Who are you?

Alright all you Twilight fans- let us see who you are....

You are thoughtful and care very deeply for your family. A loving home is of great
importance to you and you always try to make people feel welcome. Although you have a great capacity to love, you also have a great capacity to hurt, so at times you can be
sensitive. You're firm when you need to be, but people trust your judgment and
appreciate the kind way you always handle things.
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1976- it's the past for a reason....

Here is a picture of our little brother Cade in 1976- he claims "it's legit." You can live in the past too at: yearbookyourself.com

Pumpkin Patch

Aleksa and I went to the pumpkin patch with a group of friends on Wednesday. Even though it rained and we ended up ripping the plastic undercarriage off our car- it was still fun. Here are some pictures of Aleksa.

CTR Tiles in stores now!

My CTR scrabble tiles are now being carried at Debbie's Beehive in Springdale, Arkansas. I am so excited! I am working on getting these into other stores as well and will keep everyone posted!

http://debbiesbeehive.com/

Week in review

This week has been another busy one, but after hearing President Monson's talk I am inclined to be grateful for these busy days, hand prints on my windows, and goldfish crumbs on my carpet. Here are some other things I am grateful for: Cam received two job offers for next summer in Fayetteville, I sold many bows and a tutu dress, Aleksa got some great deals at yard sales including a little tykes vanity and a pile of gymboree clothes for under $20, General Conference, meeting Justice Sandra Day O'Conner and spending time as a family.
Here is Aleksa in her Halloween outfit and tutu. I love having a little girl to make girly things for even if she only tolerates them.
Last weekend there was a huge bike rally in Fayetteville, it's the largest charitable bike rally in the U.S. They estimated that there were 300,000 people and 100,000 bikes. Last year we didn't go so we decided to take Aleksa down. We saw the bikes and got the world's best funnel cake.
It was about 3 inches tall and had six toppings; blueberry, strawberry, cherry, apple, Bavarian cream and chocolate. Try as we might we did not even come close to finishing it but we loved trying.
One morning I took Aleksandra to the park after we dropped Cam off at school. She loved the swing. I tried to take her out and she told me no for the first time!
After the swings we went on a walk around the park and found the most amazing garden- we will be going back for even more pictures!
The Hon. Sandra Day O'Conner came to dedicate Cam's law school. Aleksa and I went up to see the ceremony. Cam signed up to be an usher and was able to meet her, shake her hand and have a picture taken with her! She is a really neat lady and we were excited that Aleksandra was able to see the first woman Supreme Court Justice, even if she won't remember it.

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday Aunt B! We are so lucky to have a great auntie like you! You are so helpful and sweet- wish we could be there! Sorry- I know this picture is old but I LOVE it- you look SO cute here!

TarpTies

My dad and his business partner just launched a new product. The product is called TarpTies. It's a great idea- if you have ever used a tarp you how annoying it is when a grommet rips out or there isn't a grommet where you need one. My dad's product is a grommetless tarp with special ties that will not rip off, that can be put wherever you want them and can be used on any tarp. It has been two years in the making and it is finally in stores! Costco is running a test run with the TarpTies and if the test run goes well then they will put my dad's product in all 390 stores! He could use your help if you live near one of the test stores or know someone who does. The TarpKit should retail for around $22. I have listed all of the sites where the kits will debut if you could forward this on to any family or friends that you think might be interested in this great product! Thanks so much! Here is a link to their site http://www.tarpties.com/

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7. 1873 W. Lantana Rd., Lantana FL 33462
8. 1510 No. Pointe Dr., Durham, NC 27705
9. 10701 Sudley Manor Dr., Manassas, VA 20109
10. 325 Promenade Blvd, Bridgewater NJ 08807
11. 12405 NO. Gessner Rd., Houston, TX 77064
12. 6101 Gateway West Blvd, El Paso, TX 79925
13. 180 SE Neptune Dr., Warrenton, OR 97146
14. 12547 Riverdale Blvd., Coon Rapids MN 55433
15. 45460 Market St. Shelby Township MI 48315

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Long Lost Friends

I have been meaning to post this for a while but I am horrible at this, which is why Heather runs our blog. These are my friends tat I saw in St. Petersburg. Kostia was a member that was in Novosibirsk (but he is from Tomsk) while I was there and Andrei, who is from Novo, was my mini missionary in Omsk. Andrei is serving a full-time mission in St. Petes and Kostia finished one in St. Petes and has since moved back to St. Petes to work. Kostia happened to be speaking that Sunday (and for those of you who know Russia he was telling about the temptation of the Summer Dacha Season).