Snow and Ice

Sophie put this sign on her room door. A Quincy not allowed sign.

For decoding purposes it reads: Quincy, with picture of him crossed out, Jensen Room Sophie

Showing off her battle wound of an afternoon of sledding on ice.

Building a fort, before the night of ice.

matt's dreams do come true

Papaw and Nana come to visit

Three generations

Sophie playing the funniest game ever invented. My mom came up with this idea, which I think is crazy, but it allowed my mom to lay down for over an hour as the artist worked.

Papaw made this train track for Quincy.

Just enough snow.

Future snowboarder

The game.

The Dinsmore spin on the White Elephant game.

The gifts: M&Ms, DVDs, and a 1996 expired tube of Preparation H.

Check out some music my brother-in-law produced for cancer charity at itunes. His other work is Kaskade and Late Night Alumni.

The Ruth Card

The sister missionaries at church are starting a thing called the Ruth Card.

Our prophet, President Monson refers to her as a spiritual pioneer.

They came to me and asked if I could be the first to try it out. I was given one week to have a missionary experience. Last Sunday I was pretty confident. I put a pass along card (a photo of Christ and a short message and website on the back) in my coat pocket, put the Ruth Card by my bed, and prayed daily for an opportunity. Well, its Saturday night and I will be reporting tomorrow morning and giving the chance to somebody else. My husband (for those of you that know him knows he can talk to anybody about anything) told me I had lots of chances. I feel that maybe this week I didn't have that contact with somebody individually, but I can still bear my testimony for anybody that visits this blog to see.

I belong to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. I believe in a loving Heavenly Father that watches over me and all of us. I know that he sent his beloved Son to this earth to die for us. I believe that the church of Jesus Christ has been restored to the earth. And that we are guided by a living prophet, just as they were in biblical times. I believe my family is an eternal family. And I know this church is true and I am blessed in so many ways.

And in the name of Jesus Christ Amen.

http://www.mormon.org/mormonorg/eng/

New Year Events

On new year's eve day the wind was crazy. Trash cans and Christmas decorations were flying everywhere. Our shopping cart almost blew away with Quincy and all our groceries . Well, our plans were to attend a party at our friends home with several other families that night, but the wind had other plans. It knocked the power out at their home and so we moved the party to our home!

On new year's day we all got up and bundled up tight (20 degrees with a wind chill). Matt had planned a new year's day run for Matt Boles. You can read the article from our paper.

http://carrollcountytimes.com/articles/2009/01/02/news/local_news/newsstory4.txt