Mr. and Mrs. Lorin Stevens

Congradulations Tammy and Lorin on becoming engaged to be married! Their wedding date is set for Saturday, March 7, 2009 in the Logan L.D.S. Temple, four months from today! We are so happy for them and gaining another brother into our Wheelwright family. Last of the Wheelwright kids to tie the knot. Best wishes sis. and bro. with the upcoming wedding plans!

Happy Election Day! Get out and vote!

Halloween Spirit

Tim had a three day weekend this past weekend. It was great having him home all day on Halloween, of course, we love having him home anytime, we LOVE our daddy!
With keep with the Halloween spirit, we carved our pumpkin Saturday afternoon. It was the first time Tim and I can remember craving pumpkins outside. But why not, after all it was 66 degree and sunny. No mess in the kitchen, YAHOO! Jacob was so creative with the face he made and craved on his pumpkin. He was great with cleaning out the pumpkins too. So these pictures show the finished projects of our labors. Sunday night after FHE we lit the pumpkins in the dark and listened to Jacob tell a very, scary, story. Boo!
Three pumpkin: "The face" (Jacob's), "Batman" Logo (Tim's) and Moon and Stars (Wendy's and Noah's favorite).
Saturday afternoon after coming home from a church meeting I found my three "dudes" outside in the backyard blowing bubbles. Love those doo rags!

Happy Halloween!

This year for Halloween Jacob decided one being a knight in shining armor and Noah was Linus from "Charlie Brown. Jacob said, "I have the most fun ever" and indeed he did. He had a Halloween party at preschool, complete with trick or treating to all the high school student classrooms, since his preschool is located at one of our local high school. After they got back to their preschool they had a cake walk and bobbed for apples. Jacob's brave teachers took the 24 preschoolers around the high school, brave, I think yes! Jacob came home with a ton of treats and prizes. Next he was off to his friend's birthday party which was more fun. At seven we took our boys trick or treating around our neighborhood, which was so fun. Tons of people showed up to our neighbor's "Free" Haunted House that they put on each and every year. We got about two hundred trick or treaters to our doorstep this year. Tim went down to see it on Saturday night, it was well done he said. He went for all our family, as I and Jacob do not like anything scary (hope our neighbors understand). Tim did most of handing out the candy, because he wanted to see the costums, he just had to stay at the doorstep the whole time. As a side note: this was the warmest Halloween Tim and I ever remember, sixty degrees, sunny and no coats, gloves, sweats or boots, rain, snow, wind etc...
The weekend before we went to our ward Halloween party, which was very well done. We loved the games, trunk or treat and the free pony rides! The pony rides were the highlight of the party, the boys loved riding them. Jacob did not like the haunted maze, which we did not complete, due to he and I being scared. Jacob dressed up as Superman and Noah as "Linus" on Charlie Brown. I dressed up as Sarah Palin, most of our ward thought I was a Sister Missionary, either one is great! Jacob had the idea of me being Sarah, as I was doing my hair for that night. He exclaimed, while I was doing my hair, "Mom, you look like Sarah!" What a sweetheart! I wish we would have been more thoughtful about Tim's costum, as he could have been Joe Palin, complete with snow mobile outfit, but we were too busy with planning our boys outfits.
As I talked to my parents and Tim's mom, I concluded that Halloween is busier and more work than I remember as a kid, but it was all worth it seeing Halloween through eyes of two children once again.
P.S. Jacob and I had a great time make pumpkin bread and sugar cookies together.

Grandpa, My Friend

While we were on vacation this summer Jacob had time to spend with his friend. Thanks for the great memories Grandpa!

Preparing for Their Futures

So Jacob latest building projects has been service and church orientated. Jacob builds Sacrament trays out of Lego. He came up with this idea, completely on his own, "I just thought about it." Today he was teaching Noah, what a Deacon does and how to pass the trays, they are helping each other preparing for the future. Blink and we will be there...just seven years from now! So proud of my righteous husband and sons!

Balloon Fiesta!

Saturday, our family went to the International Balloon Fiesta. What an experience of a life time! We were all in a state of pure amazement, as we had never seen anything like it and never been around so many people. Tim stated with how many people we saw there would easily fit the population of Pocatello, Idaho. The news said tens of thousand were there for this unforgettable event.
We got there after the "Mass Ascension", perfect timing as not all the balloons can go up at the same time, impossible due to the number that finally go up, just 624 baloons! We were able to watch many balloons get ready to fly, plus we were standing to two balloons and touch them as they blew up. We got some neat pictures but they don't do this event judgest. The only way is to experience it for yourself, right Greatpa and Grandma (both have come and riden in a baloon themselves).
We saw some balloons that our family would like: Dad and my brothers: An eagle, Mom: A strawberry and Star Wars Fans: Darth Vader.