Lucy is 11!

Lucy turned 11 on a Sunday. It was straight hair day for the sisters!

The best gift of the day: Carly made a coupon book for Lucy.
*Stop annoying you - expired after June
*Stop copycating you - expired after May
*Stop talking & go to bed - expired after Feb

Happy Birthday Lucy! We love you!

My Dad is a Lucky Guy

Today Carly went up to bear her testimony in Sacrament Meeting. She said that she is getting baptized in 4 months and that she was really excited. Then she said, "My Dad is a really lucky guy because he has four beautiful daughters." That was all.

Austin bore his testimony since it was his month to conduct. He bore a strong testimony that he knows that God lives, that God has a plan for us, and that we will see God again.  He told about his cousin, Bobby DePoe, that just passed away.

I also bore my testimony and told about our trip to see Les for New Year's Eve. Les lives 22 miles off the highway near Lewistown, Montana. Austin's parents had gone the day before and got stuck and had to walk the last mile, so we knew the roads were snowy. We had four-wheel drive so we thought we could make it. Nope. We got stuck in the same place. We sent Hanna to run ahead to tell Les we were stuck. A couple miles before we got stuck, we had seen some hunters on four-wheelers. They pulled up next to us within a couple minutes and told us their tractor was on its way to pull us out. They said they had seen us drive by and decided to keep their eye on us to make sure we got through. When they saw we were stuck, they sent one group to tell their Grandpa to bring the tractor. He was there in a couple minutes, pulled us out, and then plowed the road to get through. By then Grandpa had come in Les's tractor to help us.

My analogy was that the Savior is always watching us from the ridge. He keeps us eye on us and sends help as soon as we are stuck. Sometimes he sends the Holy Ghost to guide, comfort, protect and direct us. Sometimes he sends angels that we can't see to help us.  Other times angels that we can see help us and watch over us.

New Year's Eve 2015

The party was at Les & Hollis' new house in Lewistown, Montana this year for New Year's Eve/Day. But first it took lots of excitement to get to their house.

Buck & Martha went a day early and got stuck and had to walk the last mile to Les's house, and he came with the tractor.

The next day we came and got stuck in the same place. We sent Hanna to run to get Les. But within minutes there were two four-wheelers that came to help us and told us their tractor was on its way to pull us out. The tractor pulled us out and then plowed the road for us to get through. By then Grandpa Buck had come in the tractor because Les was still at work.  It was so nice of the neighbors to come and help us.

Then Sarah and Rod got a flat tire about an hour from their house. They couldn't get it off, so they called roadside assistance. They didn't come for 2 1/2 hours. Then it was tricky for them to find a tire shop that is open on New Year's Eve. They ended up going back home and they left at 5 am on New Year's Day and made it safely to Les's house while we were still eating pancakes.

Back to the party. We had a New Year's eve barn party. We had teams and we competed in lots of events: beebee gun shooting, bike race, bad minton, roping the dummy, and a pogo stick competition. Grandpa Buck did 30 pogo jumps with the help of Austin and Les.  Hanna won the contest with 149 jumps, but Taycee was a close second with 144 jumps. The barn party was awesome.

Then we went inside and played games. The girls had a dance we got to watch at midnight.

New Year's Day we had the perfect sledding party. The sun was shining, no wind, great snow, lots of sleds, no injuries, and lots of screams. We went sledding twice on New Year's Day and once more on Saturday before we left (that time there was a tube that hit the fence, popped the tube, and two kids had slight injuries).

This is Grandma Nunn and all 15 grandchildren.

Happy New Year!