TOGETHER 4 THANKSGIVING +

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From OUR (Mom & Dad's) Point of View... we loved being together in Utah. We are so thankful we have such a great and fun fam.

A little of the break from Our point of view

The "Black weekend" Continued as Marybeth bought a small little Christmas tree. It looks great and is the perfect size for our apartment
I night shot at the temple, that was really fun I am glad that we got to do that
Cute little posed shot, this will NOT be our Christmas card picture, well I hope not
Mabe did a great job sleddin' and having a fun time up at the cabin
There wasn't too much snow, but enough to do a little sledding
Thanksgiving, what a great day

TUESDAY - NOVEMBER 25

Paths providently crossed for a couple of days with Robb & Marybeth at their Provo apartment with Katie, Dallin & Elizabeth from Portland; Mom, Dad & Sarah from 336; together with with the locals, Jeffrey and Rachel, for a two day early Turkey Day.

An Anderson Affair

I was a rather lucky little duck yesterday, as I got to get out of school to go to Salt Lake and hang out with my fave Taylorsville crew-the Andersons. Aubrey and Kevin looked grand outside of the temple, and it was a lovely day!

Granted, it's not always about bride and groom non? I got a little shoot-happy, which is easy to do with such beautiful subjects on such a gorgeous {but unmistakably chilly} day.
Yes, I got to babysit Elizabeth, all by myself. Isn't she such a babe?
Everyone-except me really, but that didn't last long; those sweet sweet Andersons would not let me stay out of the picture, no matter how much I hesitated.
What a lovely day, both in the weather and in the sentiment. Unfortunately my camera's batter died before the reception, but all is well-you can imagine how great it was.
I love to see the temple . . . la la la la la la la.

MISSIONARY FOR A DAY

Sarah finally gets to follow in her valiant brothers and sisters footsteps to serve as a full time missionary for a day. A nice breakfast started things off, prepared by the new Stake YW Presidency (Sisters Reed, Parson, Ogilvie & Hix). Then a mini-MTC. Off to the field. Return at 5pm for dinner and testimony meeting. OH! We have great kids in this Stake.

THE "MAN" WHO CAME TO DINNER

Mom and Dad spent the evening at the thea'tahr for the MHS Fall Play. Sarah did a superb acting job, including the opening and closing lines of the show. It is a fun, funny play.


For those with thespian proclivities the story basics are: The Man Who Came to Dinner is a 1939 comedy by Kaufman & Hart. The setting is a small town of Mesalia, Ohio in the weeks leading to Christmas in the 1930s. The story revolves around an outlandish radio wit, Sheridan Whiteside of New York City who was invited to dine at the house of the rich factory owner, the blustery Ernest W. Stanley (Christine), the overly accommodating wife (Sarah) and their family. However, before Whiteside enters the house, he slips on a patch of ice outside the front door. In his several weeks of recuperating he takes over the house and everyone's life as he demeans and bombastically manipulates. He is attended to by the absent-minded town physician, and a frantic nurse. The doting secretary falls in love with the geeky local newpaper reporter. There are constant phone calls (from the rich and famous such as Walt Disney, Ghandi & the Marx Bro.s), arriving gifts (including peguins and a mummy) and telegrams and visitors from all over the world including a famous drama queen (Mariah) and a flamboyant Hollywood producer and master of impersonations (Alex). Like I said - fun and funny!

A Twlight Night

We had a very fun Twlight experience last night. We bought tickets for the midnight showing. Sarah and her friends have been excited for this event for about 6 months. They are all in the MHS' fall play so I was the designated Line-Waiter.

This first picture is how many people there were ahead of me when I arrived at 6:00 p.m.

Fortunately there were some of Sister M's seminary students a few people up so that I could visit with someone.

This was at 8:00 p.m. They lined up one side of the hall and then started on the other.

We managed to get in the LFX theater, three rows from the top - almost in the middle. Here are those very cute girls. It was a really fun night - and Sarah just got home from school and seemed to survive the day!!!

Gone but not Forgotten

The pictures of these two Rachels (in their very youngish pictures) are on display in the main hall at MHS. I think it is Rachel J's birthday today so we post this in honor of the two Rachels!! (HAPPY BIRTHDAY RACHEL)

Bonnie's Surprise Birthday Party

It was the 19th birthday of my dear dear roommate Bonnie. She is amazing! So we threw her a surprise birthday party.

She went out to dinner with her dad, and so we all gathered in my room to decorate, and then waited for Bonnie to get back. Quite a crowd developed, well, we are the party room!
Here is the beautiful birthday girl!
A few guys gave her this huge stocking with as many random objects that could possibly be stuffed into a gigantic stocking.
We got cookies, pretzels, and . . . Martinelli's!!! So we toasted Bonnie in all her glory, as well as anything else that one could possibly yell out, and then toast to. Yup, we are living it up around here!

The Big week is finally here!!!

I am sorry to post on top of the great video, but I have been meaning to do this since Sunday. Well the week of BYU and "that other team" is finally here. I really hope everybody has remember to not wear red. I am hoping for another great win like the past two years. I hope that everyone is really excited about the game.

P.S. Old G.W. Is GREAT to listen to, I might turn the sound down on the T.V. so that I can hear him instead. Here is to another Cougar victory. And wear BLUE

Saw it - Liked it!!

Dinner is served!

Ok so there are no pictures of dinner but Robbie, Rachel, Jeff, Jared and I all had dinner. Jared left after dinner so we then decided to play some Hyperdash and take some crazy pictures.

MHS IS TOPS

- MONROVIA -
LEAGUE CHAMP!!!

This was supposed to be San Marino's year to win it all. But no... the last game of the season turned out to be a big Monrovia win over the Titans - 41 to 19. (And the last two SMHS scores were when coach put in 2nd & 3rd string guys for the last home game of the season.) Monrovia goes undefeated in league.!!!!

In the third quarter, Monrovia's big runs for TD's became so frequent Dad started filming every down figuring he would get one on video. He did. But he only had his cell phone cam so the quality is VERY low. It is at least a taste of Wildcat football at it's most exciting this year.

To see the write-up in the newspaper today
CLICK HERE

A Well Deserved Break from the Cannon Center

We decided last night, it was time. Time to take matters into our own hands, and cook!

I was really . . . really excited. Oh how I have missed the stocked kitchen of 336. We all went to the Wyview creamery and split up the load of green and red peppers, and onion, two cans of black beans, a pack of tortillas, two boxes of rice, grapes, carrots, and salsa.
In the Stover basement, we sauteed the vegetables, heated the tortillas in the stove, sprinkled some cheese on black beans, made the rice, and swiped for drinks at the vending machine.
It was a feast.
We were all rather happy with the results! Afterwards we went to see a comedy troupe-"Divine Comedy," and laughed rather hard. Plus, we witnessed a proposal on stage during halftime.

Afterwards we walked to downtown Provo and stopped into the Muse Music and Cafe {I didn't take this picture.} But I enjoyed a cup of heaven when I ordered a belgian dark chocolate cup of cocoa with a splash of French vanilla. wow. I am still dreaming of going back!

SNOW . . . a little delayed

Well, this was last Wednesday, like a week from three days ago. I simply haven't had the chance to post them.

These are in backwards order according to the time I took the pictures, but nonetheless, I believe it's rather clear what my usual haunts are . . .
Oh, I am rather enamored with the dear Maeser building.
The significant-to-the-Cornwalls-existence-and-Mom-and-dad's-dating Indian .  . . of course.
This is what I see when I first turn onto campus. Pretty lovely at 6:50 on a Wednesday morning.
This is relatively what I saw outside of my window. I was elated at the prospect of capturing this first cougar snow.

SCRIPTURE STORIES

For all you young readers (or young at heart), the church has put the Illustrated Scripture stories on-line with narration and music, etc...

CLICK HERE

for the page that accesses the four standard works.
They are available in picture, MP3 and several video formats. Opps, maybe I should have just given them to you for Christmas. I guess a link is not a very fun gift, tho'.

Guess Who...

Donated blood for the first time.

Here is my arm all bandaged

And the back of my free T-shirt

Now my experience was not the most ideal. Being a first timer I didn't realize the necessity of drinking water ahead of time. (Mom you can stop now) So I got checked out fine iron, and everything else is great, but when I am laying on the comfy cot the woman working on me asked me how much water I had consumed and it was pretty low. She decided to carry on anyway but to my dismay I laid there for around 30 minutes squeezing a stress ball that definitely didn't releave stress. But I was able to my part, after a long experience, to donate my blood.

Cutie Paisley

A few facts about Paisley:

She LOVES her babies. She takes very good care of them and insists that they are always covered with blankets because they are cold.

Her favorite song as of late is " The Yucky, Yucky Spider" It's cute what her little ears think the words to that song are.

She is loving fall because she loves to play in the leaves. Luckily for her we have some massive trees in our yard that are quickly dropping all their leaves so there are plenty for her to play in. And nice daddy doesn't mind her making a mess of his piles as he rakes.

We sure love Paisley being a part of our family. She makes every day FUN!

Veterans Day - Recycling Day

Sarah has volunteered to do the recycling for her AP Biology class - for field trips etc.. After having bags and bags sitting on the back porch and sorting for 1 1/2 hours today - she netted $52.38. Way to go Sarah.

P.S. The wagon is struggling again.