Recently we visited our son and his family in Houston. It was a fun trip for us although I unfortunately did not get many pictures. We enjoyed hanging out. We arrived late Thursday morning. That afternoon we went to the park and the other adults played pickleball while I watched the kids. My toe was bothering me so I didn't think I should play. Fortunately I was able to go on a lot of walks around their community lake which I enjoyed. On Friday we visited the Houston zoo. It's a really good zoo and the weather was just right for the animals to be more active. They have an impressive elephant exhibit. In this picture, Addie is checking out all the turtles in the water. Addie really loves flamingos because they're pink. It's easy to decide what your favorite animals are if your overriding concern is how it fits in with your favorite color. She also loves pigs. On Friday night we babysat for Lincoln and MiCayla while they went to the rodeo and saw the Jonas Brothers. On S

February 1, 2009 (written by Scott) Garrett auditioned to play a solo with the American Fork Symphony. Apparently it didn't go all that well. They were running behind and didn't even let Garrett finish his piece before they cut him off. Everett and Lincoln both enjoyed playing basketball games yesterday. Lincoln was pleased to play 12 minutes--double the previous week's time. Jan went to a movie on a double date with a girl whose name he kept forgetting, but they had a good time anyway. Sister Moss took Mindy to her first dance class while Paula took Camille to the doctor in SLC. It was the kidney people and they were impressed with Cam's hematocrit. Her creatinine was about the same as before. Paula went cross-country skiing with Everett's (5th grade) class on Friday. Susanna had activity days and made journal jars. It is full of papers with questions like "How much does a new pair of Levi's cost?" and "natural stuff" about your life. Talmag

 Dec. 7, 2008 (written by Garrett) Lincoln got a huge cast for a small break in his pinky. It goes all over his hand except for the fingers and his thumb and halfway up his forearm. Mom gave a presentation on Christmas in Germany to the 2nd graders at Foothill (Susanna's class). She also went to Parent-Teacher conferences at Orem High. Snow stubbornly refused to come, even though it's December. Talmage went to a birthday party at Levi Candland's house. They went to the Bean Museum. All in all, it was a pretty typical week. Dec. 14, 2008 (written by Garrett) Lincoln and Garrett had a band concert. Lincoln plays bassoon, vibraphones in jazz band. Garrett plays French horn. The 10th was National Lincoln Day. Lincoln got set apart as the Secretary in the new deacons' quorum presidency. Nothing else interesting happened. Dec. 21, 2008 (written by Garrett)  Today was a full day. The ward choir did the program in Sacrament Meeting. Lincoln played his bassoon and Paula (Mom) pl