Raft River's Thanksgiving Dinner Time

Dinner will be served between twelve and one o'clock.  This will hopefully leave plenty of time for fun and travel back home before it gets too late.  We are very excited to see everyone.  Travel safely.  Love Paula

Thanksgiving elsewhere...

Where are all the Thanksgiving dinners going to be so I can know where to go?

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving at Raft River:  I will make/bake a turkey, gravy, mashed potatoes and rolls, if everyone would like to bring your favorite salad, vegetable and dessert.  If you have any questions give me a call.  349-5535. I hope you can come.  Paula 

What a week!

Sitting here at the end of a nice Sunday with Dad and Mom tucked
safely in their bed at my house. So nice to have them here for a few
days! Dad went for a ride on his trike and really seemed to enjoy
getting out and around.

It's been quite a weekend! Left early Friday afternoon and headed for
the Holt Arena in Pocatello to to watch Larsen play in the state
championship. Exciting game and so close but a disappointing end for
the boys despite Larsen's extreme effort and awesome talent. We had a
great visit for those who came over at Stuart's apartment clubhouse.
Thanks to Paula and everyone that brought food! We had Kent, Steven,
Don, Dan and families so a good time was had by all.

I rode up with Dan and Dave so we drover over to Grace where Dan and I
continued to discuss the drama at Move Networks and try to analyze
what to do. Interesting place and times so we'll see what this week
brings. Anyway, we worked on the middle house for a bit putting up
lights. It's looking very nice and not too much left to do. Then Dad,
Mom and I drove back to Orem where I raced to get over to see Joe's
starring performance in Guy's & Dolls. It was a fun play and he did a
great job. Here's a short clip shot with my iPhone (not great
quality). Joe's the lead in the center and one singing. The Hunters
as well as Jill, Zan and Erin came...again a good time had by all! Hayley was in a play this weekend as well and heard that it was great. I'm sure many of you are doing things we don't know about but snap a shot or two and post it!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0-iMGI1vns

So, it will be interesting to see what ends up happening for
Thanksgiving for all of you. Wherever you end up and whatever you do,
we have so much to be thankful for!

Love,
Peter

Party at Stuart's Clubhouse after Larsen's Game

For those of you coming to Larsen's game at the Holt Arena there's going to be dinner afterwards at Stuart's club house at his apartment complex just a few blocks from the Holt Arena. We're excited to see you all.  Thanks Stuart for reserving it!

Sideways video.

Josh Dancesport

Here are some shots of Josh and his partner this past weekend.  He made it to the finals.  He’s a swinger!

Larsen Plays in Holt Arena for State Title

The Declo Hornets (Larsen) will be playing football against Parma in the Holt Arena this Friday at 5 pm.  Parma's has a 21 game winning streak and Declo is undefeated this year. The two teams played against each other last year at State on the Bronco Stadium at Boise.  Parma won by one point in overtime.   What more can I say.  This is going to be a good game. 

 

We have a few Dairy passes that only admit 2 people per ticket (last year they let in whole families) so if you need some let us know. I'm excited to see some of you there. Gordon's phone # is 208-300-0583 to locate where to sit.  For those of you coming, travel safe. Love ya.  Paula 

 

It can also be viewed on IdahoSports.com

 

For info on Larsen go to http://www.magicvalley.com/search/?q=%22larsen+webb%22

Mooney Chronicles

The week in isolation for work was fairly productive. The three of us
product managers turned a 17 page document of business requirements
into 150 pages of product requirements. We now officially have world
domination defined...now someone just has to build it. Anyway, it was
nice spend some time actually producing something, even it if it may
only be fiction!

So Saturday morning and the plane still isn't done. I called Tito and
he said, "I'm working on the your plan and I will be done in two
hours." "Can I help you?" I asked. "No." But then about two hours
later he called and said he could use some help so I went out there.
It was cold and the wind was blowing when I arrived. He was just
putting in the radio and we checked out the headphones through the new
intercom (sounded great!) as well as the overhead speakers for both
radios. He still needed to put the rest of the panel back together
but said, "I need to go. I am cold." He's an older fellow from
Ecuador and didn't have a hat or gloves. So we started to pack up and
just about then, this storm from across the lake hit full force and it
was a total white out of hail and snow. It took two of us to get the
cover buttoned up. The runway was only a few hundred yards away and I
couldn't even see it but I heard this jet land! He must have been able
to see the other end of the runway as he came down but by the time he
got to our end, I'm sure they were totally blind. Anyway, Tito's got
an hour left to button it up. Maybe this week...

Earlier in the day, I was up on the ladder cleaning leaves and mud out
of the rain gutter. It had snowed and the cement with leaves was kind
of slick. I had been up and down several times so thought it was ok
but was up there working when all of a sudden, the ladder slid out
from under me! I grabbed the rain gutter with both hands but at 190
and weak upper body strength (plus the rain gutter bent out giving
way), I only hung for a second. The ladder slid back and hit a tree
so stopped before it hit the ground. I fell to the ladder but somehow
managed to hit and roll around the ladder, landing on my feet on the
steps. A bruised forearm and a scrap on my shin were the only after
affects.... pretty darn lucky! (see drawing).

A highlight of the week was going to the BYU basketball game with
Steve, Shannon, Tyler and his buddy Jake. I was fried after the week
and wanted to get out early but didn't make it. Fortunately they
called as I was getting home and watched a well played game on both
sides. Glad for family!

Love,
Peter

Alyssa

Peter's Week

Work: Ken Brueck's last day on Friday--very sad as he's been a good
friend. Good news is we successfully completed a security audit which
will allow us to stream HBO content and have them feel good that we
are safe. It's been a lot of work and the boss called to
"congratulate" me and the other two that have been working on it so
hard. This week, I'm quarantined to get the new business requirements
fleshed out. I was excited to be locked away, focusing on one thing
all week but just checked and already there's a mandatory meeting I
need to be in at 8:30 Monday morning!

Weekend: AWESOME trip with the young men to Goblin Valley. Could not
have asked for nicer weather! Took all the young men and the priests
did a fine job of getting the food and feeding us. Slept under the
stars and watched the half full moon come up over the distant
horizon...beautiful! Went on a several hour hike looking for a cave
and then played capture the flag in the valley of Goblins when we got
back - my hamstrings are pretty sore from running! See the pics here:
http://www.techmarketingink.com/photos/091107_goblin_valley/index.html

Mooney Chronicles: Still working to get the radio going. The Com
panel is in but now one of the radios is not working--that may be why
the VOR is not working either. Tito took it apart and said that the
capacitors are all dried out and cracked. Weather and age...not good
for planes! But, it's been nice to run out to the airport a couple of
times this week. See the pics above.

Family: Great to have Kent here for a night (actually, he was here Fri
and Sat but I was gone Fri so he got to see what it's like to live
here like I do). He went down and back to Blanding and had a load of
furniture from Mignon's parent's house. Good to see him and catch up
a little. After a 2.5 hour Sunday nap (heaven!) helped celebrate
Kayla's 17th birthday with dinner and dessert and then over to
Littlefields for some more visiting. They had a wild day as it was
Stake Conference and while President Littlefield was giving his
closing talk, the patriarch (who had just spoken) had a stroke while
sitting on the stand. They had to end the meeting a little early and
he was taken away to the hospital. I think he was 91 and this had
happened before as his wife (who was there), wasn't too rattled.

Anyway, have a good week all! Also caught this pic on the freeway
advertising Dad's trike. Speaking of the trike, Tuesday night, I left
at nine p.m. with it and rode up the canyon to Bridal Veil Falls. It
was almost a full moon and really was a fun ride!

So, Larsen and team are headed to the State Finals....maybe we'll see
you there. Hunters are talking about getting a hotel in the
area...anyone else game?

Fwd:

Don't faint!! But I am going to give this a try. First, thanks to all who have contributed for the last year or so that we have been on vacation. We love getting the reports and pictures and look forward to reading them for FHE. Peter's pictures this week look good enough for our refreshments. Got to find a way to e-mail food. There's a good project for someone!
Just finished practicing with all three of the girls; trying to cram three days practice into one. How do you do it Janet. I love it though because we are progressing. I think my favorite is the duets I get to play with them.

Dad is upstairs playing his guitar and singing. It has been such a blessing for him and he says it is so relaxing. It seems our routine is much the same every day. Sunday we stayed home from Stake Conference and tended Joe and Kai. We watched Living Scriptures, built temples with the blocks and drew pictures on the chalk board. They came back this morning and wanted to watch the "Jesus" movie again so I guess it was good.

It is sooo beautiful out tonight, not too cold and the moon is so big and bright. I wanted to go over and stay at the Webb cabin but a change in plans came up so maybe another night.

Just want you all to know how very very much we love you and pray fervently for your protection from harm and from sin. I keep thinking we ought to do a service project as a family. If anyone has any ideas let me know. Take care all and thanks for being such a wonderful family.

Much much love Grandpa and Grandma

Hunter's

     Hello from the Happy Hunting Halloweener's.  We've had a fun weekend with Michael being here arriving on Thursday.  He flew from Oakland to Salt Lake, Thursday night after work.  On the the way to the airport he was thinking to himself how much he would like to find someone he knew on the flight to visit with.  As he was walking up to stand in the boarding line he walked right past Nan who was also on her way to Salt Lake.  He was pleasantly surprised and happy to see her. 

     Kayla and Cami both had concert's this week.  Kayla's was Tuesday night at Timpview High School.  The symphonic band played four numbers finishing the evening with a number titled  "Ghost Train".  It was a wonderful concert and I especially enjoyed having Cami come with me.  It's great to see her every once and a while. Friday night Cami played with the BYU symphonic band.  They also played four numbers finishing with "Fiesta" which had been a festival number for Timpview in the past.  Sam Hayden and date came as well as Nan and her sister Lauren. Michael and I went and took Cami out to ice cream after.  It was a great  night out.  

     Kayla left Thursday for Anaheim California to compete in two marching band competitions.  I received word they swept both competitions receiving the highest awards given at both competitions.  Pretty Amazing !!!!!!!  Andrew dressed as a firefighter and went with Alyssa, a Jedi, to march in the Canyon Crest Halloween parade. They were so cute walking together.  Friday night we attended the ward trunk or treat, Paisley as Indiana Jones, and then off to Uncle Dave's and Uncle Pete's neighborhoods to get additional candy.  I made sure everyone had hot chicken noodle soup in their tummies before going and the confiscated the candy after they got back.  What a mean mom?  Michael has been running around today doing scout stuff and Saturday we plowed our garden under getting ready for winter.  It was a fun weekend !!