Alex ordained...

Last Sunday Alex was ordained to the office of a teacher, like most 14 year old LDS boys. His duties remain pretty much the same which mainly consists of passing the Sacrament on Sundays, although now he won't sit on the stand occasionally as the Bishop's messenger anymore.

Bro. K, Joseph, Grandpa, Bishop, Alex, Glen, Gary, and Alan

For Halloween Hannah had a very simple costume for work. She dressed up as an ant. She wasn't sure how an ant would act for a photo...

Halloween night we had a little scare. Not as much as the family who wound up in their truck upside down on our property. They (mother and her 2 kids--around age 10 or so?) were OK because they had been wearing their seat belts. They were able to crawl through the broken windows to get out of the truck. The mother had taken the corner too fast so she plowed through the signs and wound up in the weed patch next to our driveway. She had been speeding and apparently drinking.  :( They are so lucky/blessed.

On a happier note, we were blessed with rain in the valley and snow in the mountains this weekend. What a great way to start November off.

looking east from our driveway

good time had by all...

working backwards:

Saturday night Glen was involved in a murder mystery play "Reno: 1930" where he played Hammond Agze (pronounced Ham 'n Eggs). His sister, Teresa, went with me to this fund raiser for CAPS (Churchill Animal Protection Society). Besides the play, there was an excellent all-you-can-eat buffet catered by Suzie's BBQ. Teresa and I both pinned the murders on the wrong character, but that's OK because it was a lot of fun. It would have looked bad if I had won anyway...

[if the photo turns out that Teresa took of Glen and me, it'll go here]

I had asked Eric about Salt Lake looking "autumn-y." Eric sent this picture. I think he took it himself, but there's a chance his companion took it. I love it and think I need a print for my wall of it.

I know these next 2 photos were taken by Eric's companion:

too bad part of Moroni is cut off, or I might have wanted a print of this for my wall, too

Friday night was the ward's Trunk or Treat night. Alex won the most original costume. He came up with the idea by himself--he's holding lemons, in case you can't tell. Pretty clever. You can't really see my earrings very well, but I was quite pleased with them--I used shrinky dinks to make greenwave earrings to go with my Pep Club member costume.

I made cupcakes for the cake walk. I looked up halloween cupcakes on pinterest and chose this idea:

mummy cupcakes that kind of remind me on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

And one of my favorite costumes was a mother and her newborn dressed up as a spider web and spider:

Thursday night was the One Act Play competition with Glen's students directing Junior High kids. It was a lot of fun. There's some good talent coming up in the next year or two.

I was able to take a few walks this week. I brought my camera along to get some photos of fall. This is my favorite. I think I need a print of this photo for my wall, too: