Tom & Marci 11-17
Marty & Janet 11-19
Dorothy & Alan 11-21
Jeff & Jenny 12-20
Michael & Andrea 12-20
Heidie & Chris 12-21
Rick & Misty 12-23
Monday, November 10, 2008
Happy Birthday!
November
19 Emilie Hill
20 Krista Marsden
21 Saera Hanlon
21 Brooke Moss
21 Oscar Roache
24 Jon Bosley
25 Brent Bosley
30 Aaron Lindgren
30 Ammon Gilbert
December
2 Hailey Morgan
8 AubriRose Lee
8 Madison Moss
14 Trevor Lindgren
17 Joshua Bosley
18 Lynnette Tomlinson
18 Casey Anderson
18 Jocelyn Lindgren
19 Robert Moss
20 Lindsey Lindgren
25 Daniel Tomlinson
27 Dorothy Tomlinson
27 Nathan Morgan
28 Penny Tomlinson
31 McKinley Morgan
January
2 LillyAnn Lee
6 Olive Lindgren
10 Jace Lindgren
19 Emilie Hill
20 Krista Marsden
21 Saera Hanlon
21 Brooke Moss
21 Oscar Roache
24 Jon Bosley
25 Brent Bosley
30 Aaron Lindgren
30 Ammon Gilbert
December
2 Hailey Morgan
8 AubriRose Lee
8 Madison Moss
14 Trevor Lindgren
17 Joshua Bosley
18 Lynnette Tomlinson
18 Casey Anderson
18 Jocelyn Lindgren
19 Robert Moss
20 Lindsey Lindgren
25 Daniel Tomlinson
27 Dorothy Tomlinson
27 Nathan Morgan
28 Penny Tomlinson
31 McKinley Morgan
January
2 LillyAnn Lee
6 Olive Lindgren
10 Jace Lindgren
Grandma Martha
Dear Family
We had snow this week and everything went white…but it's melting now and things feel like winter. brrrr
In looking over the past two months. For our birthdays Annamarie and I went to lunch at Applebees…We had a good visit…She gave me some more German CDs which I am enjoying very much.
With Marty and Janet I saw the movie "Errand of Angels" about lady missionaries, which was an interesting show and very enjoyable.
Emily & John graced my kitchen with some georgeous roses.
I was grateful that Dorothy picked grapes, as well as the children on a different day. Grateful that Reba and her friend picked so I feel good that there was no waste and shelves had grape juice. Picking was as late as mid October.
Emily was able to obtain tickets to "Thriller" at Kingsbury Hall...Fun Fun Fun!
Grateful to Rick for cementing the bricks in front of the house and fixing the overhang of the front door before winter set in -- not to mention draining the pipes. Thank you so much dear Rick.
I sold four shares of water in the past two months.
Am daily busy with the Norwegian kin…and grateful for my rides to Bountiful which were several times during the past two months.
Thank you Ryan and Cheyney for the magnet of Istanbul…how thoughtful of you.
Grateful of the safe arrival of great grandchildren…there are 57 now with three known still awaiting for their turn on earth.
For the little escaped on the car…I thank John A for this knowledge, to my relief.
Something special these last few days…A visit from Heidie and Rebecca, a call from Mike in Arizona, and Amy in the Northwest. Thank you for your remembrances.
Of interest…we were hooked to the TV for awhile awaiting the great election of 2008. History in the making..How will it all affect is in the future?
For your calls, Priscilla, Jennifer, Lucy...I thank you.
The clogging grandmothers have five performances during the holidays plus a big party that we always enjoy.
For the unacknowledged birthdays…please forgive. Many in October. Thoughts were there.
Am looking forward to Thanksgiving with many of you and for those who will be enjoying family elsewhere. Happy Thanksgiving.
We truly have much to be thankful for…may we be grateful…..Love you all Grandma Martha.
We had snow this week and everything went white…but it's melting now and things feel like winter. brrrr
In looking over the past two months. For our birthdays Annamarie and I went to lunch at Applebees…We had a good visit…She gave me some more German CDs which I am enjoying very much.
With Marty and Janet I saw the movie "Errand of Angels" about lady missionaries, which was an interesting show and very enjoyable.
Emily & John graced my kitchen with some georgeous roses.
I was grateful that Dorothy picked grapes, as well as the children on a different day. Grateful that Reba and her friend picked so I feel good that there was no waste and shelves had grape juice. Picking was as late as mid October.
Emily was able to obtain tickets to "Thriller" at Kingsbury Hall...Fun Fun Fun!
Grateful to Rick for cementing the bricks in front of the house and fixing the overhang of the front door before winter set in -- not to mention draining the pipes. Thank you so much dear Rick.
I sold four shares of water in the past two months.
Am daily busy with the Norwegian kin…and grateful for my rides to Bountiful which were several times during the past two months.
Thank you Ryan and Cheyney for the magnet of Istanbul…how thoughtful of you.
Grateful of the safe arrival of great grandchildren…there are 57 now with three known still awaiting for their turn on earth.
For the little escaped on the car…I thank John A for this knowledge, to my relief.
Something special these last few days…A visit from Heidie and Rebecca, a call from Mike in Arizona, and Amy in the Northwest. Thank you for your remembrances.
Of interest…we were hooked to the TV for awhile awaiting the great election of 2008. History in the making..How will it all affect is in the future?
For your calls, Priscilla, Jennifer, Lucy...I thank you.
The clogging grandmothers have five performances during the holidays plus a big party that we always enjoy.
For the unacknowledged birthdays…please forgive. Many in October. Thoughts were there.
Am looking forward to Thanksgiving with many of you and for those who will be enjoying family elsewhere. Happy Thanksgiving.
We truly have much to be thankful for…may we be grateful…..Love you all Grandma Martha.
Jennifer
Dear Family,Our big excitement was Finn's First Birthday Party! Angela and Ammon did a fine job in making his big day quite an event. It was a monkey theme -- monkey cupcakes, monkey pool with small plastic balls, and little stuffed monkeys and monkey sippy cups as party favors. For refreshments (in addition to food that you need to have teeth) there were cheerios, bananas, mumba crackers -- all those munchies that one year olds love -- along with one-year old music in the background like "Itsy Bitsy Spider," "Milk in the morning, milk at night..." Anyway, it was geared to one year old kids and was very cute. Incidentally, Finn was the only boy. There were about five girls. Kind of reminded me of when Ammon was in college.
While we were in Seattle for Finn's birthday I put together a pirate ship costume for Finn's stroller. It was fun and kept me busy. So on Halloween, Finn (as a pirate) had a ship to ride around in.
I had my birthday (Halloween) off work and Steve and I went to Muir Woods. It was lightly sprinkling...nice walk in the woods. Then we went to Stinson Beach -- by then it was raining really hard and after five minutes on the beach we decided we were wet enough. The rain lifted for the Trick-or-Treators. We had about 100 kids. Very cute costumes.
The poor economy has affected my workplace -- five people were laid off and a few people cut back their hours. If the firm didn't do something, there's a possibility of it closing by the end of the year. We hope that won't happen. For now I'm very happy and thankful to have a job.
Lots of excitement with the election! Proud to be an American and looking forward to change with new President-elect Obama.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Love, Jennifer & Steve
Jason
Hyde Park news in a nutshell:
There is a crazy family in Hyde Park. They ripped out over 2,000 square feet of (useless) lawn. All they have done since is plant a few trees and make a lot of mud. The neighbors can be seen stopping to ask the home owners "what is that?" and "what ya doin here?" To which they reply, with a shrug, "Eh, we'll see." Who knows what those crazy Tomlinsons will do next!
In other breaking news, It's a Girl!
See you at Thanksgiving/Christmas or just with the next Lingo.
Jason & Becky
There is a crazy family in Hyde Park. They ripped out over 2,000 square feet of (useless) lawn. All they have done since is plant a few trees and make a lot of mud. The neighbors can be seen stopping to ask the home owners "what is that?" and "what ya doin here?" To which they reply, with a shrug, "Eh, we'll see." Who knows what those crazy Tomlinsons will do next!
In other breaking news, It's a Girl!
See you at Thanksgiving/Christmas or just with the next Lingo.
Jason & Becky
Dorothy
November 9, 2008
Dear Family,
Looking back on the past two months since the last Lingo, I just remember beautiful fall weather, brilliant colors, and pleasant days. How nice and how unusual for the Indian Summer to linger until Halloween was over. For the first time, children were able to go out in the day light (before daylight savings changed), and without coats. So it was fun for us to watch the “Halloween parade” at the Trunk-or-Treat and in the neighborhood and actually see all their fun costumes.
My cast for my broken wrist was removed early in September followed by a few weeks of therapy to get it back in shape. I enjoyed those sessions as I got know my very young therapist (she was probably around 28 years old). I gained an even greater appreciation for the human body and of God’s creation of it with the ability to heal itself through this whole experience. I also gained greater empathy for those who have to suffer much larger afflictions.
Alan’s nephew passed away in September after enduring a liver disease. So Alan and I spent a full Saturday driving up to Boise (Middleton) for the funeral, and back with his brother Tom and his wife, Beverly. The same weekend, Lucy and family were in Salt Lake for a football game. Did we pass each other on the freeway? Heather had her four youngest siblings over to spend the night and do stuff with her on that Saturday, so they were well taken care of while we were gone.
We got to have Katherine and David spend a night here at our house (Oct. 3) while Jason and Becky were involved with preliminary wedding activities for her brother Andrew. (Andrew was married the following week). It was fun to have them spend the night and then enjoyed all of our children at home General Conference weekend. Daniel didn’t bring a new girl home this time, but just let us know that he is still “playing the field” as he looks for his eternal companion.
I had a piano recital for my students a few weeks ago, the first in over a year. I have about ten students that come during the week after school. I enjoy teaching and hope that they enjoy it too.
Fall break for Daniel and Penny at UVU (Oct. 16-17) happened to be the same time as UEA for Ariane. Too bad Marcus’ fall break and Alan’s time off work didn’t coincide… if they did, (it would have been extremely unusual) and we could have planned a trip somewhere together. Instead, we tended Travis and Alyssa while Emily’s family took advantage of the situation and went on a trip to Washington, D.C. I’m glad they a great time learning some American History while we had a great time getting to know their cute little ones a lot better.
Jason was one of the main characters in the serious drama “Twelve Angry Men” performed at the Barn Community Theater. This was a totally different sort of genre that has been done there in the past. The cast performed the play very well with the message of the play being delivered as intended. It left the audience with much to think about. The same Saturday (Oct. 18) we went up for the play we helped celebrate David’s 3rd birthday. As usual, our family gathering there was very enjoyable. With the help of Alan, Daniel, Kevin, and Marcus, Jason was also able to get three new trees planted in his yard.
Alan was a poll worker with me for the first time this past election. We had a good time as we saw several people we knew come through to vote. The day passed quickly with hardly any lines for the voters except for the first hour rush.
The fall harvest of Mom’s grapes kept me very busy in the kitchen while I turned them into dozens of quarts of juice. Lynnette and I also canned and froze lots of chicken when it was a good sale price not too long ago. I feel the abundance of God’s blessings when I’m able to add things like this to our food storage.
I hope all of you are feeling Heavenly Father’s love as we count our countless blessings during this time of year. We look forward to seeing many of you soon as we gather for Thanksgiving in less than three weeks.
Love, Dorothy
Dear Family,
Looking back on the past two months since the last Lingo, I just remember beautiful fall weather, brilliant colors, and pleasant days. How nice and how unusual for the Indian Summer to linger until Halloween was over. For the first time, children were able to go out in the day light (before daylight savings changed), and without coats. So it was fun for us to watch the “Halloween parade” at the Trunk-or-Treat and in the neighborhood and actually see all their fun costumes.
My cast for my broken wrist was removed early in September followed by a few weeks of therapy to get it back in shape. I enjoyed those sessions as I got know my very young therapist (she was probably around 28 years old). I gained an even greater appreciation for the human body and of God’s creation of it with the ability to heal itself through this whole experience. I also gained greater empathy for those who have to suffer much larger afflictions.
Alan’s nephew passed away in September after enduring a liver disease. So Alan and I spent a full Saturday driving up to Boise (Middleton) for the funeral, and back with his brother Tom and his wife, Beverly. The same weekend, Lucy and family were in Salt Lake for a football game. Did we pass each other on the freeway? Heather had her four youngest siblings over to spend the night and do stuff with her on that Saturday, so they were well taken care of while we were gone.
We got to have Katherine and David spend a night here at our house (Oct. 3) while Jason and Becky were involved with preliminary wedding activities for her brother Andrew. (Andrew was married the following week). It was fun to have them spend the night and then enjoyed all of our children at home General Conference weekend. Daniel didn’t bring a new girl home this time, but just let us know that he is still “playing the field” as he looks for his eternal companion.
I had a piano recital for my students a few weeks ago, the first in over a year. I have about ten students that come during the week after school. I enjoy teaching and hope that they enjoy it too.
Fall break for Daniel and Penny at UVU (Oct. 16-17) happened to be the same time as UEA for Ariane. Too bad Marcus’ fall break and Alan’s time off work didn’t coincide… if they did, (it would have been extremely unusual) and we could have planned a trip somewhere together. Instead, we tended Travis and Alyssa while Emily’s family took advantage of the situation and went on a trip to Washington, D.C. I’m glad they a great time learning some American History while we had a great time getting to know their cute little ones a lot better.
Jason was one of the main characters in the serious drama “Twelve Angry Men” performed at the Barn Community Theater. This was a totally different sort of genre that has been done there in the past. The cast performed the play very well with the message of the play being delivered as intended. It left the audience with much to think about. The same Saturday (Oct. 18) we went up for the play we helped celebrate David’s 3rd birthday. As usual, our family gathering there was very enjoyable. With the help of Alan, Daniel, Kevin, and Marcus, Jason was also able to get three new trees planted in his yard.
Alan was a poll worker with me for the first time this past election. We had a good time as we saw several people we knew come through to vote. The day passed quickly with hardly any lines for the voters except for the first hour rush.
The fall harvest of Mom’s grapes kept me very busy in the kitchen while I turned them into dozens of quarts of juice. Lynnette and I also canned and froze lots of chicken when it was a good sale price not too long ago. I feel the abundance of God’s blessings when I’m able to add things like this to our food storage.
I hope all of you are feeling Heavenly Father’s love as we count our countless blessings during this time of year. We look forward to seeing many of you soon as we gather for Thanksgiving in less than three weeks.
Love, Dorothy
Emily
Hi family,
We have had a busy past couple of months. In October, we had the opportunity to go to Washington D.C. We took Casey and Mitch, and left Alyssa and Travis with Dorothy and family (thanks again guys – you’re the best!). We went during theUEA/fall recess, so the kids only actually missed two days of school even though we were there for a week. We stayed with John’s sister Cherry and her husband Mel who live in Woodbridge, VA. It was only about a 30 minute drive into downtown D.C, so we never took the Metro in, which was the original plan. We had an awesome time!
On the first day, we took a tour through the Bureau of Engraving and Printing where we saw paper money being made. That was pretty cool, no free samples though. We then took a tour of the White House, which we had arranged back in April through Senator Bennett’s office. We had to have back ground checks and everything; otherwise you can only go to the White House visitor’s center. I thought it was pretty interesting; Casey was very unimpressed, because it really isn’t that big. We spent the afternoon at the Natural History Museum, which was Mitchie’s favorite. I was impressed by the 36 foot squid that had been caught at 2,000 feet below sea level. It was preserved in formaldehyde, and had shrunken a little, but it was still very freaky. Mitch liked all of the dinosaurs, and rock samples they had like very cool geodes and crystals. We went to the top of the Washington Monument which was awesome; a great view of the city. From there we walked down to the new World War II Monument. We spent some time there as Casey had a few admirers of the opposite sex completely checking him out. Casey thought it was “sweet!” They took pictures of each other, exchanged “My Space” addresses, etc. Casey said they thought his hair was cool. They were a group of girls on a tour from Indiana. Anyway, from there we went to the Korean War, the Lincoln, and the Vietnam Memorials. They were all very impressive and neat to see in person. We did a lot of walking that day needless to say.
The next day we went to see the D.C. Temple, and then on to the Baltimore Aquarium. It’s a pretty cool 4 story building on the Chesapeake Bay. They have dolphins, but no sea otters. Monterey Bay is still a better one in our opinion. One quite impressive thing there was their 4-D theater where we watched a 20 minute film called “Shallow Seas.” We felt, smelled and heard the ocean, wind, dolphins, etc. It was awesome. We found a sea food place for dinner, but I made the mistake of ordering garlic crabs which are the smaller blue crabs; tasty, but not quite worth the work. I had John and Casey helping me get the meat out of those little buggers.
On Saturday, we spent the day at Mt. Vernon. They were having a “Harvest” celebration, so there were some extra things there that day, like George Washington himself! We got to ask him some questions, like were his teeth really made of wood, which of course they weren’t. The answer was animal bone, and human teeth. His dentures were on display in the museum there – pretty cool. While we were there we took the National Treasure II tour, which meant we got to go into the basement and see some other behind the scene stuff. That was cool. We also took a boat ride on the Potomac River. The weather was great.
On Sunday, we went to church with Cherry and Mel, and I met up with my old long lost roommate from BYU: Jolene Pendleton/Houston, who has lived back there for the last fourteen years and who knows my brother and sister-in-law very well. Small world! We also went to Arlington that day and went to John F. Kennedy's grave (the eternal flame), and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldiers. While we were there, we saw the President's helicopters fly over head. Apparently they are dark green and white, and always flys in threes, so no one really knows which ones he's in, then as they go to land only one really does and the others take off in different directions. We found the Marine's Momument (Iwo Jima), and made our way through George Town before returning back to Cherry's where we had dinner with them and my nephew and his family who live in Fall's Church, VA; and with my niece and her family who just moved to Richmond last summer. So, it was a little family reuinion of sorts.
On Monday, we met at Senator Bennett's office for a congressional tour of the Capitol. That was pretty cool because we got to use the underground transportation system, and saw some things that not all of the public gets to see. We also found out that after December, they will no longer be giving Capitol tours because they are building a new visitors center underground, and underneath where the Presidential Inagurations take place. It was all fenced off as they are getting it ready for President-elect Obama in January. We then walked down to the National Archive building and saw The Declaration of Independence, The Constitution, and The Bill of Rights. From there we walked over to The Mall and spent the rest of our day at the Air and Space Museum. Our legs pretty much just wanted to fall off at the end of the day. It was a great adventure.
After being home for only a couple of days, we went up to Midway and stayed there from Saturday to Wednesday. John had two brothers in town, and we all stayed up there for a reunion weekend. Casey, Mitch, and John went back down the canyon at night since they had work and school.
On Wednesday morning (Oct 29) John had sinus surgery. He basically hasn't been able to breathe out of his nose for a lot of years and finally went in to get cleaned out. He's feeling pretty good now, hopefully this will help out the headaches now that he's taking in more oxygen.
Halloween was lots of fun; three days of wearing costumes! Mitch was Luigi (as in Mario's brother), Alyssa was Tinkerbell, and Travis was a Monkey. He actually really loved wearing his costume this year. He was so cute! Trick or Treating was nice; in fairly warm weather for once. I took my kids along with my niece and nephew visiting from Fresno. They were done long before my kids were. Travis and Mitch probably took in way too much, but they didn't stop until nearly 10:00pm. Casey had fun hanging out with his friends and playing "tricks" on the "trick or treaters".
Well, I'm back at work and into the routine of things once again. I can't believe the election is over, and Christmas is right around the corner! I'm looking forward to seeing those who will be having Thanksgiving at Mom's this year... should be lots of fun!
Love,
Emily and Family
We have had a busy past couple of months. In October, we had the opportunity to go to Washington D.C. We took Casey and Mitch, and left Alyssa and Travis with Dorothy and family (thanks again guys – you’re the best!). We went during theUEA/fall recess, so the kids only actually missed two days of school even though we were there for a week. We stayed with John’s sister Cherry and her husband Mel who live in Woodbridge, VA. It was only about a 30 minute drive into downtown D.C, so we never took the Metro in, which was the original plan. We had an awesome time!
On the first day, we took a tour through the Bureau of Engraving and Printing where we saw paper money being made. That was pretty cool, no free samples though. We then took a tour of the White House, which we had arranged back in April through Senator Bennett’s office. We had to have back ground checks and everything; otherwise you can only go to the White House visitor’s center. I thought it was pretty interesting; Casey was very unimpressed, because it really isn’t that big. We spent the afternoon at the Natural History Museum, which was Mitchie’s favorite. I was impressed by the 36 foot squid that had been caught at 2,000 feet below sea level. It was preserved in formaldehyde, and had shrunken a little, but it was still very freaky. Mitch liked all of the dinosaurs, and rock samples they had like very cool geodes and crystals. We went to the top of the Washington Monument which was awesome; a great view of the city. From there we walked down to the new World War II Monument. We spent some time there as Casey had a few admirers of the opposite sex completely checking him out. Casey thought it was “sweet!” They took pictures of each other, exchanged “My Space” addresses, etc. Casey said they thought his hair was cool. They were a group of girls on a tour from Indiana. Anyway, from there we went to the Korean War, the Lincoln, and the Vietnam Memorials. They were all very impressive and neat to see in person. We did a lot of walking that day needless to say.
The next day we went to see the D.C. Temple, and then on to the Baltimore Aquarium. It’s a pretty cool 4 story building on the Chesapeake Bay. They have dolphins, but no sea otters. Monterey Bay is still a better one in our opinion. One quite impressive thing there was their 4-D theater where we watched a 20 minute film called “Shallow Seas.” We felt, smelled and heard the ocean, wind, dolphins, etc. It was awesome. We found a sea food place for dinner, but I made the mistake of ordering garlic crabs which are the smaller blue crabs; tasty, but not quite worth the work. I had John and Casey helping me get the meat out of those little buggers.
On Saturday, we spent the day at Mt. Vernon. They were having a “Harvest” celebration, so there were some extra things there that day, like George Washington himself! We got to ask him some questions, like were his teeth really made of wood, which of course they weren’t. The answer was animal bone, and human teeth. His dentures were on display in the museum there – pretty cool. While we were there we took the National Treasure II tour, which meant we got to go into the basement and see some other behind the scene stuff. That was cool. We also took a boat ride on the Potomac River. The weather was great.
On Sunday, we went to church with Cherry and Mel, and I met up with my old long lost roommate from BYU: Jolene Pendleton/Houston, who has lived back there for the last fourteen years and who knows my brother and sister-in-law very well. Small world! We also went to Arlington that day and went to John F. Kennedy's grave (the eternal flame), and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldiers. While we were there, we saw the President's helicopters fly over head. Apparently they are dark green and white, and always flys in threes, so no one really knows which ones he's in, then as they go to land only one really does and the others take off in different directions. We found the Marine's Momument (Iwo Jima), and made our way through George Town before returning back to Cherry's where we had dinner with them and my nephew and his family who live in Fall's Church, VA; and with my niece and her family who just moved to Richmond last summer. So, it was a little family reuinion of sorts.
On Monday, we met at Senator Bennett's office for a congressional tour of the Capitol. That was pretty cool because we got to use the underground transportation system, and saw some things that not all of the public gets to see. We also found out that after December, they will no longer be giving Capitol tours because they are building a new visitors center underground, and underneath where the Presidential Inagurations take place. It was all fenced off as they are getting it ready for President-elect Obama in January. We then walked down to the National Archive building and saw The Declaration of Independence, The Constitution, and The Bill of Rights. From there we walked over to The Mall and spent the rest of our day at the Air and Space Museum. Our legs pretty much just wanted to fall off at the end of the day. It was a great adventure.
After being home for only a couple of days, we went up to Midway and stayed there from Saturday to Wednesday. John had two brothers in town, and we all stayed up there for a reunion weekend. Casey, Mitch, and John went back down the canyon at night since they had work and school.
On Wednesday morning (Oct 29) John had sinus surgery. He basically hasn't been able to breathe out of his nose for a lot of years and finally went in to get cleaned out. He's feeling pretty good now, hopefully this will help out the headaches now that he's taking in more oxygen.
Halloween was lots of fun; three days of wearing costumes! Mitch was Luigi (as in Mario's brother), Alyssa was Tinkerbell, and Travis was a Monkey. He actually really loved wearing his costume this year. He was so cute! Trick or Treating was nice; in fairly warm weather for once. I took my kids along with my niece and nephew visiting from Fresno. They were done long before my kids were. Travis and Mitch probably took in way too much, but they didn't stop until nearly 10:00pm. Casey had fun hanging out with his friends and playing "tricks" on the "trick or treaters".
Well, I'm back at work and into the routine of things once again. I can't believe the election is over, and Christmas is right around the corner! I'm looking forward to seeing those who will be having Thanksgiving at Mom's this year... should be lots of fun!
Love,
Emily and Family
Ryan
We just wanted to say hello to all the Lindgrens out there!
Were settling in to fall here in Raleigh and enjoying the leaves. We have been able to do some traveling and went to Turkey, Greece, France and Amsterdam in September. In October we finally got to see Wicked (and Wendy and Cheyney's family) in Atlanta. We flew out to Texas and saw BYU lose to TCU in October. It was fun to see the game, even though the Cougars lost. We still have hopes for a Cougar win over the Utes in a few weeks. We got pretty caught up in all the elections and will almost miss getting five mailers a day from candidates. North Carolina was a swing state that managed to swing the right way this election. We keep a blog and if you're interested feel free to take a look or leave a comment. cheyneyadnryan.blogspot.com
We look forward to reading up on what is going on with the rest of you, and send our warm regards. Ryan (and Cheyney) Lindgren
Were settling in to fall here in Raleigh and enjoying the leaves. We have been able to do some traveling and went to Turkey, Greece, France and Amsterdam in September. In October we finally got to see Wicked (and Wendy and Cheyney's family) in Atlanta. We flew out to Texas and saw BYU lose to TCU in October. It was fun to see the game, even though the Cougars lost. We still have hopes for a Cougar win over the Utes in a few weeks. We got pretty caught up in all the elections and will almost miss getting five mailers a day from candidates. North Carolina was a swing state that managed to swing the right way this election. We keep a blog and if you're interested feel free to take a look or leave a comment. cheyneyadnryan.blogspot.com
We look forward to reading up on what is going on with the rest of you, and send our warm regards. Ryan (and Cheyney) Lindgren
Jenny
Hello Family,
This has been such a mild autumn it's hard to accept that the year is this far past. In California the sun is warm, everything blooms, the sky is blue, blue. Where has the rain been? We had two days of rain and a week of clouds. It sounds like I'm complaining, but what I mean to say is NO WAY can it be almost Thanksgiving! Anja had a great Birthday #2. She loved the songs, emails, and presents. She now identifies all cake / candle / present-looking items as "hap, hap, hap" (trans: happy birthday). Carson continues to hone his Being Personable Skills with anyone who looks his way. It's pretty easy for him to draw smiles from grown-ups and other kids. There are occasional missteps, however. Like the day we unloaded our groceries out of the cart as the driver of the car next to us arrived. He asked her quite clearly, "Why is your neck red?" After that we discussed Appropriate Conversation Topics With Strangers. Jeff and I had a real treat early Saturday morning. Our boys woke us up playing the piano. You're surprised we were happy? Caleb and Tucker were playing a song together---an impromptu duet of "Ode To Joy" which Caleb learned a while ago and Tucker was experiencing for the first time. It was beautiful. Jeff and I are fine as ever. Whatever the stresses we have, we are both able to exercise regularly---Jeff is biking for his commute and I have a running partner. This helps with a lot. Now I just need to get more sleep. . . But don't we all? We look forward to hearing about everyone's holidays.
Love, Jenny, Jeff & children
This has been such a mild autumn it's hard to accept that the year is this far past. In California the sun is warm, everything blooms, the sky is blue, blue. Where has the rain been? We had two days of rain and a week of clouds. It sounds like I'm complaining, but what I mean to say is NO WAY can it be almost Thanksgiving! Anja had a great Birthday #2. She loved the songs, emails, and presents. She now identifies all cake / candle / present-looking items as "hap, hap, hap" (trans: happy birthday). Carson continues to hone his Being Personable Skills with anyone who looks his way. It's pretty easy for him to draw smiles from grown-ups and other kids. There are occasional missteps, however. Like the day we unloaded our groceries out of the cart as the driver of the car next to us arrived. He asked her quite clearly, "Why is your neck red?" After that we discussed Appropriate Conversation Topics With Strangers. Jeff and I had a real treat early Saturday morning. Our boys woke us up playing the piano. You're surprised we were happy? Caleb and Tucker were playing a song together---an impromptu duet of "Ode To Joy" which Caleb learned a while ago and Tucker was experiencing for the first time. It was beautiful. Jeff and I are fine as ever. Whatever the stresses we have, we are both able to exercise regularly---Jeff is biking for his commute and I have a running partner. This helps with a lot. Now I just need to get more sleep. . . But don't we all? We look forward to hearing about everyone's holidays.
Love, Jenny, Jeff & children
Wendy
Hi Lingo Folks,
Fall has now arrived in Georgia and the leaves are beautiful, weather is great. My mom came out and visited during October for Elisabeth's birthday. We had a great time. I hosted her birthday party where each of her guests frosted and decorated their own cake to take home. It was a lot of work and I was up to my eyeballs in cakes and powdered sugar, but it was such fun for the girls to do. We're going to do the same thing for Emilie's birthday this month. My girls just finished cheer leading for flag football. Elisabeth was baptized on November 1st, and we also got to see Wicked that same day. Life is good and happy. I love getting my daily Scrabble fix with the aunts on Facebook! Alexander's grandpa (Justin's dad) just came out and visited and installed a little pond by our front porch for Alexander, so he is thrilled beyond belief!
Just thought I'd share two of my favorite recipes, and that's about all I have to say this time around!
--Wendy
Southern Living Blackberry-Basil Vinaigrette
1/2 (10-ounce) jar seedless blackberry preserves
1/4 cup red wine vinegar
6 fresh basil leaves
1 garlic clove, sliced
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon seasoned pepper
3/4 cup vegetable oil
Preparation Pulse blackberry preserves, red wine vinegar, and next 4 ingredients in a blender 2 or 3 times until blended. With blender running, pour vegetable oil through food chute in a slow, steady stream; process until smooth. Great over any type of greens, including spinach. I add feta cheese, pears, and walnuts to my salad and this dressing is the perfect final touch.
Yield Makes 1 cup
Fudge Jumbles From my Ricks College Admissions Office Recipe Book (my college job)
Dough:
1 c. butter
2 c. packed brown sugar
2 eggs
2 tsp. vanilla
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. baking soda
2 1/2 c. flour
3 cups oatmeal
Mix together. Save 1/3 dough for top. Press other dough in large greased cookie sheet.
Filling:
1 pkg. (12 oz.) real chocolate chips
14 oz. sweetened condensed milk
2 T. butter
1/4 tsp. salt
Cook on low heat -- it scorches easily. When melted, pour on top of dough. Then take remaining 1/3 dough and smash on top.
Bake 20 minutes at 350 degrees. Cut into bars. Best served chilled from fridge or freezer.
Fall has now arrived in Georgia and the leaves are beautiful, weather is great. My mom came out and visited during October for Elisabeth's birthday. We had a great time. I hosted her birthday party where each of her guests frosted and decorated their own cake to take home. It was a lot of work and I was up to my eyeballs in cakes and powdered sugar, but it was such fun for the girls to do. We're going to do the same thing for Emilie's birthday this month. My girls just finished cheer leading for flag football. Elisabeth was baptized on November 1st, and we also got to see Wicked that same day. Life is good and happy. I love getting my daily Scrabble fix with the aunts on Facebook! Alexander's grandpa (Justin's dad) just came out and visited and installed a little pond by our front porch for Alexander, so he is thrilled beyond belief!
Just thought I'd share two of my favorite recipes, and that's about all I have to say this time around!
--Wendy
Southern Living Blackberry-Basil Vinaigrette
1/2 (10-ounce) jar seedless blackberry preserves
1/4 cup red wine vinegar
6 fresh basil leaves
1 garlic clove, sliced
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon seasoned pepper
3/4 cup vegetable oil
Preparation Pulse blackberry preserves, red wine vinegar, and next 4 ingredients in a blender 2 or 3 times until blended. With blender running, pour vegetable oil through food chute in a slow, steady stream; process until smooth. Great over any type of greens, including spinach. I add feta cheese, pears, and walnuts to my salad and this dressing is the perfect final touch.
Yield Makes 1 cup
Fudge Jumbles From my Ricks College Admissions Office Recipe Book (my college job)
Dough:
1 c. butter
2 c. packed brown sugar
2 eggs
2 tsp. vanilla
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. baking soda
2 1/2 c. flour
3 cups oatmeal
Mix together. Save 1/3 dough for top. Press other dough in large greased cookie sheet.
Filling:
1 pkg. (12 oz.) real chocolate chips
14 oz. sweetened condensed milk
2 T. butter
1/4 tsp. salt
Cook on low heat -- it scorches easily. When melted, pour on top of dough. Then take remaining 1/3 dough and smash on top.
Bake 20 minutes at 350 degrees. Cut into bars. Best served chilled from fridge or freezer.
Lucy
Hello Family!
Happy Beautiful Fall time! I have spent the day trying to get to the Lingo letter I want to write. Instead I created my own blog page with my kids. (Still very much in the beginning stages). We have had a great time reading other family members pages and learning all about them and seeing such great pictures. Technology is such a tender mercy in our lives and yet it can be so dangerous. Opposition in all things. So if you want to see some of the latest photos of us you can check out our blog page. We are just beginners but what a fun thing. The goal for us is to not waste time on blogs but rather use it as a family time to strenthen relationships. That is why we are here you know. To strengthen the relationships we can take with us to the eternities. The money and all the stuff, (Yes all the stuff I get at garage sales too) just stays here. Where am I spending my time and with who. Life is good. Check out the video of Wendy's girls on her blog. They are personal cheerleaders to their brother. Funny enough that is truly life at our house. Cheerleading, Football, Basketball and a lot of laughing. http://bittersweetbilge.blogspot.com/
Our blog is http://yorgasonfive.blogspot.com/
Have a Happy Thanksgiving! I am thankful for you and who I am because of you. Lucy
Happy Beautiful Fall time! I have spent the day trying to get to the Lingo letter I want to write. Instead I created my own blog page with my kids. (Still very much in the beginning stages). We have had a great time reading other family members pages and learning all about them and seeing such great pictures. Technology is such a tender mercy in our lives and yet it can be so dangerous. Opposition in all things. So if you want to see some of the latest photos of us you can check out our blog page. We are just beginners but what a fun thing. The goal for us is to not waste time on blogs but rather use it as a family time to strenthen relationships. That is why we are here you know. To strengthen the relationships we can take with us to the eternities. The money and all the stuff, (Yes all the stuff I get at garage sales too) just stays here. Where am I spending my time and with who. Life is good. Check out the video of Wendy's girls on her blog. They are personal cheerleaders to their brother. Funny enough that is truly life at our house. Cheerleading, Football, Basketball and a lot of laughing. http://bittersweetbilge.blogspot.com/
Our blog is http://yorgasonfive.blogspot.com/
Have a Happy Thanksgiving! I am thankful for you and who I am because of you. Lucy
Ammon
Yo Lindgrens,
It's been quite an eventful last couple of months. On October 10th Finn turned one year old, and on October 11th, we had a party to celebrate. But not just any party--a monkey themed one-year-old birthday party! All of Finn's girlfriends were there, as were Grandpa and Grandma Rankin. He had a blast, he got to eat some chocolate monkey cake, he got lots of cool presents, and he even ended the party with a bath in the sink. What a party animal.
A few weeks after he turned one, Finn took his first steps... and lucky for you, the camera was rolling. Check out the YouTube video and check it out--he was really excited to be taking a few steps, and he's still working on the whole walking thing. If you could crawl as fast as Finn, you wouldn't waste time on trying to walk, would ya? Nope. Probably not.
On Halloween, Finn, Angela, and I were pirates--a family of pirates! Arrrrg! We took Finn in his pirate ship stroller to a few houses trick-or-treating and while he didn't fully grasp the idea behind it, I think he got it enough to have a blast NEXT year. We're thinking next year Finn will be the Travelocity Gnome and Angela & I will be contestants on the Amazing Race. If we can't be on the show, we might as well pretend like we're on the show!
We're super excited that Barak Obama will be the next President of the United States! What an incredible and amazing accomplishment--he's just what this country needs!
Anyway, life is busy and crazy as usual and we can't wait to see everyone at Thanksgiving!
Love,
Ammon, Angela, and Finn
Heidie
The winds of change have arrived! We are moving. Chris has already started the job. We are waiting until we have enough money to move and then the whole family will move with him. The move is bittersweet. We have enjoyed living near family and cousins...not that we will be too far...but it will be much different that a door away.
I had a very nice visit with Grandma Martha this week. I really talked her ear off, thanks for listening! It is nice to hear some wisdom from someone who has lots of kids and has been through some really really hard times. It is good to be reminded that these economic dips will not last forever. I asked Grandma, "What did you do when you had all those kids and you had no money to live?" I loved her reply, "We went crazy!" Thanks for keeping it real grandma.
I am also very thankful for my own religious freedoms. I am grateful for a loving Heavenly Father who knows the intimate details of my thoughts. I have been greatly blessed with a wonderful husband, who holds the priesthood of God. I believe with all of my heart that the blessings that I have been promised will come (predicated upon me doing my part). What a gift it has been for me to be a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of LDS. I was born into it...and I came to a point in my life when I decided to study it all out and decide what it all means. I look back at the many different roads that I have almost taken, or that I thought would make me happy. I CHOOSE religion. I LOVE being LDS aka Mormon. I learn things at church, I think about them, and they are PART of me. I am thankful that I made the decision that has made me and my family the happiest.
Things are going well. I look forward to reading the Lingo, and seeing what everyone is up to!
I hope that your holidays are cheerful and that you have a lovely CHRISTmas. Jesus really is the reason for the season.
Heidie
I had a very nice visit with Grandma Martha this week. I really talked her ear off, thanks for listening! It is nice to hear some wisdom from someone who has lots of kids and has been through some really really hard times. It is good to be reminded that these economic dips will not last forever. I asked Grandma, "What did you do when you had all those kids and you had no money to live?" I loved her reply, "We went crazy!" Thanks for keeping it real grandma.
I am also very thankful for my own religious freedoms. I am grateful for a loving Heavenly Father who knows the intimate details of my thoughts. I have been greatly blessed with a wonderful husband, who holds the priesthood of God. I believe with all of my heart that the blessings that I have been promised will come (predicated upon me doing my part). What a gift it has been for me to be a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of LDS. I was born into it...and I came to a point in my life when I decided to study it all out and decide what it all means. I look back at the many different roads that I have almost taken, or that I thought would make me happy. I CHOOSE religion. I LOVE being LDS aka Mormon. I learn things at church, I think about them, and they are PART of me. I am thankful that I made the decision that has made me and my family the happiest.
Things are going well. I look forward to reading the Lingo, and seeing what everyone is up to!
I hope that your holidays are cheerful and that you have a lovely CHRISTmas. Jesus really is the reason for the season.
Heidie
Priscilla
Dear family,
I don’t feel like I have any thing big to report.
I enjoyed attending a Jon Schmidt concert here in Snowflake with Bryan.
This year was the best (warmest) weather I can remember celebrating Halloween. We had trunk-or-treat the evening before Halloween because there was a high school football game in town Halloween night. The town held a Halloween carnival that Jim took Isaiah to earlier. Hyrum and James went to the haunted corn maze and Bryan went trick-or-treating with his friends in the neighborhood and then played games at a friend’s house. I enjoyed the warm weather at the trunk or treat passing out candy without my trunk. (James was using the car.) Jim was home with Samantha & Riley with pink eye.
I’m pleased with the good work my boys do in school.
I’ve enjoyed Saturday soccer games watching Isaiah, Bryan and Hyrum play.
Last winter we were paying $400/month for propane to heat our house. We put in a woodstove last month and have not yet turned on that furnace.
Happy Veterans Day!
Love, Priscilla
I don’t feel like I have any thing big to report.
I enjoyed attending a Jon Schmidt concert here in Snowflake with Bryan.
This year was the best (warmest) weather I can remember celebrating Halloween. We had trunk-or-treat the evening before Halloween because there was a high school football game in town Halloween night. The town held a Halloween carnival that Jim took Isaiah to earlier. Hyrum and James went to the haunted corn maze and Bryan went trick-or-treating with his friends in the neighborhood and then played games at a friend’s house. I enjoyed the warm weather at the trunk or treat passing out candy without my trunk. (James was using the car.) Jim was home with Samantha & Riley with pink eye.
I’m pleased with the good work my boys do in school.
I’ve enjoyed Saturday soccer games watching Isaiah, Bryan and Hyrum play.
Last winter we were paying $400/month for propane to heat our house. We put in a woodstove last month and have not yet turned on that furnace.
Happy Veterans Day!
Love, Priscilla
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