Checking out Moroni...

Yesterday we went down to Sanpete county to check out different places to live. As many of you know already, we are preparing to move down there this summer (once the fellowship is over).
Some of the choices:

Moroni - where the office is;
Mt. Pleasant - where the hospital is;
Ephraim where the college is (as well as WALMART and more people!).

So I thought would be fun to give everyone a little information on the area:
Sanpete County:
About an hour south of Provo
pop ~25,000 people

Moroni:
pop ~1200.
Has it's own Elementary school and the No. County Middle School
(as well as the Turkey Plant!)

Mt. Pleasant:
pop ~ 2,800
Has Elementary and the No. County High School
The closest golf course - 9 holes (although it may be closer to Fairview)

Ephraim:
pop ~5,200
Has Elementary and So. County Middle School
Also home of Snow College

There are 30+ lakes/ponds/rivers in the area with lots of mountain trails and such. Here are some of the bigger ones:
Lakes and reservoirs: Hamburger Lake, Harmonica Lake, Hartney Lake, Rush Pond, Marys Lake, Blind Lake, Blue Lake, Island Lake
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Acord Fork, PC Fork, Maple Fork, Peach Canyon Creek, Jimmys Fork, Petes Creek, Petes Fork, Pigeon Creek, Jason Creek

I think we are really leaning towards Ephraim or Moroni, but if anyone else has a suggestion let us know (please limit those suggestions to the Sanpete area!) ;)

Winter Is Here!

It is definitely getting cold out. Time to break out the "winter stuff"!

The doggies FIRST real SNOW!

Moriah and Kayley on their way home from school.
(Even though the snow melted by the end of the day, it was still COLD out!)

Jacob and Daddy

Halloween Day

So Mark posted our really cool family picture, but here is how the rest of our day went.

Our Cute Little SuperMan!

This being Jacob's first Halloween that he is actually interested in I took a few extra photos, and felt the need to post them!

At the School watching Moriah, Kayley and their cousins in the school parade!

Trick-Or-Treating FUN with My cousins, Jordon and Noel.

The Brother's

Late night trick-or-treaters surprise us with a visit, and boy did Troy surprise us!

Flag Football

Yesterday the Elder's quorum challenged the Young Men to a game of Flag Football. What were we thinking?

It was a lot of fun and the weather was perfect. And we actually were winning until the young men decided to get out of bed and finally show up!

What I didn't know was that my "stalker wife" (see school posts: 1, 2) took pictures of us while we played.

Enjoy:

That was me rushing Scott (QB for the YM) but apparently I arrived at 5 Mississippi a little too late!

What a play! Notice the clean running patterns!

After another play... notice the hustle back to the line of scrimmage!

My Goal for our next game: Count to 5 Mississippi FASTER!

Halloween Picture Fun

I am sure that Tammy will blog more about Halloween but I thought I would post one of our Halloween family pictures.
This one is my favorite:

Getting Ready For Halloween

A Trip To See "The Witches" With Our Cousins

Picking Out Our Pumpkins At The Pumpkin Patch

The Ward Halloween Party



Carving Pumpkins

The Finished Products! (Don't you love Moriah's "SPIDER")

A Trip To Cornbelly's With Our Cousins

Trick-or-Treating

And Passing Out CANDY At Dad's Work!

Now We Are READY For HALLOWEEN!