Julienne's Wedding

Memories

Dallas and Brother Nillsen at the temple. Ralph was his escort.


After we left the temple we went to eat and Dallas discovered that his temple recommend was missing. We retraced our steps but unfortunatly never found the recommend. What made matters worse was this recommend had the stamp Missionary on it and was in a special case as a keepsake. The next day Dallas called the bishop and he met with him and gave him a new recommend but we were sad that the first was lost. Months later I was in the bishops office to renew my temple recommend and as I was getting up to leave. I mentioned how disappointed Dallas was that he didn't have the original recommend. The bishop said wait I thinkthat the temple sent me his recommend. After searching his desk he came up with the precious keepsake. They have found it in the dressing room that evening. Dallas was thrilled when a retold the story and delivered the lost treasure.

Dallas and I in front of the SeattleTemple after receiving his endowments. What a wonderful

spiritual experience to see your child happy and making choices that you know will bring them such eternal joy.

Life in the fast lane...

Thanksgiving 2007

We are glad to have Mr. and Mrs Andersen in the picture but sadly missing Rachel, who was working, and Dallas now residing at the M.T.C.

Here we see proof of mad turkey disease and the heartbreaking symptoms.

Twenty Years Down the Tubes

Yesterday we had the furnace cleaned. The guy arrived before I got home from school so there was this huge truck in the driveway with these 9 black cylinders sticking up out of the bed of the truck. A 12 inch hose went up the front steps, into the house, and down the stairs. The cats were all croutch in a corner because of the noise of the super vacumm cleaner. Things sounded pretty normal and then THUMP! Something big went through the pipe. I quickly checked to make sure we still had three cats. Then THUMP again and again! Finally the technician came up to be paid. I could tell he wanted to say something but was being very polite. I asked "Just how often should we have the furnace cleaned like this? "More often then you have been" was his reply. We have never had the furnace cleaned in the 20 years we have lived in this house. He said it should be done every two years. Boy did we get our moneys worth. He said that he didn't know how we were so luck that the oily soot in the chimney had not collapsed. When the soot is a thick as our was the soot collapses on its self and then every air vent in your house shoots out the black oily soot. This also causes the furnace to vent into the house. If it would have done this one day while we were at work the first person to enter the house would have died from carbon monoxide gas. I am feeling very blessed today that Heavenly Father watches over us; I think he has to work overtime for us sometimes.

Gratitude One Day at a Time

I am grateful for my family:
for Julienne who made me a hot chocolate this morning
for Dallas who surprised me with an email early in the morning
and loved me enough to think of me at the temple
For Trevor who lets me drive his new car sometimes
For Rachel and the wonderful smelling candle
for Tucker who always gives me a hug and tells me he loves me
For Michael who stayed home to get the heater fixed
I am grateful for portable buddy Susie who keeps me thinking ahead
for the greatest job in the world; being in the second grade again everyday
for arch supports in my shoes
and coca cola

email recieved 12/14/07

hey guys,
How are things going? Well things here are preatty darn amazing; and I am loving every min. of it. I just want to let you all know that I love and miss you and wont be able to call on Christmas so don't expect a call. Its been snowing here a lot and the days go by slow but the weeks fly by like they never happened it is really weird! I love getting letters and DearElder.com works really well so keep writing because I can only check my e mail once a week; where as letters I can get them every night or even twice a day because they deliver mail to the MTC twice a day. So I have the potential of getting a lot of letters. Oh mom give Natasha my address and tell her that I have wanted to talk to her. I need to write Kaylene, I hear from Jordan that she is getting married but i don't think she has my address and i would really like to know for my self. So that I can congratulate her. I hope you have an amazing friday and I will see you all in two years!