Welfare Square/Manti Temple

I have always wanted to go and take a tour of Welfare Square in Salt Lake...but my wonderfully adventurous husband has never wanted to go. So, we took advantage of going when my parents came into town. It was a great time and we really learned so much about what the church does for its members and for millions of people all over the world! Our tour guides were 2 sweet sister missionaries: 1 from Norway and the other from Pakistan (the sister from Pakistan was amazing-we had a good time talking to her and the church in her country).
Kyle, My mom, Me, Sister from Pakistan, and the Sister from Norway

Kyle, my dad, My mom, and Me
Welfare Square silos!

My parents left Monday morning to Manti for 2 days since they got married there and they are getting ready to celebrate their 30th wedding Anniversary!

My dad in front of the Manti Temple



And my mom in front of the Manti Temple door

We had a good time touring Welfare Square and I recommend if anyone has a chance to go-to stop by for a tour.

October Conference

My parents and Kyle flew into town for a week for Fall Conference- we love having them visit! We had a fun time together.
-We watched Shawn race his RC cars at the track-and win first place!
-Did some shopping
-Ate out at some yummy restaurants and ate my moms good cooking too
-Visited Brocky at the Library-so we can see him in uniform protecting the library and all of the books
-The boys all went to Priesthood session and my mom and I went shopping and ate at PF Changs
-We all enjoyed both Saturdays sessions at home
-Saturday night we all spent the night at the Little America in Salt Lake so we could just wake up and walk to the Sunday morning Session of Conference.
-Enjoyed the Sunday morning session at the Conference Center
-Watched, "Letters to Juliet"
-My parents spent the night in Manti and visited the Manti Temple-where they got married
-We visited Welfare Square
-We had a great time together and love when we have visitors!
Dad, Kyle, Brock, and Shawn right before they left for the Preisthood Session

Me, Shawn, Kyle, My dad hiding in the back, Brock, and my mom outside the Conference Center

Kyle, My mom, and dad in line to get into the Conference Center

Shawn and I inside the Conference Center after the Sunday morning session.

Shawns Florida trip

Shawn got chosen to present the research that he has been working on for over a year- at the American College of Sports Medicine convention in Florida. Shawn went with his research professor and 2 other students who were also presenting. Shawn had a great time on his trip and it was a great experience for him as well. Shawn with his research poster

Dr. Dave, Shawn, and his other friends that went with him to Florida

Shawn outside the church-they all went to church Sunday morning and then flew home.

Another Birthday....

I just celebrated another birthday!
My birthday was Monday but on Sunday Brock and Shawn made me a delicious salmon dinner and the I got vanilla ice cream with baby chocolate chips (my fav) and a cupcake. I also got to open up some fun presents as well. Brock got me a book about fun places to visit in the US and then I got a GPS from Shawn-which will be perfect for us when we go on a trip to Nebraska and Mt Rushmore next month! I also got a round trip flight to Oregon from my parents-thanks again for my last trip to Oregon last month!
I also got surprised at work with flowers, balloons, and cake from my wonderful co-workers at work.
Then on my birthday Monday I went to work and then got to enjoy a yummy dinner at the Cheesecake Factory-again my favorite!

I had a great Birthday! I got lots of cards, text messages, and calls from some wonderful family and friends!

Thank you all for making my birthday so special!!!

Shawn and I went to visit his sister Amanda and her cute baby Andy.
Picture of Shawn and I with our cute nephew Andy-what a happy and fun baby! I finally got these stickers in the mail and then got them sent out to all of my nieces and nephews. I was looking through the Costco Photo website and found that you can make stickers with pictures and I grew up loving stickers since I was a little girl-I didnt want to make stickers of myself so I decided to make stickers for each of my nieces and nephews. I found cute pictures of each of them and then ordered them and then patiently waited for them to come in the mail. I finally got my stickers and then sent them out to everyone-hope they enjoy!

Sorry Cael, Brecon, and Connor: I did not know how or where to mail stickers out to you since you are so far away but if your mom and dad can tell us how to mail things out to Germany for a cheap price then we will get some ordered and sent out to you too. We did not forget about you and we think about you all of the time!

Shawn's frist day of school-Fall 2010

Shawn started school last Monday and I am a little late in getting his first day a school picture up-but I wanted to make sure to get it posted-especially since this is his senior year!!! Cant believe it 1 more year left!

I also wanted to brag a little about my great husband:
-Shawn got chosen to present his reseach at the ACSM Integrative Physiology and Exercise Science Conference that will be held in Miami, Florida this September.
-Shawn also got his first Dental School interview invite to U of Nebraska (which was our top 2 school) we are so excited and we are heading out to Nebraska to visit the campus in October Shawn also got his cast taken off last Monday on the first day of school. Now he is in a walking boot for the next 3 weeks.

Couple things we have been doing latley....
We just celebrated Brock's 23rd birthday. We had him over and he choose homemade pizza for dinner and I made him a funfettie cake and ice cream. I also got Brock a, "Fishing Utah" book-which he loved since he is obsessed with fishing. Brock and Shawn

Brock with his birthday cake

Shawn at one of his races. He has been racing his cars alot.

One of my favorite missionary companions just got married and we got a picture together with all of the Santa Rosa missionaries that were there at the wedding.

Shawn also got his cast off on Monday and now is in his walking boot again for the next 3 weeks