Winter at Last !

Well here we are on the 26th of January and the morning light presents a visage we thought would not come this winter. It snowed most of the night and our present is this beautiful view of crystal white throughout our town. It's one of those mornings when you just want to crawl back into bed.

New Technology

When Pam and I received our last cable bill and it had gone up again, we decided to investigate satellite television more seriously. Well we made the big decision and signed up for Direct TV last week and today, the 19th of January 2009 was the day for the installation. Those of you who have seen us play with your Dish, Comcast, and Direct TV remotes know this is going to be a challenge for us. But the installer arrived early, which was a surprise, and we set out to make the installation with four receivers in the family room, sewing room, office, and master bedroom. The installation went all right until the installer, named Kade, was coming back from the attic area over Erin's bedroom (where the distribution box is located). I was in the bedroom when all of a sudden a huge noise and then Kade was laying on the bed. He had miss stepped and came through the ceiling with a flourish. The worst of it was all the rock wool insulation and dust and it was quite a sight. It took Kade awhile to get over what he had done, but I assured him it was not the end of the world and we continued with the installation. I cleaned up the bedroom the best I could and put a patch over the hole and we will address that issue at a later date.




So as you can see we have a little work to do. Direct TV will pay for the repair, but I sure felt bad for the installer.

Do we like what we have? I think so! There is so much junk being offered, but we think when we get some custom lists put together it will be nice. The receiver in the master bedroom is an HD receiver and the picture is awesome. I can actually see the dots on the golf ball!

Well that is our update. We are all fine and enjoyed the first of 10 ward conferences this past weekend. Erin and Kate spent 3 days with us as Weston was in Steamboat Springs working??? How did that happen.....

New Year's Activities

Well Pam and I are finally home again. We just had a wonderful week in Colorado with all of our children with the exception of Travis and his family who were roughing it in Hawaii! We went to Denver to attend the baptism of Haley Wood and the blessing of Benjamin Cottle - both wonderful events. We appreciate the hospitality of Tom and Johanna for using their home almost everyday for some sort of family gathering.













Haley, we are so proud of you for preparing yourself to be baptized a member of the church. It has been amazing to watch you progress in your understanding of the church and your faith in our Savior Jesus Christ. We look forward to the continual change in your life.


Little Benjamin's blessing was much anticipated, especially with the fight he has waged to be where he's at. As Cynthia said so beautiful sunday, we are grateful for the excellence of the medical staff in taking good care of him in the hospital. We hope and pray that there will be no repeat performances!


We hope you all have a happy new year.