(we finally had to drop the "little" part) who are still affectionately know in this family as "the boys"! I can't believe you guys are this OLD!
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Birthday Boys!
Happy Birthday to Brandon and Trent! Saturday was Brandon's and Today is Trent's. Their birthdays have always been a big occassion and this is the first time since Trent's first birthday that they haven't been celebrated together! For YEARS... whatever we got Brandon for his birthday we HAD to get Trent also. It was great fun! So Happy Birthday to the "little" boys
(we finally had to drop the "little" part) who are still affectionately know in this family as "the boys"! I can't believe you guys are this OLD!
(we finally had to drop the "little" part) who are still affectionately know in this family as "the boys"! I can't believe you guys are this OLD!
Thursday, March 26, 2009
News and pics from Brazil!
Here's a few pics and excerpts from the latest from Brandon in Brazil!
Hey family,Here's some more pics of what i did this week. This week we did a service project and we helped an investigator build a wall. Everything here is built with those bricks that you see. Also, there´s no measuring involved, just lay the bricks down as strait as possible.
We also helped with the bithday party of the son of our bishop. Birthday parties for the first two years are really special occasions, then after, nothing special. 
This week we also had a baptism but the pic won´t download for some reason. But we baptized a lady named Lecelena, and she is a middle aged lady that just accepted everything we said. She stoped drinking coffee in one day she reads the bom everyday and has a super strong testimony already. She also has a son that we will baptise this week ...But the kicker is the the drain broke and we had to empty the font with buckets. We had to do it twice because we found out it was broken when we went to fill up the font and it was already full. That was fun.
Then afterward, we went to our favorite spot to eat açaí. I don´t know if you can see it very well but it is like something you would buy at jamba juice.
P-day... We can´t do anything on p-day! We can´t play sports, go to museums or anything like that, and we have to be wearing our missionary clothes. So on p-day we just go use the internet, go to the store to buy our food for the week and then just chill at home. Not anything exciting.
P-day... We can´t do anything on p-day! We can´t play sports, go to museums or anything like that, and we have to be wearing our missionary clothes. So on p-day we just go use the internet, go to the store to buy our food for the week and then just chill at home. Not anything exciting.Comment from mom... I think Brandon looks great in his pictures!
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Slowly...
The remodeling continues... a little s l o w but still making progress. We have a pile of wood flooring, a pile of tile, a pile of baseboards and molding, a pile of paint and a pile of related accessories that go along with those projects. Now we just need a BIG pile of time! The latest step is this lovely shade of graham cracker being painted in the bathroom remodel:
There's Michaelangelo hard at work again!
There's Michaelangelo hard at work again!Thursday, March 19, 2009
Pictures from Brazil...
Finally... some pictures from Brazil... and Provo...
The famous MAP pose while he was at the MTC in Provo
With his roommates in Brazil. All the Americans are from Mesa!
Sao Paulo
A ward building in Brazil
Brandon and a member Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Celebrate!
Last night we did a LOT of celebrating... First of all it was Ty's birthday! He is two! Then we couldn't pass up the opportunity to celebrate St. Patty's day by having our traditional GREEN food! 
Here's the birthday boy... and his cute mom!
Lot of presents!
Jaron and Kristin
Mason
A lucky four leaf clover!
Mike celebrating his Irish heritage... I tell him he is part leprechaun... so where is my a pot o' gold!?!
For dinner we had corned beef, cabbage, green bean casserole, green jello, green kool aid, green mashed potatoes (I didn't add enough green... they looked like old potatoes!) green gravy and biscuits with green butter! Mmmm Mmmm Mmmmm!
Lots of food
Diggin in...
Here's the birthday boy... and his cute mom!Lot of presents!
Two candles!
Everyone was festive!...
Jaron and Kristin
Mason
A lucky four leaf clover!
Mike celebrating his Irish heritage... I tell him he is part leprechaun... so where is my a pot o' gold!?! For dinner we had corned beef, cabbage, green bean casserole, green jello, green kool aid, green mashed potatoes (I didn't add enough green... they looked like old potatoes!) green gravy and biscuits with green butter! Mmmm Mmmm Mmmmm!
Lots of food Diggin in...So much green food...
But BEWARE... If you overdose on GREEN food you could end up like this:
So... have a blessed St. Patty's day all of ye and don't forget to be wearin o' the green or a pinch might getcha!... Those leprechauns... they're sneaky little dudes!
So... have a blessed St. Patty's day all of ye and don't forget to be wearin o' the green or a pinch might getcha!... Those leprechauns... they're sneaky little dudes!
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
from Brazil...
Here are excerpts from the latest email:
Oí famíliaHow´s everything going? Everything is going great here. This week was pretty cool, we had a conference with presidente and sister tobias. So the two zones that are in Uberlandia were together on thursday. The conference was really good, Presidente gave trainings for us then we ate then sister tobias gave trainings and spoke a little about how to be healthy, then we practiced the 3rd lesson which is the gospel of jesus christ. Then presidente spoke again and at the end he had all the junior companions stand up and until tomorrow we are the senior companion. ...The district I´m in consists of our house which has 4 missionaries and and the other missionaries in our ward but don´t live with us and they are the district leaders. The other district is the 4 sisters and the district leaders. We also had an activity on saturday that the other elders put together but we helped out. It was funny because they put it together and we had about 70 people there but 4 people lived in their area and the rest in ours. Let´s just say we have alot of references now. But the activity was cool there was basketball, ping pong, a soccer tournament, and at the end there was juice and hot dogs. Hot dogs here are not like hot dogs in america... And on sunday they brought 26 peole to their sacrament meeting which technically are ours but they went to their ward. Their ward starts at 8:30 and they have class first and our ward starts at 9 and we have sacrament first. About my favorite treat here in brazil... it would have to be açaí. It´s pronounced ah-sai-ee. anyway, it is a fruit and it is way good i don´t know how to describe it. And we go to a store kind of like jamba juice that only makes açaí stuff. Its the same consinstancy as stuff at jamba juice, its good with bananas or granola or ice cream if you buy the really expensive one but i will have to get a picture of it sometime. If we are having a slow night when everything is falling through or its just been awhile we´ll go and get açaí. The store is kind of like jamba juice but takes forever for them to make stuff, i mean forever like half an hour forever just for 4. ...Any other questions just ask.Elder Lewis
Oí famíliaHow´s everything going? Everything is going great here. This week was pretty cool, we had a conference with presidente and sister tobias. So the two zones that are in Uberlandia were together on thursday. The conference was really good, Presidente gave trainings for us then we ate then sister tobias gave trainings and spoke a little about how to be healthy, then we practiced the 3rd lesson which is the gospel of jesus christ. Then presidente spoke again and at the end he had all the junior companions stand up and until tomorrow we are the senior companion. ...The district I´m in consists of our house which has 4 missionaries and and the other missionaries in our ward but don´t live with us and they are the district leaders. The other district is the 4 sisters and the district leaders. We also had an activity on saturday that the other elders put together but we helped out. It was funny because they put it together and we had about 70 people there but 4 people lived in their area and the rest in ours. Let´s just say we have alot of references now. But the activity was cool there was basketball, ping pong, a soccer tournament, and at the end there was juice and hot dogs. Hot dogs here are not like hot dogs in america... And on sunday they brought 26 peole to their sacrament meeting which technically are ours but they went to their ward. Their ward starts at 8:30 and they have class first and our ward starts at 9 and we have sacrament first. About my favorite treat here in brazil... it would have to be açaí. It´s pronounced ah-sai-ee. anyway, it is a fruit and it is way good i don´t know how to describe it. And we go to a store kind of like jamba juice that only makes açaí stuff. Its the same consinstancy as stuff at jamba juice, its good with bananas or granola or ice cream if you buy the really expensive one but i will have to get a picture of it sometime. If we are having a slow night when everything is falling through or its just been awhile we´ll go and get açaí. The store is kind of like jamba juice but takes forever for them to make stuff, i mean forever like half an hour forever just for 4. ...Any other questions just ask.Elder Lewis
Saturday, March 7, 2009
Fried pies!!!
I am a HAPPY girl this week... not just because life is great.... but because I found out that KFC has started a value menu which includes apple turnovers. So what's the BIG deal?!?... Well... I will tell you. You might have to be as old as dirt to remember this... but years ago McDonalds had apple pies that were deep fried and flaky and crunchy and oh so WAY yummy. I loved those things.... THEN McDonalds decided they had to be health conscious (McDonalds and HEALTHY in the same sentence?) so instead of fried pies they did a big promo on their new BAKED pies... oh so NOT the same... not even close! So I thought I would live out my life fried pieless...
UNTIL THIS WEEK!!!... I was going through the Wednesday junk mail and came upon this flyer. I looked and exclaimed... yes EXCLAIMED... LOOK!!!... those look just like those great little pies I used to love!!! and pointed to the picture of little pies and told my story to the fam. So to make a short story longer... I HAD to check it out right away... AND... I've been to KFC twice since Wednesday (I live AND work very close to KFC's) and have savored each bite of my long lost yummy treat! Yep... they are almost EXACTLY like the pies of my younger days (and cheap too!). Thank you KFC!!!!!
UNTIL THIS WEEK!!!... I was going through the Wednesday junk mail and came upon this flyer. I looked and exclaimed... yes EXCLAIMED... LOOK!!!... those look just like those great little pies I used to love!!! and pointed to the picture of little pies and told my story to the fam. So to make a short story longer... I HAD to check it out right away... AND... I've been to KFC twice since Wednesday (I live AND work very close to KFC's) and have savored each bite of my long lost yummy treat! Yep... they are almost EXACTLY like the pies of my younger days (and cheap too!). Thank you KFC!!!!!
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- Hi there everyone! I've noticed that a lot of people have a little life story on their blogs. So, always wanting to keep up with the latest BLOG trends, I've decided to put on a little blurb about my life for anyone that's interested. BUT, so no one is bored or has heard it all, I've put MY LIFE in ORIGINAL story form... Once upon a time there was a brown eyed girl, born of goodly parents, who set out on a journey. She traveled for a very VERY long time, through desert, mountains and forests and along the way she brought with her 6 wonderful treasures. But, alas, there were dark times, battles and dragons along the way, but she kept on going, with her treasures giving her strength and direction. Then in the desert, she met a blue eyed handsome prince, who had also been on a long long journey, and he had 2 treasures. So as you might have already guessed the ending.... the brown eyed girl and the blue eyed prince along with their treasures and a bunch more treasures, lived very happily ever after! Life is GOOD! It's party time now!
