder? How about Grandpa? Erik said that some skin cancer is progressing aggressively on his face. Any update on his trip to Denver? Mom, any update on your summer classes? We'd love to have you out here in June; the free babysitting is a bonus too.

Travis, are you going up to Temple Square at any time. I'd love to see you and Kelly if you don't mind making the journey.

Guess Who???

So the other day, Aimee decided she wanted to make herself a costume. After much cutting, taping, and some help from Mom she made her costume. As it was built around her, she has been unable to remove it and went to church today looking like this. (Just kidding!)

This week we had a fun night Tuesday. It was our combined night for mutual and the kids had planned an Iron Chef night. I arranged for several members to let us into their kitchens and we had several groups prepare a dinner item and the other groups prepare dessert items. I had a group making a dessert, so we got our ingredients and came back to my house. We ended up adding chocolate chips and graham crackers to a yellow cake mix. When it was done we topped it with honey, powdered sugar, upright graham crackers and the secret ingredient that all groups had to use- Goldfish Crackers! It was a lot of fun to see all the creations when we got back to the church. For the most part, they all actually tasted pretty good.

As Travis said, this week we are headed out to General Conference. Our stake president asked that we follow mission rules, so for 8 hours out and 8 hours back, no radio and no TV only spritual music. The boys clamped onto idea and it should be a good experience, one of the boys is actually going to bring his guitar. When you watch the Priesthood session, look for us, we will be the ones in white shirts and ties!

Brant

Not Much New This Week

Boy, we're going to have to get busy so we can top your stories. Travis, sweet ride.

Things are about the same here. I spent Friday night in Pendleton, Oregon so I could meet a carpet installer Saturday morning in Pilot Rock. We had some new carpet installed in the addition to the Pilot Rock building and there were some issues with it and then the contractor was cutting hot metal in the hallway and the hot pieces fell on the carpet and melted it. This guy and his crew cleaned all the liquid nails out of the carpet and replaced the section in the hall that had the melted spots. Then I came home and checked on the other installer who was putting all new carpet in our stake center here in Moscow. Mom and I went down last night about 11:00pm to check it and sign all the papers. They thought they would finish about 3:00am this morning and head back to Salt Lake. It was a white guy with a Texas accent and 5 Mexican guys. They didn't say much but they did the whole stake center in 6 days. It looks really nice.

I did two Eagle Scout boards of review last week and I have three more this week. Needless to say March has been a busy month.

Matt and Kimbre are coming down for a visit tomorrow. I will take a few pictures of their new car and post them for all to view.

Spring is here. It rains almost every day and the lawns are really turning green. It reminds me of trying to get 12 lawns mowed each day when it rained right at 4:00pm every afternoon. I really don't miss that kind of pressure. If it is going to rain, I say - Let it rain.

Have a good week.

Dad

New Ride

Well ever since Matt and Kimbre got a new car I've been feeling a little left out so I went out and got one for myself. What do you think?


I was actually clearing the trees off of a lot by Thanksgiving Point (right next to the old Bradshaw Landscaping building Kevin) and the guy wanted to car to go away so I volunteered to relieve him of it. It is now sitting in my back yard waiting for the new title to show up so that I can sell it for scrap metal (the current rate is $98/ton). Yesterday I had a Provo Police officer come over and run the VIN # to see if the car is stolen or missing anywhere. He said it came back as having no owner and he signed the forms I needed and now I just wait for a new title. Not much else new here. Brant is coming out for conference this weekend with his Priests so we need to clear a place for them to sleep.

Some more Moab pics

Yesterday cousin Michelle gave me all her Moab pics so I decided to post a few more. The mouse was our friend the night we camped out. We fed it our leftover bread...cookies...pineapple...and jerky. No matter what we left for him, he jammed it all in his cheeks and we watched as they got bigger and bigger and bigger. Hey, when you're camping in the boonies, you're much more easily amused.

Exciting news: my tulips are getting ready to bloom.