The couple has one little boy we call big boss. The father is a nephew to our Branch Matriarch. The man to the far left came one day just because he was interested. He says that when he looked into Duane’s (Elder Child) eyes he felt a power from his head to his toes. After that as he would study and pray and attend Church he would fill that same power. His wife is not interested (at this time). The older gentleman (fifth from the right) is the father of the first Elder Missionary to be sent from Lao. He is currently serving in Thailand. The boy next to him (fourth from the right) is his son (a brother to the Elder in Thailand). The other boy is 13 years old and I do not have a story on him.
It was a great day. The branch is now at 121 members. We had 120 as Sacrament meeting but it included 5 senior couples and 11 investigators. The Elder who is over mission statistics and his wife were visiting. He says that our Branch leads the Mission in Sacrament Meeting attendance. It averages 110%!
Hope you have a really fun day. I would love to be there to spank you in the spanking machine and give you a great big hug. Stay my sweet girl!
After opening the season with a win against the Houston Rockets, the Jazz went to Phoenix on Friday and beat last year’s Pacific Division champions 108-104, and followed that gut-check with a win against Golden State at home tonight, 106-82.
So far this year, the Jazz are 5th in the NBA in scoring (107.3 per game), 11th in points allowed (94.3), 4th in field goal percentage (49.68%) and currently 3-0. It’s still to early to say it with complete surety, but this Jazz team is deep, healthy and poised to make the playoffs.
I almost made my goal to finish the race (3.1 miles) in under 25 minutes, but actually did it in 25:11. That’s a 1:42 improvement from the Smithfield Health Days last May. And yes, that is a little kid in front of me. There are many little kids running in these races and a lot of daddy-daughter combos. Emma and I are going to run the next 5K together.
The Jazz beat the Houston Rockets 107-97 in their season opener at the Delta Center. You can read the game recap at the Salt Lake Tribune. I watched the whole game and couldn’t help but smile. Carlos Boozer was awesome (24 and 19), Deron Williams was the savvy floor leader (18 and 10), 19 year-old CJ Miles proved age doesn’t matter as he scored 12 in the opening half, Mehmet Okur dropped 17 points, Kirilenko did all the little things he does (despite being in foul trouble the whole game) and former Lakers (and thorn in our sides) guard Derek Fisher proved his worth and his leadership. I was impressed to say the least.
I realize it’s only one game and they had a little dry spell at the end of the 3rd Quarter and the start of the 4th, but this team can rebound and put points on the board. Plus, their youth isn’t rap-star-gangsta youth, but energized, team-oriented, athletic youth that Jerry Sloan has accepted and unleashed. If they play they way they did tonight against Yao Ming and Tracey McGrady (two all-stars), then I have no doubt they can make the playoffs and make some noise. This Jazz team reminds me of Detroit. No stars. Just a team.
PS - The header is going up every time there is a victory!! Boo yeah!
Well, Halloween was awesome for the Real Cooks. Eliza and Abigail both had school and did their parade. They had so much fun! We then went and got some pictures; they were having a special of course. After that, it was Trick-or-Treat at the Mall. The girls had fun there, but it was more of a greed feast then anything. We came home, had some awesome home-made Chili and then went out for the real Trick-or-Treating. We went all over and it was way fun. One family in the ward did scones and hot-coco in their garage and another did home-made donuts and cider. We have a good ward, but we whish we lived in more of a subdivision then just a single street. Anyway, when we got home from trick-or-treating we had a little treat of our own. One of our good friends and one of my largest clients had come into our house while we were gone and given us a new living-room set. Well, it is not brand new, but practically. It goes so well in our living room. We will put some pictures on the web. It totally makes our house look better. We love it and feel so amazingly blessed. Natalie can go into more detail but it was real fun.
The Leonards came by to say Trick-or-Treat…they were spooky, and here is a picture of Shadow in her witch costume.
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