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!

Finally... my Thanksgiving post...

I'm FINALLY posting about our Thanksgiving... it seemes like it was a long time ago! Well... it kinda was... we had our Thanksgiving on Wednesday. I did it the day before so the kids that had other places to go wouldn't have to try to shove down two Thanksgiving dinners! It worked out great for us... It's Thanksgiving.... so where's ALL the food?!?
Well... here it is!

Yay... everyone is happy!

It was pretty easy getting food ready cuz all the girls brought lots of yummy stuff! I love it when they are old enough to be great cooks and bring yummy stuff to share!

Oh yeah...

More food... we had plenty!

After our tummies were full... the girls got a game of Phase 10 going...

While the guys watched the Suns game!

We had a couple of November birthdays to celebrate... so during half time we did the birthday stuff... (notice the hutch is back together... I was still shoving dishes in it Wednesday morning!)

There was NO way we were gonna eat a BIG birthday cake after a huge meal... So here is Erin and Dalin with their birthday cupcakes!

Making a BIG wish!

Then it was time for presents...

He's ready for sports!

Mmmmmm. blue frosting!

On Thanksgiving day... Trent did our ward turkey bowl... then he went out of town. Mike and I went to a movie... then did some shopping. No crowds... it was great! And get this... we didn't want leftovers, so for dinner we had Thanksgiving lasagna! After that we went to our friends house for pie... we stayed home on black Friday and did more work on the house.... Having 5 days off in a row is a RARE occassion for us and we thoroughly enjoyed every minute. Monday came WAY too soon!