Carving Pumpkins...Sort Of?!

I have to apologize to Keith for not calling him on his Birthday. HAPPY BELATED B-DAY! I figure if you spent the day with Hannah Montana, then your brother calling you wouldn't have been that exciting. Thanks for posting the pictures. We thoroughly enjoyed the picture of Kacie...Sorry Kacie, but it's a CLASSIC! I have had many moments of silence for the Rockies over the past week. To make matters worse, I just watched the Broncos lose in overtime. It's a tough time to be a Coloradan. Things in Idaho Falls are going well. Riley is very excited to be Pocahontas for Halloween. Macie will be a Pirate. We have been practicing saying, Argh! There hasn't been much progress, but I'm confident she'll bring out her A-Game when it matters. We are also excited to go to Denver November 8th through the 13th - We all need a little break from reality.

Witness Protection

Ladies and gentlemen, after a stint in the Witness Protection Program I have resurfaced briefly in order to post a few pix on the blog. I have been promising Amy that I'd put our San Fran stuff up; I need to put the pic of Bubba in the ER up; and how could I live with myself if I didn't post the camera-phone images taken from the fabulous seats the Weasel and I had at the Hannah Montana concert. Enjoy.

KJ

P.S. Please observe a moment of silence for the Rockies.

We have a Bubba down!!

Keith sent me a text message last night saying that Bubba broke her leg playing soccer! He said she is doing okay, but I'm sure she is bummed about the prospect of not being able to play soccer for awhile while she heals! We'll all have to send lots of happy, positive thoughts her way! :)

33 and all is well!

Okay, so I'm not actually 33 years old yet...still 12+ hours until it becomes official, but I thought I'd post a quick update since Todd pointed out in his b-day wishes that there hasn't been a singles conference debriefing or a teaching update! (I'm editing to note the fact that I'm pretty darn sure it was actually Valerie, posting under Todd's name, who posted the b-day wishes!)

The singles conference was basically a bust, but Keith and I had a WONDERFUL time in San Francisco. I guess I had to travel all that way to find out that things are rough all over when it comes to finding a tall, handsome guy! Mostly the conference itself just served to make me feel extra disappointed and frustrated that things weren't/aren't going better (or really going at all, for that matter!) with the guy in Denver. But that's another post for another day! Here's one picture of us, freezing on a not-really tour bus. We were supposed to do speed dating, but no one was allowed to stand up on the second story of the bus...go fig! You can tell how excited we are! Ask Keith about the guy in the baseball cap....... :)



Like I said, Keith and I had a fabulous time together, and had some great quotes and memories come out of the trip. For instance, we had a guy in Chinatown try to get us into his tea shop by telling us that the tea would make us "sexy like hell." (At least that's what it sounded like...hard to say for sure with the accent!) Keith bought jewelry like a regular woman, and we almost died of a heart attack walking up steep streets to see the crookedest street in San Fran. I leave it to our resident photographer to share some of the pics he took...hopefully soon.

My teaching experience is going well! Some nights are better than others, but generally speaking I am enjoying the experience and think that the students are having a pretty good time as well! It's also nice to be earning a little bit of extra money on the side!! :)

Oh yes, I am well aware of the Twilight craze! I actually started reading that book awhile back, and just didn't care enough to finish it! Anyway, I'm sure that at this point there are some feelings of jealousy thrown into the mix that make it hard for me to be objective about the whole situation, but who knows...maybe someday I'll read the books.

Well, that is the birthday eve report from me! I'm sure glad that I was born into this family! We are so fortunate to get along so well, and to have such a good time together! Lots of love to all of you!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Amy, we hope you have a wonderful day! I am excited to hear about the singles conference and how teaching is going. The new novel rage around here is the Twilight series written by some BYU grad. I haven't convinced myself they are worth reading yet, but apparently everyone else thinks they are great. I just wondered if you have heard of them or if this is strictly a Utah-Idaho fad. NOt much new going on here. I returned all of the adorable boy clothes I had bought over the past three months...it was pretty sad. I guess it is nice that we have everything we need! Well, sleep in late, go out to eat, and have a fun day ;) - Val and Todd

IT'S A GIRL....AGAIN!

Well, we are happy to announce we will be adding another little girl to our family! After a Dr. Pepper and a copious amount of sugary treats, I have come to grips with the fact I must have done something terribly wrong in the preexistence :) When Valerie first told Macie we were having a girl, Macie said, "EH EH" I couldn't have said it any better myself. All joking aside, we are very grateful to have a healthy baby. I would ask, however, that you start praying now for us to be able to make it through adolescence.