Our family that attended the reunion

Mission call is here!
Reed will be leaving Nov. 14th for Sao Paulo Brazil South mission. (The pictures shows Reed reading his call off to the family, both at the house and on three cell phones.) What a exciting time for everyone.

THE MISSION CALL WAIT
The bishop called us Tuesday to tell us that Reed's call was on it's way. Wednesday Blake waited for the mailman to come. But the call wasn't there. Thursday, Mickayla and Dad beat Blake out to the mailbox. They waited as calmly as they could for the mailman to finally to complete his sorting. Blake found out they were out there without him and ran to see if he could get a hold of the call, but Dad was to quick for him! It was quickly locked away in the trunk of his car with out any of us getting a chance to lay a hand on it (or a steam iron).

The call is here! how exciting!

Dad locked the mission call in his trunk to protect it from any clever people who thought they could steam it open. Lillian and Blake discussed how easy it would be to do it. They have talked about taking Dad's keys and getting it out of the trunk and doing their evil deed quickly and quietly without anyone knowing.

Dad business is doing great. He has been getting work steadly. He just got a new client- Coke a Cola. He is very excited to be working for them. He is just doing awsome work for his clients.

Mickayla has been selling pictures she has painted. She has earned more money than I think I ever did by selling my paintings. She loves doing it. The mailman bought one of her pictures today for $1. She is so thrilled.

Mickayla is taking swimming lessons. Her teacher teaches at her home. Mickayla is learning quickly because she is the only student. She loves it.

Will enjoys Mickayla's swimming lessons. He stood on the edge of the water wearing some goggles.

Mickayla decided to take some pictures with my camera. Here are a few of her master pieces.

Mickayla practicing being both model and photographer.

Mickayla's self portrait. I got a kick out of it.

Candice, Scott, Lily, Mickayla and I went to Idaho. We had to stop off and on for Lily to eat. Scott and Mickayla would play ball. They got pretty good at this game.

The Sparks reunion was while we were in Idaho. Grandma and Grandpa were there. I think my Mom did very well this year. We ate at Cathy's. Then some of the family went to Ririe lake to water ski.

My sisters - sorry Cathy- this was the best picture I had.

This looks like the mafia table.

Candice and Scott hanging out with Darren's family and Erica.

Lily enjoyed the reunion the most. She slept through it! How she can do this with out hurting her neck is beyond me!

Thane and Laura's family were at the reunion. They had 3 grandchildren there. Alise is expecting and so is Jessica. Their family is growing fast.

Mickayla, Maddie and Tyler had a lot of fun on the water slide. They didn't go down the slide much but they sent their dolls flying a lot of times.

Uncle Larry and His grandson Tyler had fun with a bucket of water and a squirt gun. Cathy ended up involved in this game. Larry ended up worse for wear, (in other words, very wet).

At the end Cathy, Julie, Janessa and Janessa's husband just sat back and relaxed. It was a nice end to the day

Lily had a busy week this week. She has been a real good girl for all she has been dragged to.

Ann and Will hit it off well. Will likes people to play with him. Ann was lots of fun.

Blake finally recieved his Eagle award. We put together the Eagle ceremony the last minute so that Ann, LaDawn, Brent and Brooklynn could be there. It turned out really nice. Everyone worked hard to pull it all together. We held it in our back yard. The weather was perfect for it. It was a great event.

We took a lot of pictures on Sunday while everyone was together. We missed having Keith there with us. We took the pictures in our back yard. It was a beautiful day.