House update

The main floor of our new house is nearly framed in, and they will probably be starting on the second level tomorrow.  It's so fun to walk through and imagine where we will put things and how each room will be used.  Very exciting.  We have to decide on windows today and then on the heating/cooling system.  Ryan was over there a few days ago shooting BB guns and then his shotgun on the property, and the neighbor got a little nervous (even though the shot was not going anywhere near his property line.)  I think they got things smoothed over. This picture is from a few days ago when they were just starting to frame.  

Our Family

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Our Hero Sierra

Sierra's 2nd grade class has been working really hard to collect food for the Idaho Food Bank.   When each child brought 30 items, her class earned a read-in, where they got to wear PJs and read all day.  News Channel 7came in and did a story on their class.  Watch for Sierra (she's wearing a white sweatshirt and has a hot pink reading pillow)! http://www.ktvb.com/video/?z=y&nvid=301855

The food drive has been expanded to include the entire school.  If you would like to help their efforts, you can make cash donations at www.chrisconant.com-click the "Chip In" link on the right hand side.  

Halloween

Another year of trick-or-treating has come and gone.  This year I took the girls around and Ryan stayed home to pass out treats to the neighbors.  Usually I stay home and he goes with the kids.   The weather was great-warm enough to only need a bit of a jacket, so there were lots of kids of all ages out and about.   Anya was a fairy princess.  Sierra was Elizabeth Swann from Pirates of the Caribbean (although she hasn't seen any of the movies and mostly just thought the costume was pretty).  Emma was a Southern Belle (think Scarlett O'Hara).   Lexi and her friend Madeline were Thing One and Thing Two.  Christa went with two of her friends as a fork, knife and spoon.  She was the knife.  I didn't get her picture.  

Baptism

On Saturday Sierra was baptized and confirmed a member of our church. We had lots of family who were able to come over--thanks for coming, family and friends! There were 7 other children in the stake also being baptized. Our girls sang  My Heavenly Father Loves Me, arranged by Christa,  in the program.  We are so pleased that Sierra has chosen to follow the example of Jesus Christ and to be baptized  a  member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, and that she will now have the gift of the Holy Ghost.