Good evening beloved family. What did you do with your extra hour? I crocheted.
1) This week began with a cream puff “cake” for Josh’s 17th birthday. He is passionate about mountain biking...cream puffs…not so much.
Sam and his wonderful family joined us for dinner and games. Come back anytime!
2) We happily accepted an invitation to a delightful halloween parade featuring our favorite witch, pirate and zombie.
Crazed Batman was a bonus!
3) Bullocks welcomed us for soup in bread bowls, caramel apples, donuts, and Bullock Brew. Kim, Anissa and Greg joined in. (Carlie gets points for carving each individual carrot slice into a pumpkin shape!)
4) Come Follow Me reading yielded this hopeful gem...
Coming soon:
Nov 10th - Scott will be 15!
We are planning a trip to visit Robison’s in Mississippi.
Our Thanksgiving plans provide us an excuse for a road trip to the Northwest.
Please stay in touch and tell us what is happening in your world.
We love you forever!
Week 2 - November 10th, 2019
Howdy-Ho Neighbors,
This will be quick and painless...
1) Lane & I were invited to have a sleepover with the Centerville Howell kids. It was great fun! We were impressed and entertained.
2) Thursday we met Claire Elizabeth Bell. She was born Wednesday November 6th, 9:59 pm weighing in at a healthy 8 lbs 6 oz. KC is recovering nicely. X & baby are doing well too. ;o}
3) Friday’s visit to the hospital wasn’t nearly as fun as the one on Thursday...
We spent 5 hours in the ER running lab work and multiple tests to see if Lane had his head on straight. It was discovered that he’d had a minor stroke w/o any permanent damage.
4) He’s doing much better. Yesterday morning we flew to Mississippi to visit the Robison’s. Here are pics from day 1...
5) Life is interesting and keeps us hopping (and hoping). What is your pace? How are you keeping it all together? I’m taking some awesome medication.
This week:
10th - Scott is 15 TODAY!!!
14th - Matthew will turn 17. Yea!
16th - we fly home to South Jordan
Did we forget anything?
We love you forever,
Momma C & Dad Lane
(G&G Howell)
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Week 3 - November 17th, 2019
Hey kiddos, The day is nearly spent and I’m ready to turn in. How are you feeling?
1) Our days in Mississippi went by soooo fast and we arrived back home Friday morning. Chris and Jami have found a little slice of heaven in Brookhaven. Small town lifestyle, large home lots, great bakeries, home remodel 98% complete, no heavy traffic, friendly folks, mild winters, good southern food, short commutes, but best of all...2 cute kids. Thanks for letting us come!
2) Yesterday we played pickle ball for the first time since we moved in!!! (Embarrassing to admit that.)
3) Sunday School scripture reading was Hebrews chapters 7-13.
Hebrews 13:15 I like the sweet phrase “the fruit of [my] lips giving thanks to his name”.
4) Tom’s family joined us for dinner tonight. We broke open 6 new bags of flavored candy chips for tapioca.
Coming this week:
19th - Lane’s doctor will determine when Lane can have knee surgery.
21st to December 7th - tentative dates of our road trip to visit Jerry, Cameron and Britni over Thanksgiving. Capped off with a stop off in McCall to play Rummikub with Reta.
In December we plan to host small group Shepherd’s dinners. We’ll let the local (Utah) kids choose from a list of dates.
We love you forever!
Week 4 - November 24th, 2019
Good evening fabulous turkeys. Haha., j/k.
1) Last Wednesday the Kelley’s joined us for a housewarming and dinner. What a blast! The kids were so much fun.
2) Thursday we took a road trip to Oregon to visit the 3 NW families. First, the Adams who moved from Tigard to Eugene. Ava plays volleyball and is an extraordinary baker, Kaelyn plays basketball and is a sweetheart,, Brennan draws, invents games and learned to fly a drone, Erin and Jerry each know their way around a kitchen and produce some tasty vittles while embracing life with 3 of our incredible grandkids.
3) I’m counting down to Thanksgiving. 4 days. (It’s pacific time in Eugene, Oregon, so it’s still Sunday.)
4) Express gratitude daily. Count your many blessing be they great or small.
Coming soon:
26th ~ Britni and Brian celebrate 15 glorious years together.
29th ~ Jamie Howell makes forty look GOOOOD!.
26th-30th ~ We visit Cam & Kim in Albany.
1st-4th ~ It’s Hansen’s turn to tolerate a visit from us.
5th ~ Home again (?)
Dec 7th-15th ~ Lane & Carolyn Cruise the Caribbean with Steph and Jerel (thanks for inviting us!)
Shepherd’s Dinner sign ups: we plan smaller intimate Christmas celebrations on the following 5 evenings. We’d like to host 2 families each night. If you are interested (and live in Utah) please give us your top 2 preferred dates. (Please do not "reply all”, simply email us)
Wed Dec 18th
Fri Dec 20th
Sun Dec 22nd
Mon Dec 23rd
Tues Dec 24th
