Surprise guest!

Wow... what a weekend.... Our family travel agent (you know who...) totally arranged for Dustin to come out for the weekend!The airport was busy with our family on Friday night... while I was waiting for Mike to fly in from LA... Trent was getting Dustin from his Nashville flight.

So we were up early on Saturday to go to Trent's basketball game...

Only one guy showed up from the other team so we ended up playing ourselves. So no matter what we won!

Trent and Dustin went shooting after the game. I sent them the camera and said TAKE PICTURES CUZ YOU FORGOT LAST TIME DUSTIN WAS HERE!!! so they forgot to take pics AGAIN... but they had a good time and I got a pic of their score sheet.

Saturday night some of us went to the temple for a concert...

and Christmas lights! It was beautiful like always!

AND... the MAIN reason Dustin got a 4 day pass and made this quick trip... He ordained Trent an Elder! So after a great Stake Conference everyone came over. These special events always touch a mom's heart... I can't believe my baby is an Elder!Erin and Sharon gave Trent his first missionary shirt that he can wear next Christmas... but he couldn't wait.... scroll down for the fashion debut!

AND... what else do we do when we get together?!?!?... EAT of course!! Everyone brought yummy Mexican food!

The family pic...

the funny family!

After ALL that... we relaxed... the guys watched some ol football game while the kids played ... AND...

the girls played Phase 10!

Cute kids...

the grand finale!

What a great weekend!

Boutique time!

It's boutique time! Me Erin and Sharon helped Teresa put some finishing touches on her hair clips. (I used to do boutiques years ago and I always made my kids help me! what memories! HA!) I got a little preview of the boutique last night and there is some really cute stuff there. So check it out... starts today! Details on the right....

Trent's FHE...

Trent planned FHE last night.... We grabbed our candy canes and headed out to see Christmas lights! Trent and his friends found a cool neighborhood the other day and he wanted us to see it too. Here he is taking care of details...

Here are some of us in front of one of the displays...

Here's one of the favorite displays... Spongebob! It was a fun little adventure... the rain caused some of the lights to be out, but it still looked great! Then we headed back to the house for hot chocolate and donuts to make our night complete!

Busy busy, busy ....

Well we have been busy as usual... but that's a good thing! We had a great weekend and got LOTS done!See that strip of wood? Besides being an expensive little thing... I've been waiting a long time for it to be installed and have affectionately named it the golden spike... remember in history when the two railroads being built from opposite directions finally met and they smashed in a golden spike?... well anyway.... we installed the wood floor in the bedroom and then the tile from the family room and the two floors FINALLY met and we (Mike) glued in the golden spike (costly piece of wood). Now that a LOT of the flooring is finished Mike installed some more door frames...He didn't believe I would put this pic on the blog... but ya know... he POSED when he saw the camera ... so it is fair game! LOVE the new door frames

LOVE the floor moulding...

AND... on Saturday Mike had a birthday but he kept on working and barely stopped to have some of his favorite chocolate cherry cheesecake!

I got a lot done too but nothing that merits a picture!... Busy, busy, busy... Life is good!

Day Off!!!!!

Mike and I have a day off!!!! Woo Hoo Yahoo Yay! I slept in til 6, couponed, went to the store, made a yummy breakfast, started laundry and funally got my fall stuff packed away. Mike is in the garage painting more of the million feet of moulding we are replacing. We (meaning MIKE)yanked off every piece of moulding and door frame in the house and replacing with new wider stuff. Looks nice... BUT IT'S TAKING LOTS OF TIME!!! .... We are so enjoying our day already... pics later...

More news and pics from Brazil...

Here's the latest:

Oi família,This week was transfers and Elder Moraes left. I can´t talk bad about him but i´m glad he left because he cries way too much for me. Not cry as in complain but cry as in tears. I´ve never seen anyone who cries so much. I´m sure he´ll grow out of it. My new comp is Elder Lopes, he´s from pará. It´s a state in the north part in the country. He seems really cool. And if you can, he wants a ctr ring. He just wants one of the cheap ones with a shield. Not the really really cheap one that turns your finger green but a normal one, he is a size 10. Christmas is coming up and i was planning on doing the same thing for the phone call. I´ll call you guys and give you the number and you call me back. Just tell me when it´s a good time to call. This is my first christmas in the field, and also my last haha. Our ward is going to a resort house on the 19th which is going to be awesome. Also on the 18th some area authority is coming to talk with us and a dinner after. I don´t know what´s going to happen on christmas day. It will be fun. Also something really really really sad happened this week. One of my investigators died. She went into the hospital 2 weeks ago and just did a small surgery and should of left the next day. But... the nurse gave her the wrong medicine and she went into a coma. She got out of the coma and was getting way better and almost breathing 100% by herself. On sunday, another medicine didn´t work out and she died. I was way surprised when i found out. It was way sad, She was only 20 years old! So now, we are going to really focus on the plan of salvation, and baptisms for the dead. The gospel is the only thing that will help her family. That´s enough sad news for now. Anyone have any questios for me? I´m still eating great and i´m healthy. Did you already send the package? See you all later Elder Lewis


Transfers were this week. One pic is of some investigators, my new comp Elder Lopes. Waiting for him to show up at the bus station. Waiting for the bus to go to the house.

This and that...

I just HAVE to mention a couple things.... first... I have the most amazing men in my house! Monday night for FHE, Mike and Trent helped me make my RS handouts... Trent did the manly hole punching... he could show his strength by the amout of papers he could punch at once... and Mike did the manly ribbon curling... handling sharp scissors should only be done by a professional! With their help, we got those things finished quickly and they turned out cute... just like Mike and Trent! Cute!

Look at that skill!

AND... since RS was having a cookie exchange... I did my first cookie baking of the season! A little messy... sprinkles were everywhere... but the cookies were yummy. Now I'm in the mood to bake more!