23 Cheers!

Raise a glass to Ellesse today as we all celebrate her birthday. Maybe watch the movie 'Clue', or 'Kite Runner', 'Amelie' or 'Everything is illuminated' and think of her... Listen to Coldplay, or something else from her 'bizarro music playlist'. Go see the play 'Light in the Piazza' and relax.

We love her and I can't imagine life without her. I know she has saved my life especially when I was really sick. I am thankful Heavenly Father sent her to us.

Happy Birthday, Ellessie!

Go, Go Elder T. DeMeester!

Yahoo for Elder Talmage DeMeester! He is headed to the Belgium Brussels mission Dutch Speaking (IF YA AIN'T DUTCH, YA AIN'T MUCH!) The DEMEESTERS are comin' home! (Well pretty darn close...) We are all proud of you Talmage for holding on and staying strong. Keep it up and we will all come over for a DeMeester Reunion old school in 2 years... I'm sure Grandpa Holly is smiling...

Now behold, a marvelous work is about to come forth among the children of men.
Therefore, O ye that embark in the service of God, see that ye serve him with all your heart, might, mind and strength, that ye may stand blameless before God at the last day.
Therefore, if ye have desires to serve God ye are called to the work;
For behold the afield is white already to harvest; and lo, he that thrusteth in his sickle with his might, the same layeth up in store that he perisheth not, but bringeth salvation to his soul;
And faith, hope, charity and love, with an eye single to the glory of God, qualify him for the work.
Remember faith, virtue, knowledge, temperance, patience, brotherly kindness, godliness, charity, humility, diligence.
Ask, and ye shall receive; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. Amen.
Doctrine and Covenants 4

“The Standard of Truth has been erected; no unhallowed hand can stop the work from progressing; persecutions may rage, mobs may combine, armies may assemble, calumny may defame, but the truth of God will go forth boldly, nobly, and independent, till it has penetrated every continent, visited every clime, swept every country, and sounded in every ear, till the purposes of God shall be accomplished, and the Great Jehovah shall say the work is done” (History of the Church, 4:540)

Birthday Shout Out!

Cheers to Candace another year older! I hope all your wildest dreams come true!... to quote Pedro from Napoleon Dynamite. I hope your friends toilet paper your dorm room...

Cake and ice cream anyone?

Happy Birthday to Roberta!!!

We hope you have a good day!

Lest We Forget

I hope you all were wearing your poppy and thinking of those who paid for our freedoms. Rest in Peace Grandpa Holly. Elliott and I made a wreath out of 'homemade poppies' and put them up at the war memorial in our park.

In Flanders Fields
By: Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, MD (1872-1918)
Canadian Army
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.

Halloween3..though not nearly as scary as the movie

The beginning of the evening when everyone's make-up was fresh and they all have their props

Second round of trick-or-treating with the DDsThe end of the evening...

At least they had one thing that was healthy that night!

Hallowe'en Revisited

Here are some pics. from us in Utah! Matt was a pool shark and bonnie was the 8 ball, Jackson was Nemo... again. Alison was Olive Oyl, Elliott was Popeye, and Dan was Brutus. Lilly was a Pumpkin Fairy....