Turkey Bowl 2007

Don't forget to show up for the Turkey Bowl again this year. We will be meeting at Granger Park (as always) at 9:00 am to toss around the 'ol pigskin. So, come one, come all. It should be a great game this year. We will have a lot of the usual players and some additional that we haven't seen for a few years. I have the jerseys, flags and football, we just need you. If you have any cones to help with marking the end zones as well, bring them along. See you Thursday!

Thanksgiving Day!

Hey, Thanksgiving Dinner will be at TERESA'S house at 4pm.
COME

Oh, and just a food assignment reminder!
Mom and Dad: Medisterpolser and red cabbage, Napkins
Teresa and Dell: Rolls and butter (jam if you please),
Bryce and Sara: Turkey, Plates
Tom and Tami: Green Bean Casserole and Stuffing, Cups
Kurtis and Erica: Pie, Plasticware
Maren: Potatoes and crazy...I mean, gravy and rolls, table clothes
Eric: Beverages, ice
Alan and Jodie: Come

Tom and Tami October report

TOM ran his fifth St. George marathon last month with Maren, Teresa and his brother-in-law Matt. He enjoys working at The Gateway because some of his "meetings" consist of going to a movie at the local theater. He recently got a raise, so they decided to get high speed Internet after over two years of only having dial-up. For Tom and Tami's classic movie they watched the 1931 movie Frankenstein on Halloween.

TAMI had a fun birthday going to lunch with Aimee and dinner with Tom. The best part was that she never had to clean up any messes in her kitchen that day. She was the Statue of Liberty for her preschool Halloween parties, even though most of the kids had no idea who she was. At one point last month she had her hair drier, watch, and microwave all brake in the same week. What luck!

LILY had fun decorating the house for Halloween, carving pumpkins, and going trick-or-treating around the neighborhood for her first time. She was Rapunzel for Halloween (thanks to Nana for helping her look so beautiful), but by the end of the night her long beautiful hair was a knot of leaves, sticks and yarn.

JEFFERSON was a pumpkin for Halloween. His Mom can't wait for him to start nursery this month! He is getting to be a very mischievous boy. Whether it's climbing in the dishwasher; turning the TV on and off all the time; climbing on the kitchen table and shaking out all the salt; putting things (such as batteries or the electronic Yazee game) in the sink and turning the water on; reaching through his crib bars to grab the wipes and then proceeding to pull out every single one; or throwing away measuring cups, socks, etc. in the garbage; he keeps himself and his parents very busy (and that's just to name a few).

Alan and Jodie with Richard Paul Evans(author of

"The Christmas Box"), at the booksigning of "The Gift"

Halloween & Hannah Montana

Dell: He had made a couple of paragliding trips to California recently. On one of those trips, he was practicing a newer maneuver (for him) and his lines became tangled on one side. This left him spiralling toward the ground so he threw his first reserve parachute. This also became tangled in his glider so he threw his second reserve. As he saw that this reserve was also about to become tangled, he pulled it back down toward himself and tried to open the chute manually. It finally opened inside out but it slowed his decent and he landed in the water safely. Dell sure is lucky that he has 9 lives (or God just chooses to keep helping him out because he's such a great guy).

Teresa: I ran the St. George Marathon October 6th with Maren & Tom (& Matt & my sister-in-law Teresa Ann). It was a lot of fun and I'm glad that Maren, Teresa Ann, and I all met our goals. I also had fun taking the girls to the Hannah Montana: Meet Mylie Cyrus concert (with the Jonas Brothers). I have also been working with the Utah Doula Association on the quarterly newsletter and helping them prepare for the Fall Retreat (November 3rd). I also teach the 3 year old class in Primary so that also keeps me busy.

Brooklyn: She has been doing a much better jobs keeping up on her grades this year (except in Math-What's up with that? LOL). I am very proud of her when she tries to be responsible for things independently. She dressed up as Cinderella for Halloween (from the movie with Hillary Duff: A Cinderella Story). She and the Young Women and Young Men hosted a party for the Primary for Halloween. They did an excellent job and all the kids had a blast. She also played volleyball recently with the Young Women and had lots of fun.

Savannah: She has been quite the reader recently. She had read three books that she just couldn't put down (called "The Serpent Tide", "Widow's Revenge" (the sequel), and a Nancy Drew book-I forget which one exactly). Also, she loves being a lunch worker at school. Unfortunately, some of the kids have been really mean to her this year on the playground (we can relate to Hunter's problems). She keeps talking with the teachers and the principal to try and resolve things but it is still difficult. I am proud to say that some of the times she is teased is when she is standing up for other kids and her dad. Way to go, Savannah! Oh, she dressed up as Hannah Montana this year for Halloween.

Jordan: He's doing well this year at school, although reading still isn't one of his strengths. He has a new friend named Connall who invited him to a Halloween craft party at his house. Jordan made a candy spider that he proudly posed with for the camera. He was Spiderman for the 3rd year in a row (LOL), although he outgrew his last costume. He didn't mind since he was then able to wear the black spiderman costume instead. I also bought him a red costume to trick-or-treat in--much easier to see (I bought both of them for a good deal) and so that he would turn back into the good Spidy like he does in the movie.

Troy: In October, Troy potty-trained and started preschool at Miss Tami's Preschool (very popular in our family because it's so good). He has very few accidents (mom loves that) and enjoys taking his Cars "pack pack" (from the movie) to school. He even started kissing girls (well, a girl) on the 3rd day there. It was time to go so he climbed into the car. Then he leaned out the window and said to Katie, "Kiss me goodbye!" So she ran over and they smacked each other right on the lips. I went right home and told Dell we were in trouble (LOL).