November Newsletter

I hope everyone got through October ok. We did, Halloween and all. We had a chance to attend the Regional Conference a few weeks ago down at the conference center and enjoyed the spirit of being in the same room as the prophet. His council to couples to have a successful marriage was wonderful. His 4 points, for those that weren't there, were 1) Mutual Respect, 2) Soft Answer, 3) Financial Honesty, and 4) Family Prayer.
For an update of things around here, there isn't anything of tremendous note that I can think of. Four of the kids started back taking piano lessons and they have a recital this next week for which they have been preparing. Macall enjoys playing beautiful music, and Shane has really picked up playing the piano very quickly. They all enjoy their new teacher who they say if very nice.
I was reminded this past week of how very little many people know of what LDS people really believe. We have a new sales person working for my company who lives in the Denver area. Since joining our company she has expressed a great deal of interest in learning about the "Mormons". She often asks us various questions about our church. She even asked for a Book of Mormon to read. Well, this past week as I was in Denver working with her, she was reluctant to ask a question, but she finally got it out. She had heard about polygamy and the church and wanted to know what the truth was. Of course it gave me the opportunity to let her know that we no longer practice polygamy. I am sure that there are a lot of people around the world who think we still do.
A few weeks ago, we had Sarah take some picture of our family. They turned out very well and I must say I was very impressed. If anyone in the family is looking to have their family portraits taken we have a very talented photographer right here in the family. Thanks Sarah for doing such a great job.
We love you all and wish you a very Happy Thanksgiving.
Darrell, Laurie and the kids.