Not the Thanksgiving I had planned...

Early Tuesday morning my mom woke up to the smell of smoke. She ran upstairs thinking of our fire place but there were no flames. She turned on the light and the entire house was filled with smoke. She went back downstairs and on our gas stove was a pillow. During the middle of the night "someone" had taken a pillow from upstairs and put it on top of the gas stove and then went back to bed. We are SO THANKFUL that the pillow didn't go up in flames (especially because I was sleeping next to it). The pillow smoldered for a long time. The fire department came and tried to get the smoke out but there was too much damage already done. They ended up calling an ambulance because with my asthma I wasn't breathing well...to say the least. So while I was in the ambulance getting breathing treatments the fireman was in the house explaining why our smoke alarm DIDN'T go off. So Tuesday we were off to a motel because it wasn't safe to stay in our house. My parents and I have been spending the days at my sister house and nights at the motel in Rexburg. We haven't been able to go back to the house yet because they had to do some kind of thermal fog with poisonous gas to break up all the smoke particles and then go and wash all the walls, carpets, furniture...everything! With my asthma of course I am now sick and I sound like I am drowning because my lung tissues are full of fluid and I have bronchitis and sinusitis so it has been a little crazy! I am so thankful that I just have these problems and that I am not laying in a burn unit somewhere. What a great time to be thankful!!! Today I am staying in my motel room, watching movies and sitting in my gigantic jetted bathtub...I think I'll make it :D

P.S.
Pictures to come!!!

Yes, I would love too.....................mom?????

So a few weeks ago I was given a new calling. A member of our bishopric was at our house helping us split some wood and when he got there he said those (sometimes) dreaded words "I need to talk to you before I leave." Right then and there I knew it...I was getting a new calling. So for about two hours I got to wonder and pray, hoping upon all hopes that it was anything but the adult Sunday school teacher. So when the time came I was asked to be the Achievement Day Leader for the 10-11 year old girls. I happily accepted knowing this would be much less stress than Sunday school. Then I went into our house and I thought for a minute. I went to my mom and calmly asked what in the world is Achievement Day??? It's been a LONG time since I have been in the primary and I really had no idea what I had just agreed too. That's ok though, aren't we supposed to go on faith anyway? But, I am totally excited!!!

My Shining Moment

It was the moment I knew I had reached my greatest potential in this earth life...ok, maybe it was not that dramatic...but close! I went to the New U clinic on Thursday like I do every three weeks. Every thing is looking good! Then I got the news. Out of everyone in the program I am their #1 LOSER(in consistent weight loss)!!!!!! I always knew I had it in me. It's just nice to have someone else acknowledge my loserness :D I am down 64 pounds.

Halloween

Here are two of my nieces who came

up a few weeks before Halloween

and helped me decorate.

They did a beautiful job,
you just can't see the gel pumpkins very well!

Cambria and Hailey tried really hard to play,

but Zoe, the little stinker kept knocking everything down.


Is anyone surprised that I had the swine flu on Halloween?
We didn't want anyone coming in the house and getting
sick so we put up this sign.


Well, I thought it was funny!
It was fun to watch kids come to the door and read
the sign and then see them get concerned
and say "We better not take their candy, it
might be contagious"
After a while I took it down.
The candy was safe, fresh from the store. And if I can't have
it I don't want it hanging around!

The Wood - Part 1

One of my dad's favorite things to do in the winter is to sit

by a warm fire and listen to the SNAP, CRACKLE, AND POP!

We were finally able to get a fairly good price

on wood. This is half of the wood that

we bought.

Diana and her kids came over to help us and

brought along a friend and his kids.

They were complete LIFESAVERS!!!!

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!

Zoe

Zoe is our cute new kitten.

We felt so bad that Bella was left alone so

much that we decided to get her a friend.

At first they hated each other and we had to keep them

in separate rooms, but after about a week

they became friends.

They love to play and tackle each other and this

is Zoe finally giving up!