Hi Family,
Made it through Halloween, I went to Jen's for a family get together and got to see all the kid's costumes. As usual there was lots of yummy food. Jen is a good host.
For Grandma's 85th b-day Aunt Debbie and I made her and two of her friends lunch at Ashbys.
Mary Dufur and Iris Despain came and we all had a good time reminiscing.
Jen B and I and the kids went out to the church farm and gleaned apples. We were able to get some for eating and some for canning. We didn't get much canned this year but we did better than last year. It would be nice to fill all the jars.
Dan and I had a great time at the coast. It was just really relaxing and the only thing we planned was a trip to the IKEA store. We didn't use all our nights so we gave them to Aunt Susan and Lea and kids. Uncle Ika is doing great but he was in Seattle for a ball game.
I am at Jody's today 11-3-08. We raked leaves and went to town and got some supplies for Thanksgiving. I came over with Sean and Adam Cluff who just started with CTS.
I am looking forward to the Holidays. I will miss my little daycare activities but am excited to do activities with the grandkids. Don't know if Dad will get home for either holiday so we'll just plan ahead.
Whip's preschool has ask me to come help when ever I would like to. Might be fun.
I am getting vibes from Elijah again and went to a Family History Conf. in Nampa. Things has changed so much and I have a lot of catching up to do in the computer dept. It's very exciting to see what is available on line. Many years ago we were told the computer was invented for Family History and Temple work. I can see it happening now.
Haven't seen the skunks for a while but Cassie is still inviting the neighborhood for dinner.
Thanks to Jen B and family for feeding her while I'm gone.
This year for Christmas please keep it simple to other family members. None of us are in great need of anything. We will be centering around food storage and emergency preparedness.
There are Pandemic rumors and we need to be prepared for at least 3 months to take care of our families.
We love you and pray for you daily love mom

moving to new ward

Well ,we are in a new ward. We didn't move, the ward did! Middleton stakes now has 7 wards and we are now in 5th. I will miss my visiting teachers and home teachers. They both came every month! Don't know how Dad is going to get to church as 5th ward meets at 1:00. We had a very good Stake conf. Dad and I need to encourage all of you to make sure you are having your family prayers and FHE, please make sure you are reading scriptures as a family. We didn't always do these things and I feel really bad we let you all down. Just be more obedient than your parents were. The oil field families are going to work extra hard and the main responsibility will fall on the women. Don't let your kids and Heavenly Father down. We have a great family and need to be together.

We went to the stake farm to pick apples and peaches. they were all done but let us glean. The apples were in a big bin but we had to actually climb the trees for the peaches. Cheeks told me he sure had fun.

I will be going to Wyo on Sunday the 20 and help Christin and family move to Colorado the next weekend 9/27 and come back with Sean (hopefully) on 10/4 or5 . Home for a week and then Dad will come on 10/10 and we will go to the coast for our vacation til 10/17. I really appreciate Mike and Jen's family keeping an eye on the place and making sure Cassie is fed. Yes we still have the skunks!

We had everyone over for game night Friday. We all ate and had fun. Will try to do it more often but get the little ones more involved. well gotta feed the livestock, mom

Our new blog

Jody is trying to get me computer savy. New blog set up so we can keep up news of family.

Brenna, Katie and Lillie at Cluff family reunion.