What is Hump Day?

I think it means that you have been out on your mission a year and like a camel that stores important nutrients in it's hump you have stored important learning experiences in your book of life like: testimony, love for God the Father and Jesus, an understanding of the plan of salvation, love for the Church, and love for home and family.  I can't believe how much I miss Jordan some days.  He still has to fill up another hump (year 2009) but if times keeps going as fast as the past year, he'll be home in a flash.

It is a great blessing to have a missionary. 

Hurrah for Israel!

They are so good together

We drove up to Boise this weekend  - a very long and boring drive  - but so worth it.

Noah was baptized, confirmed, and ordained a priest in the Aronic Priesthood.  I can see a new light radiating from him or is it that he just lights up around Nikki? My favorite story of Noah's conversion is, when the Elders called and asked Nikki if there was anything they should know about him before they started teaching him, she said, "Yes.  He is really cute".

Nikki made dinner for us on Sunday.  MMMMM  MMMMM    MMMMM

She is a gourmet cook.  We had steamed clams, sturgeon, mashed potatoes and yams,  bread, brocolli, and bannana cream pie.  I felt like I was on the cooking channel as we ate in her Pottery Barn like kitchen.

Audrey is FIVE!

Audrey at Chuck E Cheese.  (The most obnoxious place on the planet)

Oh well - the kids had a great time.

I'll be home for Christmas

At the Cabin playing WII

Digging the snow cave

Josie, Heidi, and Nikki

Inside the snow cave

The snow was this deep!

The Cabin at Christmas.  Thanks for this beautiful picture Heidi.

Extreme Excellence!

This picture needs no caption.  How can you explain perfection!

Tis the Season

Jordan and his companion at the Maryville Branch Christmas party.

Jordan's first Christmas away.  

Katies Kute Kids

I got to tend Katies super cute kids Sunday night.  I guess Ryan should get a little credit for their cuteness since he was involved in their creation.  Luka is absolutly darling and the fact that he had a screaming, throw up, melt down, for about 45 minutes does not make me love him less.  That's how cute he is!  Spanky ate his binky and there was nothing Lenny and I could do to console him.  We even tried driving around the block. 

Frosting cookies is my favorite baby sitting activity.

 

If you come to Grandma Owens you get to play with the hat bag.

 

We did a treasure hunt, played jacks, old maid, and pick up sticks.   If I could just bottle their energy and sell it we would not have to worrry about a national energy crisis.