Samuel at Bryce Canyon

Bryce was cool. It was worth the drive so southern Utah, having one of the cars break down and then needing to leave it there (abandon it) in the desert and then cramming all 10 of us and our gear into a 7 seater van for the ride home. My favorite part of the whole trip? Well, either the amazing colors, or the cozy ride, where we were all together, grateful to be. . . together.

Sarah and SeuJong

Ahhhhh what would halloween be without all the candy? With 8 children, we take in quite a haul. We have learned to chop a lot of it up and add it to cookies or brownies. We also have a rule: Any cany left sitting out in any communal place in our home is up for grabs. Also, All candy must be kept far away from mom and the sooner you eat it, the better off we all are. It's usually gone in about 3 days.

Sooo fun being a mom. Rebekah, Daniel and Lisa had some of their YA friends over for a halloween party. A group of them dressed as. . . can you guess?
You have, Johnathan (good friend)Rebekah, Daniel, Lisa and Patrick (also good friend)


Well, if you had any trouble, this picture should help you out.

Happy Fall to everyone! Things are going well for our family. We are preparing for Thanksging, which is tomorrow. We will have the 10 of us plus grandma, grandpa, aunt debbie, uncle kim, uncle dan, uncle dan's friend and his wife and 2 children and his wife's father, and freddie zink. We wish that Stephen and Jenny Harston were coming, but their friends beat us to the punch. Amber is loving working at Taco Time and maintaining her 3.9 gpa. Lisa is now working at the bakery across the street from us and is at this very moment baking hundreds of pies for thanksgiving. Rebekah is a chashier at Day's Market where Daniel is stocker/bag-boy. Rebekah resumes her studies at BYU in January where she will major in Food Science. I told her that was a good choice becasue she got great talent and ability in Science from her dad and a great love of food from me, so Food Science should be a piece of cake for her, (chocolate cake of course!) (PICTURED ABOVE IS LISA WITH HER GRANDPA FINCH AT BRYCE CANYON NATIONAL PARK)