newest upcoming model!!!!

A lot of you have already heard.... but we have a upcoming model at our house!!! Watch out Zoolander... cuz Trent is having his modeling debut this Saturday, the 22nd at Fiesta Mall. If you want to see his few minutes of fame... be there at the center court at 1:00pm. If ya can't make it, you know there will be PLENTY of pics on my blog afterwards. Here is his picture before the tryout... I think the dimples and nice hairdo worked (thanks Teresa for his great haircut and highlights!) There are a lot of giggles (and jokes) at our house right now. We're excited... but it's just TOO funny!

Here's the link to the fashion event: http://www.shopfiesta.com/events.asp?id=15052&month=8&day=22&year=2009

from Brazil...

Here's the latest from our missionary. Looks like I better be shoe shopping soon!

Oí família
This week was a good week, we baptized again! The picture it not very good, he looks like a prisoner. But he´s a good kid and we also re activated two of his younger brothers that were baptized a while ago. His name is Paulo Henrique and he´s 19 and we´re helping him out so that he can go on a mission in a year. The other pic is a little stream we found going to a reference. The river is bigger in other parts of our area because peole are always talking about fishing at the river. But this is the part we came across the other day. Most of our area is not paved roads, as you can see from my shoes. Everyday we have tons of dust all over our shoes. My last area was the same way too. This morning was a bummer. An investigator agreed to get married and everything, but when we got to the center where we met her, she lost all of her documents. She left her folder in the bus and who knows where it is now. Somehow she has to get all the stuff back because she really wants to get baptized but she has to get married first. Satan is one smart guy, she has a big desire to get baptized but without papers we can´t do anything. Nothing really exciting happened this week. I gave a talk again in church, with about 10 min notice, this has happened many times these past months.Since you want to know a little more about my area here you go. My area is really big, it takes over an hour to walk form one side to the other. It also has alot of hills. It is a poor area with no roads and alot of drug dealers. One member knows how to make pizza american style and it is deliciuos. Pizza brazilian stlye is absolutly disgusting. A river passes through our area. We live on top of a supermarket. Thats about it. Anymore questions? See you all later. Tchau Elder Lewis

First day of school...

It's the first day of school! Yahoo YAY!!..... WAIT.... I don't have anyone in school this year... it's the first time since 1981.... hmmmm.... NO one in school... Yahoo YAY!! ... hmmmm.... I suddenly feel OLD as dirt....

Purple cauliflower...

I stopped at my favorite veggie store (Superstition Ranch Market) after work yesterday. Everytime I go they have something different (remember the brussell sprout tree?). THIS time... along with all the yummy fruits and veggies I got ... I also bought this: It's a purple cauliflower! I LOVE cauliflower... Mikes does NOT like cauliflower. I had my choice of orange, white or purple. Hmmm... are veggies coming in designer colors now?!? Anyway... I picked a pretty one and brought it home. All along I was thinking... maybe Mike won't realize it's a cauliflower... maybe I can convince him it's a broccoli or something. I even bought some great chilis to distract him. BUT it didn't work... as soon as he saw it he said YUK cauliflower.

(he also said YUK to the great fresh beets I bought too) But I will perservere and when I cook it I will try to get him to taste it. I think it will be great smothered with some orange cheese on top.... purple and orange... Hmmm... this is good... it will remind him of sports! Maybe I'll wear a Jersey too!

from Brazil...

Here's the latest form Brazil:
oí família
We had a baptism this week! It´s good that i got this lovely present because i left two baptisms in my last area. I´m getting used to walking alot again because my last area was tiny and this one is huge. It also has a ton of hills. ...I found out that my comp is from fortaleza, a city way at the top of brazil. Also, this is his last area, his last transfer and i´m his last comp. He´s cool, he´s pretty trunky because he only has a month left. I´ll have to take some pics of the area for you guys, it´s really pretty. At night there´s a spot that we can see the city really good with all the lights and everything. Our chapel is not an old resturaunt, now it´s an actual building. The attendance is about 50 people so it´s about double than my last area. I´m still healthy and going good. We will baptize next week too so until then. Tchau Elder Lewis

We are MEN,Manly MEN...

Trent has a movie called "Robin Hood , men in tights" (I think that's the title). We watched it and I didn't think it was very funny or even very good.... EXCEPT... one scene... All of Robin Hoods merry men are singing (and dancing AND wearing tights) "We are MEN, manly MEN... and it was hilarious. So occassionaly at our house something will remind me of that song. So with that being said... Here are pics of some of my MANLY men going to the shooting range.

I took the two pics before they left and I handed them the camera and said.. "Takes some pics at the range" and they said "OK"... Well... I didn't clarify "SOME" ... and I got two pics. I guess it isn't MANLY to take pictures at the shooting range. But I like the ones they took... they look so cute... um.... I mean... MANLY!

Party...

We had another family party Friday night...Cuz Dustin was here for a couple days..Cuz Jadon is home from the hospital... Cuz we like to get together...

So we all gathered at Jaron & Kristin's house...

for food...

and fun...
and food...

and fun...

And more fun... after eating yummy chili dogs, we piled in cars and headed out to ride Trent's go cart.

everyone is excited!

That go cart is HEAVY! Good thing Krislin lent a helping hand!
Everyone is ready to ride! But when we pulled the string to start it up... it BROKE! So we got some tools... but couldn't get it going...

so we loaded it back up...

And headed back to the house to eat banana splits! Great times... Great funny experiences to retell over and over!