We got a letter in the mail from Brandon. Here are a few excerpts:
Ola - Hey what's going on? Everything is good here... This week is the last time we get to teach in English then it is all inPortuguese...I can pretty much hold a conversation with just a dictionary and an irregular verb card!... It hasn't snowed yet but last night was about halfway to snow. It was water but it was slushy... They put up Christmas lights here now that it's after Thanksgiving.... it is nice to have a change of scenery and have some color since the sun is never out for more than 5 minutes and it is all gloomy and gray. Any big news from the outside that I should be concerned about?... anything you feel like sending would be much appreciated! I have to go now. Ate logo!
Thursday, December 4, 2008
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Ideas...
Well.... I got my Christmas music going and a little more decorating done in my house.... In the meantime I ran accross this blog:
http://bucketideasforchristmas.blogspot.com/
I haven't had time to read or look at everything... but boy am I motivated to do a few more things! She has some really great pictures and ideas. Check it out!
http://bucketideasforchristmas.blogspot.com/
I haven't had time to read or look at everything... but boy am I motivated to do a few more things! She has some really great pictures and ideas. Check it out!
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Working on the BLOG...
FYI... Christmas music is coming! The ol blog here is not completely ready for the Chrstmas season... I'm still working on it... kinda like my house... the decorations are only half way up! So I gotta go..... gotta go find some TIME!!!
Monday, December 1, 2008
Missionary letter...
Here are some excerpts from Brandon's last letter. He has to type fast so there are a lot of typos, but I just leave them in cuz they're cute!
Hey everyone! i saw the pics of dalin and he looks like a baby. That is a good thing. Just had thanksgiving here and it was a loooonnnng day. We were sitting in the gym for about half of the day, we counted. there was one devotional, a guy talked about humanitarium stuff, we watched an 80's video of the byu choir for an hour, and after dinner we had a fireside. dinner was pretty good seeing that they fed thousands of people at the same time. Probably the best part of the day was the humanitarium project. We made 10,000 first aide kits in 2 one hour sessions. it was really fun and they are going to the people of hati and figi. ...I got christmas stuff from the ward, so you can tell them thx for me. It was only about a month early though, i was kind of surprised to be getting christmas stuff before thanksgiving. ... Did i tell you that my companions are the zone leaders now? I'm not included because i'm supposed to be leaving sometime and i'm their companion because my companion left. its fun to go to all the things with them but not have to do all the work they have to do and deal with a million new guys. It still hasn't snowed yet but this past week has felt alot colder, don't know the actual temps though. It has also been really foggy lately, even in the middle of the day we can't see the mountains that are almost literaly right across the street. Portuguese is still coming along well, the lessons we had this week solved alot of issues of why some words go where and made talking without memorizing sentences alot easier. ... I almost forgot, in the chat rooms this week, this lady had no where to go and didn't know what to do and we got to talking and the church was the perfect answer for her. She had alot of issues and i got the number for the missionaries in her area and also the bishop for her area. She was really receptive and asked good questions. I also committed her to pray to God because she didn't have a book of mormon so she could'nt read it. I aslo got her to commit to call the missionaries and she was so happy that i was able to help her. Its crazy that i can help a lady from detriot... Talk to you later. Brandon lewis
Hey everyone! i saw the pics of dalin and he looks like a baby. That is a good thing. Just had thanksgiving here and it was a loooonnnng day. We were sitting in the gym for about half of the day, we counted. there was one devotional, a guy talked about humanitarium stuff, we watched an 80's video of the byu choir for an hour, and after dinner we had a fireside. dinner was pretty good seeing that they fed thousands of people at the same time. Probably the best part of the day was the humanitarium project. We made 10,000 first aide kits in 2 one hour sessions. it was really fun and they are going to the people of hati and figi. ...I got christmas stuff from the ward, so you can tell them thx for me. It was only about a month early though, i was kind of surprised to be getting christmas stuff before thanksgiving. ... Did i tell you that my companions are the zone leaders now? I'm not included because i'm supposed to be leaving sometime and i'm their companion because my companion left. its fun to go to all the things with them but not have to do all the work they have to do and deal with a million new guys. It still hasn't snowed yet but this past week has felt alot colder, don't know the actual temps though. It has also been really foggy lately, even in the middle of the day we can't see the mountains that are almost literaly right across the street. Portuguese is still coming along well, the lessons we had this week solved alot of issues of why some words go where and made talking without memorizing sentences alot easier. ... I almost forgot, in the chat rooms this week, this lady had no where to go and didn't know what to do and we got to talking and the church was the perfect answer for her. She had alot of issues and i got the number for the missionaries in her area and also the bishop for her area. She was really receptive and asked good questions. I also committed her to pray to God because she didn't have a book of mormon so she could'nt read it. I aslo got her to commit to call the missionaries and she was so happy that i was able to help her. Its crazy that i can help a lady from detriot... Talk to you later. Brandon lewis
Catching up on the end of November...
Wow! this past week flew by! Here are some highlights:
Erin had a birthday! Wow... that's a LOT of candles!
the crafting marathon continued... 
YOJ???
Some finished crafts!
Trent after the Turkey bowl
Trent and Quentin went camping
The great dove hunters!Thanksgiving was low key since we already had our big family feast... so we went to a movie and then made a nice prime rib dinner with all the fixins instead of turkey! I made another whirlwind trip to Nashville to help Aimee and the girls get home... AND I did the great attic adventure to get all the Christmas boxes down! So it was just another busy great week! Now... on to decorating!
Sunday, November 23, 2008
Number 9 is here!
Here is the exciting news... Number 9 grandbaby is here! Dalin Harold Gunnell arrived yesterday at 10:01 pm weighing in at 7lbs 11 oz and 21 inches long. He is a cutie... but of course he is... so are his parents! Everyone is doing great!
Everyone playing Phase 10 while Teresa is in labor!
Teresa won!
Grammy and Dalin
Daddy and Dalin
Mom and dad and Dalin
Yay! Teresa finally gets to eat!!Saturday, November 22, 2008
Exciting!
Something exciting is happening today! That's all I'm gonna say! Ok... I'll give ya a hint... 9 ... that's it... 9 .... Stay tuned for pics!
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