Heather and Doug in Hawaii!!

So Heather and her new lucky husband Doug came to visit for the holidays! They were able to accomplish a great many things, not the least of which was giving Bonnie's bike a stylish, updated new look.

Halloweeeen

Our neighbor's yard decorations.

This is our electrocuted jack-o-lantern.

Halloween is always a big deal in Laie, especially on our street where hundreds of kids of all ages go trick-or-treating. I didn't have a costume, so I decided to use my old Hogwarts robe from a few years ago, and added some accessories to be Luna Lovegood. I even made my own spectraspecs glasses using a template I found on the internet. They looked just like the ones in the movie! I think it turned out to be a pretty awesome costume- someone even asked to take a picture with me :)

Hiking Club!

We finally had our first hike for the school Hiking Club which me and Alayna put together. It was a lot of fun, we went to Turtle Creek. A couple of dogs even hiked with us all the way, and one of them almost got run over on the highway because he was chasing after us when we were driving home. We had to pull over and take him back to his house. I guess he jost got really attached in the two hours we spent together.

Cross Country Meet

Here I am at the end of the race. I looked and felt like I was going to pass out, but luckily I didn't. I discovered that jogging three miles is not the same as running your hardest for three miles. Don't click on this picture to make it bigger, cause I look horrible :p

This is the start of the race. We got spread out pretty quickly.

Coach, giving us some pointers before the race. He was nervous, because it was his first meet as a coach, and we were nervous because it was our first meet period.

More Cumorah

It was unusually cool this summer in the Rochester area. We didn't usually mind that, though. Can you imagine how hot it would have been in our heavy costumes if it was hot and humid? We did have one night when the pageant had to end mid-way due to heavy lightning.

A few of our primary children. Aren't they adorable? They usually were, but it was also hard work!

Rehearsing one of the batle scenes. None of us were in this scene, which is why we were able to take this picture. The battle scenes were the "cool" ones to be in.

The destruction scene. Gives you an idea of the scope of the staging.

Hill Cumorah

Well, here we are several months later, finally getting around to updating our blog. We have way too many photos to include here, but here is something to whet your appetite. We really had a fantastic experience and I couldn't possibly explain all the spiritual experiences we had. We had moments of shear exhaustion, but loved meeting the interesting people, reliving the scenes from the Book of Mormon, giving, serving, and having lots and lots of devotionals.