Nates Halloween

Nathan spent the entire day of Halloween in Haily, Idaho at his first robotics competition. His team that he drives for placed 19 out of 52 other robots. His team placed second highest from all the other Weiser teams.

This is Halloween

Trunk or Treat, Haunted House, Pizza, Carmel Apples, and Movies. That's how we spend Halloween.

LynnZ and Logan

LynnZs friend Kia, Logan, and LynnZ

Kia and LynnZ

Too Much Fun at Work

Sometimes my job is crazy, frustrating, and I almost can't bear to be there. But, then there's those days where playing with the kids, dressing up, and laughing at ourselves with my coworkers makes me amazed that I actually get paid for this job.

Me and Laci Friedley. 

Cats!

Why do our cats always love Marty more?

LynnZ

LynnZ spent the day with her cousin Emilee today. They snapped some cute pictures of themselves. Man, these girls are growing up to be beautiful young woman. Time is going too fast.

Defrost

My weekend project: defrost the big freezer and evaluate what we got left. I really hate defrosting the freezer, but it lets me know what we have and what I need to get. This year I'am doing it a bit late in the year, but it's also in hope that Nathan brings home a deer. It's his first time hunting and I think he's a bit nervouse. I am not sure he's going to turn out to be the hunting type, but we will have to see. But my freezer will be all clean and organized either way.

My Redneck Husband

I'll be the first to admit that my husband is a true redneck at times. But I can't help but see that sometimes his different views and solutions border on genius. I would never come up with solutions like he does. Here are some photos of just the kind of genius he came up with. Yesterday on a trip home from getting wood Marty breaks an axle. So he decided to use a tow strap to keep it together. 

That got the truck to McCall, but it was not going to get them back to Weiser. So he tried wire, but that too didn't work. Finally the old stand by.... Duck tape or in this case gorilla tape.

And it WORKED! All the way home. CRAZY!

A day with my sister Cora

Hanging with my sister for the day is one of my favorite things to do. Especially if there's no real plan. We usually do lunch, we went to Golden Hourse our local Chinese place.

Then as usual we bake something. It's usually something very yummy and fattening. This time we made Chai Brownie Cupcakes with whip cream and marshmallow frosting. yum!

Yesterday she ended up staying for the whole day and well we got hungry for dinner and decided a late night pizza run was in order. LynnZ and Logan tagged along.

I have to say I really enjoy days like yesterday. Plus I love that baby sister of mine!

Fall

I really think Fall is my favorite season. I love the change in color, the harvesting of fields I am surrounded by, and the smells. It's the season of change. It hints at what's to come. Opening up the magic of winter and the holiday season. It's a time of preping for  what I call my comfort season; snuggle blankets, mittens, hot cocoa, apple cider, good books, and chicken noodle soup. Today the smell of apples in the dehydrator fill my house and the sound of Christmas music is playing. It makes me feel happy and at peace. 

The Worth of a Soul

"We cannot gauge the worth of another soul anymore than we can measure the span of the universe."
- Dieter F. Uchtdorf

In my family history class we have been reading some great things from great men in the church. This particular quote has been floating in my mind. Do I really understand the worth of a soul? When I see that dirty old man scuffing his way down the alley, do I see his souls worth? And what about that one person who I really don't get along with, do I realize their soul has the same worth as mine? As I have been thinking about this I thought of my own children. Do I value one of them over another? NO! All three are worth more then I can say, more than I could ever put into words. They are everything to me. So why wouldn't it be the same for our Heavenly Father? Would He not value all his children's souls the same?   Would He not feel the same for each soul, each child? If so, which I believe it is so, then I need to do some rearranging in my attitude. I have some work to do. I need to treat all as if their soul is of great worth, because it is. We all have differences, but our Heavenly Father loves each one of us. We are of great worth to Him. His plan is centered around bringing us home, because we are of great worth to Him.

Weiser History: The St. Luke's Episcopal Church

The St. Luke's Episcopal Church is the second oldest church in Weiser. It was built in 1892 AD. It's red doors represent safety and sanctuary. In that time period if you were running from the law and saw the red doors you would know you could find safety and sanctuary there.

This old church is adorable! From its original hardwood floors, wood ceiling, and wood pews. And it has the most beautiful stained-glass windows.

It the main window in the front of the sanctuary you see the letters I H S overlapping each other. The letters are in Latin and stand for Jesus Christ the Savior.

Weiser History: Washington County Court House, St. Agnes Catholic Church, & The Galloway House

The Washington County Court house was built in 1940 and is still in use today. They are in the process of finishing up some renovations.

St Agnes Catholic Church was built in 1911 and is one of the many older building that you can still see their cornerstone.

The Galloway house was built in 1900 by Thomas Galloway. He sold all his horses to pay for the building and it cost him $8,000.

Weiser History: Pythian Castle

One f the most unique building in town is the Pythian Castle built to look like an actual castle in Wales. It was built for the Nights Of Pythian, a gentleman's club, where the men dressed as knights. This club was very private and no one really know's what they did. It was established in 1864 after the Civil war to bring brothers and friends back together and to heal those relationships.
The stone for the building was taken from a local rock quarry and hand made in the street below.

The blank white space use to have a beautiful peace of stained glass and a historical group is in the process of fixing that glass window ( below) to put back in it's place.

Upstairs is the room the Knights would meet in and the door to enter the room still had the original peek hole.

When you became a member of this club most were given a sword with the words Friendship, Peace, and Benevolence engraved on it.

Wesier History: Vendome & Washington Hotel

The Vendome Hotel and Washington Hotel are no longer standing, but Wesier did build a small community building they dedicated and named after the Vendome in 2001. Below are pictures that are hanging in the new Vendom of the two hotels. I also got a picture of the original Washington Square sign that still stands where the Washington Hotel stood.

The Washington Hotel was built in 1910. It had 85 rooms, was five stories high, and on the fifth floor was a Ballroom.

In the photo below you can see the Train Depot off to the right of the Vendome.

Weiser History: The Train Depot

The Train Depot has been a major point in Weiser history, it's how Weiser was so big in the old days. Over the years they have been working hard to restore it to it's former glory. The Train Depot was built in 1904. There was a disagreement between the towns people as to where to build the depot, because some wanted the town of Weiser to be over by the old Sunnyside school. This being after the original town was burnt down. But the story goes, that a group of men rode out on their horses out to the Sunnyside side of town with guns blazing, shooting up in the air and they scared the Sunnyside people and the the depot and the town got rebuilt where it stands today.

Below are some shots of inside the Depot.

Logan and I

Below are old pictures of the Depot in its prime working days.

Below is the view looking towards town from the front doors of the Depot.