Jenna went to a friends birthday party. They had an amazing face painter there. She had so much fun and was so excited to go.

Sydney's school is having a "pumpkinella" and asked all the kids to bring a carved pumpkin. So each of the girls helped. They took turns cleaning out the pumpkin. Rachel was the first to dig in and maybe did 2 handfuls and Syd said she "wasn't too sure what she thinks about all this yucky stuff" but in the end she was the one still at the table helping clean it out. They each helped design it; Sydney did the eyes, Rachel did the nose and Jenna did the mouth (with J.D.'s help of course) They had lots of fun the pumpkin turned out great.

I read this article and it just another reminder to me to listen to the prophets and get our food storage up and going. I had a "I love that it is Monday Moment" today. My car has been acting up so on Saturday I had it test and my alternator and battery are both shot, so I started working on the car and ran out of light. So I was going to go into work early today, but when I went to leave I had locked my keys in the car. Lucky me. So I shoveled the driveway and tried getting the keys out in -15 Celsius weather. Needless to say I was late for work and things are starting to get fun. Enjoy your day.

This is an image a friend of mine (Scott Wolff) took. He has a sweet camera and he took an excellent picture of Rachel. I love the hair in her face and the look that she has on her face. It is that cute pissed off look that is burning a hole in the camera. Our house is finally on mls. Now we pray that our house sells.

Things are starting to move. No pun intended. They accepted our offer in the states and things are looking positive on that end. That is a huge blessing. We put our house on the market on Monday and now the wait begins. House prices have started to drop around here, but we have been blessed with alot of equity so we have some breathing room. Christy has done a really nice job getting the house ready and has been working really hard and this whole thing has made her really tired. Her visiting teacher treated her to a much needed massage and watched the kids while she got it. I am so grateful to our friends here and for all the help that they given. Everyone will be missed. We will keep everyone posted on how everything proceeds.

After a very difficult week I have finally made a decision. I have formally excepted an offer from The Planning Center in Draper, UT and we will be moving probably sometime in January. So we will be putting our house on the market within the week so if anyone is interested, please let us know. To all of our friends and family we would like to say, We love you and thank you for all of your help and support, it has been greatly appreciated. It has not been an easy decision for me as we love Calgary and all of our friends here. We will be updating the blog with details as they arrive. Once again thank you all for everything.

Just to give everyone an update. I have not yet made a 100% decision, but just to give everyone an idea which direction I am leaning. We are currently down here in Utah looking at homes to purchase. This is what Jenna did when we told her we were moving. Just kidding. This is what happens if you let Christy do your hair. This is actually Jenna in one of her wonderful moments in getting her hair done. The other image is of Rachel when she decided to curl up on the stairs.

This was a small little hike I went on the other day about 15 mins away from our house. It is a good place to meditate.