Pumpkin Carving

We have been promising the kids that we would carve pumpkins this year, so tonight we finally did it! Man they are a lot of work. It took us(daddy)two hours to do three pumpkins! The kids loved getting their hands in the pumpkin guts and picking out the seeds for grandma Isaac to roast.

Dedicated to my wonderful husband!

As I mentioned in an earlier post Jeremy was laid off 3 weeks ago from eBay. It has been very hard on him and with the turmoil in the market lately, he often wonders if he will ever find any kind of employment...so I want to share with him a quote that I read today.

This is from President Hinckley:

"It isn't as bad as you sometimes think it is. It all works out. Don't worry. I say that to myself every morning. It will all work out. If you do your best, it will all work out. Put your trust in God and move forward with faith and confidence in the future. The Lord will not forsake us,...if we put our trust in Him, if we pray to Him, if we live worthy of His blessings, He will hear our prayers."

Hang in there! We love you!

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You are thoughtful and care very deeply for your family. A loving home is of great importance to you and you always try to make people feel welcome. Although you have a great capacity to love, you also have a great capacity to hurt, so at times you can be sensitive. You're firm when you need to be, but people trust your judgment and appreciate the kind way you always handle things.

Jeremy read the books too!


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You are talented, knowledgeable and people are drawn to you. You like a good challenge and enjoy the company of a select few, but this is because you are picky and can be set in your ways. Sometimes you over react when things don’t go well, but your intentions are good and you’re priority is protecting the ones that you love.


I finally convinced my mom to read the Twilight Series. She wasn't sure if she would at first, but within 3 weeks she read them all! Ha Ha mom, I knew you wouldn't be able to put them down once you started.

Happy Birthday Jeremy!

On October 25th, Jer turned 35! We started out the day with several "Happy Birthday" drawings & cards that the kids had made. Those of you who have little kids know what I mean when I say the drawings kept coming and coming. We took the kids to see High School Musical 3(Dad was a good sport to sit through that)! It was a cute show, the kids loved it of course. Later that night, his entire family came over for a party. Grandma Brown bought Papa Murphy's pizza and a cheesecake. It was a good time. It gave Jeremy a reason to get out of bed and shower for the day (Ha Ha).

Pajama Party!

While I was away on my New York trip Grandma Brown and the kids made these pajamas. Aren't they cute? They look like something you would buy in a store. Grandma is great with the sewing machine. Anytime we need a hole patched up or pants hemmed, we go to Grandmas' house. It's horrible that I don't know how to do that stuff.

Snowbird

Grandma Brown took the kids up to Snowbird to ride the tram and play around in the snow.

Hee Haws!

So I have gotten a little behind in blogging and needed to play a little catch up. We went to Hee Haws with Ryan and Courtney (& Kids) last weekend. Courtney is so good about taking her kids to places like this every year so I am glad she gave us a call to come along. The kids had a blast. They love playing with their cousins. It was like sending the kids off to play at a giant playground while the adults just sat around and relaxed.

Los Angeles

I got the opportunity to go to Los Angeles this past week for work. I was doing some training in one of our Branch Offices. It was a short trip - only two days, but the weather was beautiful and the view from the building we were in was amazing. It was nice knowing Jeremy was home taking care of the kids. If I made more money I think I could get used to the idea of having Jeremy stay home and be "Mr. Mom". He has done a good job at keeping up on the laundry and he has dinner ready for us every night. To his defense, he is just trying to keep busy and keep his mind off the fact that he is unemployed. He would never go for me supporing the family while he stays at home, but it's a nice idea -ha ha!

Surprise!

So I came back from New York Friday night and was waiting to get my bags at the baggage claim. Out of the corner of my eye I saw this strange man come up and stand right behind me. He wasn't moving and he was definitely too close and in my space so I started to scoot over to the left a bit so I had some room. As I did that I glanced up to see who this person was standing so close and to my absolute surprise it was JEREMY! Yes, Jeremy my husband who was supposed to be in the Philippines until the end of the month. I screamed (and everyone looked at us, including Security) and then started to cry. What a nice surprise. eBay needed him to come home and be back to work by Monday.

Unfortunately, eBay announced a 10% job cut and Jeremy's department was directly affected by this news. Jeremy was laid off on Monday. No wonder they wanted him back so soon. We are really sad, but are trying to stay positive! General Conference was so good this year. Who would have thought that a lot of the things the Apostles talked about would actually hit so close to home. We are still very blessed and know that the Lord will look out for us! After all isn't this what life is all about, trials and tribulations that make us stronger people? If anyone has any good job leads, preferably the ones that pay over six digits, let us know (Ha Ha)!