"Supper"

The neighbors have a pet deer. They found it on the side of the road when he was just a baby fawn. He had been hit by a car and had a broken leg. So they brought him home, stinted his leg, bottle-fed him, and named him "Supper." He is the friendliest little thing, and it's been a lot of fun having him around.



He stopped to play with us while we were on a morning walk this last week...

Brian set up chairs out back so we could all come out and enjoy the outdoors on this beautiful Sunday evening. Supper saw the crowd and came to play. His antlers are starting to bud out, or whatever you call it, so he likes to pretend he's head-butting, but he plays like a dog. It is so funny to watch. I tried to catch it on camera, but wasn't able to, but I did get a pretty cute one with Faye & Lizzy playing with the deer...

Halloween 2009

This year we continued our traditional "night-before-Halloween dinner" with the pumkin casserole (thanks Wendy), worm graveyard, and witch's potion...

On Halloween night we went to a member's barn for a party. They went to a lot of work to make it a fun night. They had cute decorations, a chili cook-off, a photo set-up, pies, pumpkin-carving competion, hay-ride, and trick-or-treating. We had been working hard all day on the new addition, so it was a nice break and we had a lot of fun. Faye was a dancer, Daisy a kitty, and Lizzy was a frog. I'll let you guess the "origional" costumes B and I had--ha, ha...

Getting ready for the hay-ride...

Uncle Joseph & Liz...

Mom Payne went as a pregnant lady, which was so funny to me (since she's already had 10 KIDS!!). Good one, Grandma...

Trick-or-treatin...

Weatherford

I love living in Weatherford!! The girls are absolutely loving their new home, and I appreciate all the opportunities they have to explore and to get to be with extended family.

When we moved in, the new addition wasn't quite ready for us, so we have been working hard. Yes, "we" have. That means me, too. Papa Payne taught me about electricity, and I love it!! I can install outlets, light switches, fans, light fixtures, and most importantly I UNDERSTAND it all. It's pretty fun learning new skills. Here is a before & after photo that Faye took of me (& Daisy) wiring a 3-way outlet...

The downside to being an electrician (he, he) is that my hands sure took a beating. After all the scrapes, scratches, twisting, and pinching the wires, I was holding B's hand that night, and he said: "My, those are some sure rough hands." So, as much fun as I'm having, I don't think I will persue my career as an electrician:).

Farewell Galveston

In memory of Galveston, I added a few photos:

Brian sleeping in the closet after being on-call all night (it was the only place quiet or dark enough). And yes, Brian asked me to wake him up at a certain time, so I decided to let the girls help me...

I love Cub Scouts!! And if that's the only place I'll ever get to have "my boys", I'll take it. I cannot think of a better or more fun place to have a calling. These photo's also represent all the callings that we have held in Galveston, since they (our callings) were such a HUGE part of our lives while we were there...

These are farewell cards my fellow Cub Scouters made for me...

And I can't forget the missionaries. We had the missionaries over many times, and I appreciated every single visit. Missionaries have such a powerful spirit, and I could feel that spirit when they came into our home. What a blessing they are to members, as well as non-members!!...