My Grandpa

My Grandpa passed away this morning. I will miss him so much. I think that I am the most sad that my kids won't grow up knowing him. I guess it's my job to be a little more like him so they can learn the great things he taught me. He always made people feel welcome and important. He really did remember everyone's name. He always smiled and told silly jokes. I remember him telling stories to us and playing the guitar and singing songs when we were kids. In elementary school he came up to Idaho every year to play for our school classes, and when I started teaching he played for each of my classes at least once. He always made my classes laugh. I know he is in a better place with people that he hasn't seen for a long time. I'm sure they are glad to have him, but we will surely miss him. I am so grateful to have the gospel at this time, it will be wonderful to see him again some day.

Happy Halloween

We had a great Halloween here. Spencer (and Devon and I) were cowboys, James was a cow. On the 30th there was an activity at the Family Center with crafts, games and food, and then there was a carnival at the school. The carnival was at the gym, which Spencer calls the "ball game." He just ran around and danced to the live band. He thought it was great. There was a guy there with a pretty scary mask, so every time Spencer saw him he would stop dancing and go hide by Daddy until he felt safe, then he would dance again. On Halloween Spencer woke up from his nap and said "I'm ready to go Trick or Treating!" We had to wait a few hours, but Spencer had a great time when we went. There were too many masked people out that night though, Spencer woke up with nightmares all night long! At least it made the transition from daylight savings a little easier- only one really bad night, and then he was ready to sleep!

October snowstorm

Well, I was a little worried that Spencer would not be able to play in the snow too much this year because we are going south for Christmas, but I didn't need to worry. We got about 4 inches of snow a few days before Halloween. It's all melted now, but it was fun while it lasted!