When the Day's stayed with the Joslyn's

Juice! I need JUICE!!! Ha ha! We get to go to the beach in NOVEMBER!

Almost a whole sand-dollar

The kids had fun making Dave their sand castle

Now that's a big fish!

It was very tasty

Merry Christmas!

President Monson's Talk on "America" and the "Constitution

May there be NO DOUBT where the Lord stands

on the Constitution of the United States

and OUR ROLE in its PROTECTION!

Preparing for WINTER....TOO LATE!

My goodness...WINTER...how is it YOU fooled us...

sneaking in and interfering with one of the nicest FALL SEASONS

we have experienced in awhile...

We almost didn't get the "hoses" in on time...

Icecles tumbled out...as Garvin wrapped them up for the winter...

Nice size to add to soda or lemonade...

Well...some things we didn't get to... fast enough...

Hmmm..."broken pipes" have

been our nemisis this year!

We are LEARNING FAST... what the consequences are...

when not paying attention to such matters...):

Opps! I was wondering why I heard "rushing" water

going..."somewhere"...

Fortunately...this one didn't FLOOD US OUT

like it did earlier in the year...

OK...mixed messages here...

Dark clouds...and the SUN SHINING!

Perhaps...my little friend here was giving us a "sign"

that there was more to come?

Ah...huh...

Our first "skeef" of snow - HALLOWEEN!

What a trick! Was not a TREAT!

It is here....WINTER....is HERE!

(front yard)

Back deck...

I took this picture from our bedroom window

Yes...INSIDE the HOUSE!

(I wasn't in the mood to deal with 21 degrees...)

At all possible, today, the car will stay right where it is...

In the meantime...

I am relishing my FALL decorations

INSIDE the HOUSE...

and a nice WARM FIRE in the wood stove!

YES!

For ALL Mothers! These are a Few "other" Favorite Things...(smile)

For: Sarah and Rebekah

T-Bone Hamburgers

There is something about growing your own food...

harvesting it...

and then, blessed to enjoy the bounty of it...

Our first taste...of sampling

T-Bone...

From the Skillet...

 Into the bread...

Hyrum taking his first bite!

No comment is necessary

Garvin enjoying his bottle-fed baby

Mama trying not to think about

who I was eating...

 

Halloween House - to MUSIC

T-Bone Came Home Today

T-Bone came home, today...

 Roasts

 Hamburger 

Different cuts of STEAK

Liver and Beef Stew

 Soup bones

 Winter Harvest

Our "M & M" Girls

Here are "M"adison and "M"cKenzie

in their new and FIRST "Halloween" outfits...

McKenzie and Madison

McKenzie

Madison

Annie's brother, Jacob, holding the girls

Madison

 

Hyrum and The Rexburg Idaho Temple

One of Garvin's and my goals and truly a dream...

was to see that all of our children would be

endowed in the "House of the Lord"...

Hyrum, on the 14th of October

fulfilled that dream...

We decided to have Hyrum receive his endowment

in the Rexburg Idaho Temple so that some of

his siblings could be there...

Rebekah, Abraham, and Angel were able to be there.

Sarah had made a commitment to her 

Relief Society to teach 2 classes prior to Hyrum making the appointment, 

so she was unable to attend.

Annie, Abe's wife, and Joel, Rebekah's husband, were able 

to be there.  My BEST MISSIONARY companion, Mary Jane Williams,

also, made the endowment session.

Hyrum in one of his new

"missionary" suits

Annie and Abe - Hyrum - Garvin

Joel and Rebekah - Angel

Angel, Abe, Hyrum, Mama, Garvin, and Rebekah

Sun was setting

Windy Day...

Angel Moroni.  The angel Moroni depicts both a messenger of the restoration of the gospel and a herald of the Second Coming: "for the Son of Man shall come, and he shall send his angels before him with the great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together the remainder of his elect from the four winds" (JS-M 1:37).

 Rexburg Idaho Temple

LOVE THE United States Flag blowing in the wind!

Bright "Fall" colors!

Rebekah...Has more fun with a camera! (smile)

Sarah who would have been there...had it not been for a prior commitment!

And I wonder why...the "Smith" boys...have a hard time taking a decent picture!