Baby Jackson

Today we went over to see Shara and Allen's new baby Jackson. He is SO cute and was born with a full head of hair! As always, whenever I touch a baby, some sort of bodily function occurs. When I would hold Easton, he would throw up all over me. Now, when I hold Jackson, he poops and toots. Nice. Anyway, here is Uncle John and Jackson.

(The pictures are fairly sucktastic because I took them with my phone)

"No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible." - Stanislaw Lec

I think today was the only day I have ever appreciated snow because we got a snow day at work! It has been a blizzard all day and at about 1:30 p.m., my boss and I went out to measure the snow - 10 INCHES! At 2:00, BYU sent out an email that due to bad weather and concern for safety, we were all to leave work! YES! And, even better, they were still paying us until 5! So John and I got off work at about 2:30 and went and shopped the rest of the day. I just hope it isn't this bad when we try to drive to Price for Christmas!

We hope everyone has a Happy Holidays!

Here is my boss measuring the snow with a ruler. 10 inches!

Here are some pictures of John playing in the snow and me pouting about the snow.

HOLY! Literally!

Best Sunday EVER! So we had our family get together this weekend at the Lundell's. As part of that, we went to Music and the Spoken Word this morning. We got there pretty early so we ended up like right in the front rows. We are sitting there chatting with each other and listening to the warm-ups from the choir and orchestra. All of the sudden, President Monson walks in and right past us! It was so cool. I had never seen a Prophet that close up before. BUT WAIT! It gets better. The program was wonderful and the music was beautiful. After the program was over, we stand up as President Monson walks out. Then, he stops at our family and starts talking with us! He shook hands with Stockton and Carson and talked with them and then shook hands with Great Grandma Blackburn and talked with us for a couple more minutes after that. It was so cool and such a neat experience for us all. Afterwards, we walked around Temple Square for a little while and saw all the stuff at the visitors center. Anyway, here are some pictures from the tabernacle and President Monson. I felt weird taking pictures of him like he was a celebrity but hey, when will we ever have this opportunity again? (It's okay, they said we could take pictures before and after the program. Also, there was a professional photographer there taking pictures when President Monson was with our family so look for those to turn up somewhere!)

Best Sunday EVER! So we had our family get together this weekend at the Lundell's. As part of that, we went to Music and the Spoken Word this morning. We got there pretty early so we ended up like right in the front rows. We are sitting there chatting with each other and listening to the warm-ups from the choir and orchestra. All of the sudden, President Monson walks in and right past us! It was so cool. I had never seen a Prophet that close up before. BUT WAIT! It gets better. After the program was over, we stand up as President Monson walks out. Then, he stops at our family and starts talking with us! He shook hands with Stockton and Carson and talked with them and then shook hands with Great Grandma Blackburn and talked with us for a couple more minutes after that. It was so cool and such a neat experience for us all. Afterwards, we walked around Temple Square for a little while and saw all the stuff at the visitors center. Anyway, here are some pictures from the tabernacle and President Monson. (It's okay, they said we could take pictures before and after the program. Also, there was a professional photographer there taking pictures when President Monson was with our family so look for those to turn up somewhere!)

HOLY! Literally!

Best Sunday EVER. So, we had our family party at the Lundell's this weekend and as part of that, we all went to Music and the Spoken Word in the morning. We get there and we get seats right in the very front and we just sit there and chat. Right before the music starts, we look over, and President Monson has walked in. That was a really neat surprise to be able to see him that closely because we walked right in front of us (because we were in the front). So the program is very nice and the music is beautiful. When the program ends, President Monson gets up to leave and BAM! Stops at our family and starts talking with us. He shook hands with my cousins Carson and Stockton and talked with them for a second, then he was talking to my Great Grandma Blackburn. It was so cool! He was right there and talking to our family like it was no big thing. Anyway, so here are some pictures from the tabernacle and President Monson. (No worries, they said we could take pictures and there was a professional photographer there who was taking pictures of Pres. Monson talking to our family so look out for those pictures somewhere!)

My Tiff With Snow

My Tiff With Snow
by Maren

I hate winter,
Oh, I hate it so...
I hate the cold,
especially the snow!

When I walk,
The ground sa-loshes.
Everything is wet,
But boy, I hate galoshes.

Oh, Sun!
Where did you go!?
Please melt away
This awful snow!

It soaks my pants,
Frizzes my hair.
It ruins my make-up,
I look like a bear.

Please, oh please,
Snow, go away!
Can't you see,
You've ruined my day.