STOCKINGS

Shalum and I started decorating for Christmas yesterday! And we hung our stockings!


Shalum was saying we need to take his stocking over to my mom's so she can fill it instead of filling the one she has for him.




I guess I haven't been very good this year :(

This made us laugh so hard when we saw the giant stocking and decided to do this. In fact we laugh every time we see it. And it's the first thing you see when you come into our house. Bwahahaha

Thanksgiving

Ok so this year we went to Yerington to see some of my family. And it was so much fun! Both of my sisters were there, dad and Joanna, Aunt Tammy and Uncle David, Grandma, and cousins (I'm not in the mood to list all of them right now, so you'll just have to do with cousins). I have not laughed so much in a long time. I actually had a sore throat by the end of the night. I love getting together with family. We played games after dinner, which was a blast. Dinner was delicious! And I had sweet potatoes for the first time and they were soooooo yummy. I feel I was cheated the first 27 years of my life! :) Here are some pics of Thursday




Larry's daughter, Shelby, and my sister Tamra. We all thought it was funny they were wearing the same sweater.


My dad and Aunt Tammy (although not in that order)


My cousin Zach. And Uncle David looking on wondering why his son is such a dork (Shalum would say it runs in the family, and I think I'd have to agree :])




Rachelle, Shelby, Sarah, and Kenni Lynn




Sister Lacey and my Grandma :)









My cousin Larry and my dad. I was trying to get them to smile but they were being difficult.


Ah ha! I am triumphant!










Zach is 20 years old and 6'8" and still growing!

Scare

We had such a scare last night. My 15 year old nephew, Harlon, was out in the desert around the town on his dirt bike. He headed out at about 3pm and the bike broke down at around 5pm, I think, and he was quite a ways out, not even entirely sure where he was. Kerry, his mother, had gone out looking for him for a couple of hours, but it started getting dark and she wasn't entirely sure where she was plus she almost got stuck, so she headed back home to her other kids and let the deputy look for him. She couldn't get a hold of Shayne who was out at work on night shift, fortunately when she called Shalum, also on night shift, was right there so she talked to him. He tried getting a hold of Shayne but with no luck. Shalum called me about 9pm telling me a little bit and told me to go wait with Kerry. I was there all night. The deputy would call every once in a while to see if we'd heard from him yet. Harlon had his cell phone but the battery was starting to die at 6pm when he was first talking to Kerry. It finally died at I think about 10 or 11. In fact Harlon at that time actually saw the cop's lights, but the phone died right when he tried to call the cop (they had been talking off and on up until that moment). The cop was some distance away with a ravine between them, so Harlon couldn't get to him. Harlon didn't have any food, water, flashlight, nothing. Fortunately he had a sweater, not a thick sweater, but at least he had it. I finally fell asleep about 6am on Kerry's couch. Woke up when Shalum showed up at 7am. And while we were trying to figure out what to do and Kerry was on the phone with Shayne who had just found out and was on his way home, Harlon called. He had turned the phone off during the night hoping to get some power later on, and fortunately he did. He told her he was on a road near Osino and then his phone died. So Shalum and I headed out (but there are a lot of little roads in Osino), Shayne also headed that way when Kerry called him back. Fortunately the road Shayne had taken took him straight to Harlon. The poor kid was tired, hungry, thirsty, and a bit cold, but alive. That was a long awful night. I am just so grateful he's ok.

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I did this one last year, but I thought it was so funny with Shalum's face I decided to post it again

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New Calling

So I got a new calling yesterday. 2nd Counselor in the Young Women's Presidency! I am so excited! I love love love working with the youth, escpecially the young women. I haven't had a calling with them in almost 2 years. I was really missing them. Just 2 weeks ago at linger longer two of the girls were saying they wished I was still in Young Women's with them, and I agreed with them. Then when I got called I was like Sweet! I had this calling before for two years. I couldn't stop smiling yesterday at church. I didn't get to be in with them during the meetings because they needed me to teach my primary class this last time, which I was fine with. I wanted to say goodbye to my little CTR6 class. I'm going to miss them, but I'm excited to be with the YW. And apparently they're all glad to have me back! It's always nice to know you're loved. :) I love it when I'm put in a calling that I like!

Fortune Cookies

Heavenly Father really has a sense of humor. Of course, I already knew that, but this just confirms it. Shalum and I went to the temple yesterday. Before we go I usually get in really bad moods (all Satan's work, of course, if it weren't for him I would probably be the sweetest person. Just saying :]). So I get in these bad moods and the night before we went, I was in one of those bad moods. I was ranting and raving at Shalum. While I was doing this I opened a fortune cookie that was on our kitchen counter. I read the little paper, and just started laughing. Shalum was all "what, does it describe you perfectly?" I said "I don't want to tell you." It had said 'Be calm and collected, peace is a virtue.' So then, even though I was laughing, I was still a little annoyed at him. I grabbed the other cookie and said "this one's for you" and as I opened it Shalum said "does it say something about putting up with your wife?" When I read it I started laughing again. His read 'Every adversity carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit.' And there was Shalum making his protein drink with this know-it-all look on his face and said "Even the Chinese know." It effectively got me out of a bad mood. So I say, Heavenly Father has a sense of humor. He works in funny ways sometimes. :D