He Passed!!!!

Shawn passed his boards and is officially a PA!! I know many of you have been praying and fasting for him and I know that he felt those prayers and sacrifices and that he did receive blessings from the Lord, so thank you!!!
Shawn took the test in Salt Lake, so of course we stayed in the Davis Hotel. I just love visiting Elder and Sister Davis, to see where they work and feel the spirit that is on temple square. Monday morning while everyone was gone, Kanyin and I explored temple square and met up with grandpa and grandma for lunch, while Shawn was taking his test.
After Salt Lake, we headed up to Rexburg and stayed with Katie for a few days. We got to meet baby Atlas, who is so so precious. Kanyin loved playing with her cousins and getting to know them. When I would put her to bed at night she would tell me, "Mom...I have fun my cousins." Even though we do miss the east coast, I am so grateful we are closer to family where Kanyin will know her cousins and everyone else. Shawn and I got to go to the temple, which was very needed. Thank you Katie for watching Kanyin so much for us. We also rented a Uhaul trailer and started collecting our things that have been stored at everyone's houses for years! Shawn's beloved table that has been stored in the Dalling's shop is now in our possession (oh boy). Thank you Dallings! We stopped by Pocatello to collect our junk from Dan and Lila and spent the day with them. We made it to Preston late that night and of course had fun with the Palmers and Larsons listening to Jeff's crazy stories.
I just love this family so much and count my blessings that I get to be apart of it.

Here are a few pictures from our visits last week. I didn't get very many.

These girls were hiding in this closet for a long time, patiently waiting for Shawn to get out of the shower to come and find them. 

Look at those cute kids!!

We had about 16 totes of our junk stored in Dan and Lilas attic in their shed. This is Shawn making his way up there.

The latter worked as a great slide to get the totes down.

and a pic of our halloween costumes just for fun. :) 

November 9, 2014

Hi everyone,

I had a great birthday weekend!  Thanks for your calls, gifts and well wishes.  I loved it! We so enjoyed having Mandy, Shane and baby Meg with us Friday night and Saturday.  Because of his foot surgery last Wed., Clair has been somewhat homebound, but he has enjoyed working on his latest family history project.  We finally got him out of the house yesterday and went for a ride up Emmigration Canyon.  The leaves are gone up there, but we are enjoying the beautiful fall colors here in the city.  We also went to lunch at the Lion house.  Thanks for that Shane!  We accomplished a lot in the two days the Dallings were here.  We were finally able to find them a recliner that they could both agree on!  It took a lot of talking to Ashley Furniture, but we got the job done!  Shane was able to go to a Jazz game with his brother Ryan Friday night, and Mandy and I had a nice walk up around the Capitol Sat. morning.  We took the Trax to the Clark Planetarium for an Imax movie on Pandas, but got on the wrong train afterwards and ended up walking several long Salt Lake blocks home. I'm lost around here in the big city without my husband.  I hope you made it to Smith and Edwards Shane.  Thanks so much for coming down; we loved it!

Clair is doing well and will go back to work tomorrow.  I think most of our sick and afflicted missionaries are making progress too.  I guess health problems just go with the territory (getting older).

Here are a few pictures for you to enjoy!  The first one was family that came to celebrate Michael's Birthday.  It was after our sealing session in the Salt Lake Temple.  The second is of the Dallings on Sat., Nov. 8th and the 3rd of our missionary, Sabrina Bush in NYC.  If you can't remember how to use this blog, call us or Torrey!  It's a way to journal, which I hope you are all doing.

Love ya,
Mom/Grandma