Just a side note that Jordan made the varsity basketball team and Jason made the dean's list in grad school... congrats you guys, great job!
Love,
Grandma
(or Tiff since Grandma doesn't know how to post)
Monday, December 8, 2008
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
WHOOPEE
Jacob was a WHOOPEE CUSHION for Halloween. He loved it and so did his friends. No whoopee cushion would be complete without sound effects which he had. His remote control fart machine was more fun than the costume. I caught him asking one of the kids during the Halloween parade to pull his finger.Sunday, November 2, 2008
Julia says hello from the Ozarks
Here she is talking to me on Skype tonight. She is doing well, having the best experience of her life, and hopes she doesn't freeze in the Appalachians. If it's too cold, she says they may hitch a ride to the other side. When I asked her when she'll be home, she says she's still not sure but she knows she has to be home before Christmas, or else she'll be disowned! Not quite, but of course we can't wait to see her. She got to say hi to Kels and hear her new words and what not. It was good to see/talk to her. Keep praying for her - for her safety and general well-being. We miss you Ju-ju! Also, if you want to check out their road trip blog, click here.
Sunday, October 12, 2008
To Aubrey...The BRUNETTE Cousin
Aubrey always points out to me that she's a brunette in a family of blondes - and though she likes her dark hair - I have to razz her back for all the razzing she gives me/us about being blonde. My friend Mary wrote this poem and I thought I would share it with all of you. And especially Aubrey.
“It’s fall,” moaned Brunette, with a tear on her cheek,
As she walked with her blonde friend one day.
“Dear Brunette,” said the blonde, with surprise in her voice,
“What on earth makes you speak in this way?”
“It’s the WORST!” sobbed Brunette, with a stamp of her foot.
“I can’t stand such a season at all!
Autumn is dreary; there’s nothing to do.
There is just nothing good about fall.”
“Nothing good?” echoed Blonde, with an intake of breath,
“How completely mistaken you are!
Fall’s such a glorious, beautiful time—
The very best season, by far!
“Come with me,” pleaded Blonde, “Let me open your eyes
To the wonders which fall holds for you.
I think you’ll agree, in a very short time,
That there’s ample to love and to do!”
“Look right here,” pointed Blonde to a fiery tree
With leaves shining crimson and gold.
“What’s to see?” mourned Brunette, with a shake of her head.
“That tree looks dejected and old.”
The blonde was undaunted at such a response
And held up her hand to her ear.
“Just listen, Brunette, to that magical wind.
Its whispers are music to hear!”
“The wind is a pest,” scoffed the brown-headed one.
“It’s blowing these leaves in my face.
I do NOT like the wind. It is noisy and cold,
And it’s blowing my hair out of place.”
“But come,” said the blonde, “It’s a season for joy!
For cozy warm sweaters and treats!”
“Oh Blonde,” snapped Brunette, “Don’t you dare mention ‘warm,’
While we walk along cold windy streets!”
And so they went on, in this fall afternoon,
A most unconventional pair.
The brunette trudged along with a scowl on her face,
And the blonde nearly floated on air.
Each blessing of fall that the blonde pointed out,
With elation and joy in her eyes,
Was rejected in turn by the grumpy brunette
Who was stuck in the mood to despise.
The pumpkins, the candy, the costumes, the colors,
The fallen leaves raked in a pile…
Nothing could tempt Brunette out of her gloom,
And nothing could merit a smile.
So kind, concerned Blonde started thinking and thinking,
“Perhaps this reaction is due
To poor Brunette’s follicles being so dark…
That ugly, unfortunate hue!”
Blonde’s heart gave a pang, for she felt it unfair
That her friend had to suffer this way.
It wasn’t humane for a lovely young girl
To have muddy-brown hair every day!
This noble young blonde put her arm ‘round Brunette,
And steered her into a salon.
“Brunette, we must get you professional help,
Before you are hopelessly gone.”
“Oh no,” breathed the stylist, with furrowing brows.
Consternation was etched on her face.
“Bring her right in here and have her sit down.
I can see it’s a serious case.”
The stylist was deft, and her work was soon done.
The brunette slowly rose from her chair,
Filled with a mixture of wonder and joy,
With highlights- yes, blonde!- in her hair.
Her heart was so full, so enraptured, so glad.
Her eyes sprinkled tears on the floor.
Her lips uttered praises and thanks to the blonde.
She practically danced to the door.
Brunette rushed to greet all that great golden fall,
Splendors galore there to meet.
With hair now infused with the colors of heaven,
The world was appealing and sweet.
“Oh fall! I love fall!” cried Brunette with a sigh,
As she walked home with Blonde, arm in arm.
“Now that my hair isn’t horrid and dark,
I can see that this season has charm!”
“Yes, Brunette,” said her friend, “You are seeing the light.
Your life will be better each day.
You’ll find each new season to be sweet and good,
Without your brown hair in the way!”
The two girls went on, in the glorious fall,
Crunching through leaves with their feet,
Just loving this season and knowing the truth:
That being a blonde can’t be beat!
LOVE YOU SHELLY! HOPE YOU'RE HAVING FUN IN ALBANIA, MONTE NEGRO?, & PARIS!! Can't wait to see you Joshie!
“It’s fall,” moaned Brunette, with a tear on her cheek,
As she walked with her blonde friend one day.
“Dear Brunette,” said the blonde, with surprise in her voice,
“What on earth makes you speak in this way?”
“It’s the WORST!” sobbed Brunette, with a stamp of her foot.
“I can’t stand such a season at all!
Autumn is dreary; there’s nothing to do.
There is just nothing good about fall.”
“Nothing good?” echoed Blonde, with an intake of breath,
“How completely mistaken you are!
Fall’s such a glorious, beautiful time—
The very best season, by far!
“Come with me,” pleaded Blonde, “Let me open your eyes
To the wonders which fall holds for you.
I think you’ll agree, in a very short time,
That there’s ample to love and to do!”
“Look right here,” pointed Blonde to a fiery tree
With leaves shining crimson and gold.
“What’s to see?” mourned Brunette, with a shake of her head.
“That tree looks dejected and old.”
The blonde was undaunted at such a response
And held up her hand to her ear.
“Just listen, Brunette, to that magical wind.
Its whispers are music to hear!”
“The wind is a pest,” scoffed the brown-headed one.
“It’s blowing these leaves in my face.
I do NOT like the wind. It is noisy and cold,
And it’s blowing my hair out of place.”
“But come,” said the blonde, “It’s a season for joy!
For cozy warm sweaters and treats!”
“Oh Blonde,” snapped Brunette, “Don’t you dare mention ‘warm,’
While we walk along cold windy streets!”
And so they went on, in this fall afternoon,
A most unconventional pair.
The brunette trudged along with a scowl on her face,
And the blonde nearly floated on air.
Each blessing of fall that the blonde pointed out,
With elation and joy in her eyes,
Was rejected in turn by the grumpy brunette
Who was stuck in the mood to despise.
The pumpkins, the candy, the costumes, the colors,
The fallen leaves raked in a pile…
Nothing could tempt Brunette out of her gloom,
And nothing could merit a smile.
So kind, concerned Blonde started thinking and thinking,
“Perhaps this reaction is due
To poor Brunette’s follicles being so dark…
That ugly, unfortunate hue!”
Blonde’s heart gave a pang, for she felt it unfair
That her friend had to suffer this way.
It wasn’t humane for a lovely young girl
To have muddy-brown hair every day!
This noble young blonde put her arm ‘round Brunette,
And steered her into a salon.
“Brunette, we must get you professional help,
Before you are hopelessly gone.”
“Oh no,” breathed the stylist, with furrowing brows.
Consternation was etched on her face.
“Bring her right in here and have her sit down.
I can see it’s a serious case.”
The stylist was deft, and her work was soon done.
The brunette slowly rose from her chair,
Filled with a mixture of wonder and joy,
With highlights- yes, blonde!- in her hair.
Her heart was so full, so enraptured, so glad.
Her eyes sprinkled tears on the floor.
Her lips uttered praises and thanks to the blonde.
She practically danced to the door.
Brunette rushed to greet all that great golden fall,
Splendors galore there to meet.
With hair now infused with the colors of heaven,
The world was appealing and sweet.
“Oh fall! I love fall!” cried Brunette with a sigh,
As she walked home with Blonde, arm in arm.
“Now that my hair isn’t horrid and dark,
I can see that this season has charm!”
“Yes, Brunette,” said her friend, “You are seeing the light.
Your life will be better each day.
You’ll find each new season to be sweet and good,
Without your brown hair in the way!”
The two girls went on, in the glorious fall,
Crunching through leaves with their feet,
Just loving this season and knowing the truth:
That being a blonde can’t be beat!
LOVE YOU SHELLY! HOPE YOU'RE HAVING FUN IN ALBANIA, MONTE NEGRO?, & PARIS!! Can't wait to see you Joshie!
Thursday, October 9, 2008
Homecoming 2008
Here she is ready and waiting.
Here is her date Nick, they met througha mutual friend.
Have fun!Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Hanging Out with the Stars
I thought this was pretty cool. My dad was invited to a July 4th party on Malibu Beach at Wildman's and took pictures with Chris Chelios of the NHL's Detroit Red Wings. Here he is with Chris and the Stanley Cup.
He said at one point in the party, he was sitting down waiting to talk to Chris and he thought that the guy next to him had a familiar voice. He looked and Tom Hanks was sitting next to him! My dad, hanging out at Hollywood parties.
He said at one point in the party, he was sitting down waiting to talk to Chris and he thought that the guy next to him had a familiar voice. He looked and Tom Hanks was sitting next to him! My dad, hanging out at Hollywood parties.
Friday, September 5, 2008
To the Californian Family Members...
IMMEDIATE ACTION NEEDED!!!
Stop Anti-Family Legislation
While we are all focused on protecting marriage and busy working on the passage of Proposition 8, our State Legislators have quietly passed more homosexual legislation.
This legislation is focused at indoctrinating our children.
"This bill would require the Governor to proclaim May 22 of each
year as Harvey Milk Day, and would designate that date as having
special significance in public schools and educational institutions and
would encourage those entities to conduct suitable commemorative
exercises on that date. "..... text of AB 2567
As the first openly gay City Supervisor of San Francisco, Harvey Milk encouraged gay right's activism. He was killed in 1978.
AB 2567 is now sitting on Governor Schwarzenegger's desk waiting for his signature. We need you to voice your opinion and tell the Governor not to sign this bill. It is important that you call today.
What you can do
CALL THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE TO
REGISTER YOUR OPPOSITION TO AB 2567
1. Dial 916-445-2841
2. Press 1 for English
3. Press 2 to voice your opinion on a bill
4. Press 1 to select AB 2567
5. Press 2 to register your opposition
It is that easy. Please take a minute to voice your opinion.
Protect Marriage
Thanks for taking the time to work toward preserving the family. This weekend many of us will be walking precincts in support of Proposition 8.
If you haven't had a chance yet to get involved we encourage you to go to ProtectMarriage.com to sign up.
Don't worry that you don't have a lot of time; there are lots of ways to show your support. We all need to unite in opposition to the barrage of anti-family
Sunday, August 17, 2008
Dropping off Adam at the MTC
Watch out West Indies!
We went in smiling and came out crying.
The MTC thinks of everything. They have a seamripper to open the pocket on your new suit.
Thursday, August 7, 2008
Hey fam, I don't know if you all know this yet, but I am riding my bicycle across the U.S. with a couple of friends. We are taking a rest day in Chico, Ca right now. We hope to be in Oregon in the next 4 days. Everything is going well, we are carrying a lot of weight and are averaging 60 miles a day. We have already covered about 280 miles, and we have had many friends give us a place to stay! Just wanted to give you all a little update, I hope all is well.
Sunday, August 3, 2008
Monday, July 7, 2008
Robert
Hi all, Robert had his board of review and will be getting his Eagle soon! We are all really proud of his accomplishment, way to go Bob...
Monday, June 23, 2008
Wasatch Back Relay
Yeah!!!!! After 29 hours and 20 mins, 180 miles, and 2 hours of sleep, our team of 12 called the "Queen of Soles" crossed the finish line. And can you believe it we already signed up for next year.
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Dave Earns His Woodbadge
Dave earned his Woodbadge in Scouting. This is a very intensive award to earn. It takes about 18 months to accomplish it and 1 week of camping and learning leadership skills. Once you earn your award professional scouters who wear shorts and knee high socks show up and congratulate you. Congratulations Dave we are very proud of you. Thanks to Grandpa and Grandma for coming again.
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
What a Great Day
Adam went through the temple over the weekend. Thanks to Grandpa and Grandma and the Watson's for celebrating with us.
Thursday, May 22, 2008
Nickel fam does Race for the Cure
Kirk, Jordan, Nate, Megan (Tay's girlfriend), and I ran in Race for the Cure on 5/10. It was a lot of fun. Jordan finished 11th place in 18 min. and Kirk was 12 seconds behind in 14th place. Those little speed demons! Megan and Nate also had great race times and mine was a 10 min. per mile pace. I was happy with that in my old age! My goal was just to run the whole time (I have a bum hip) and I did. Go Nickel's!
Friday, May 2, 2008
Congrats to Aubrey!!
Aubrey graduated from the University of Utah yesterday with a bachelors in Exercise and Sports Science. We are so proud of her, great job!
Love,
Grandma and Grandpa
Love,
Grandma and Grandpa
Monday, April 28, 2008
Go Julia!!!
This is from Grandma... I still need to teach her how to post!
Julia received associated student 55 award for work in local & community humanitarian service. She was also granted a $2,000 scholarship. We are very proud of you Julia. Keep up the good work
Julia received associated student 55 award for work in local & community humanitarian service. She was also granted a $2,000 scholarship. We are very proud of you Julia. Keep up the good work
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Monday, April 21, 2008
For Teri...
I think this comes from her nightly prayers...
Today:
Emri: "Mom, the phone's for you." (play phone)
Holly: Talking on Emri's phone, "Hey Grandma."
Emri: "No, no, no. It's Taylor on a mission." Taking the phone back, "Hi Taylor on a mission. What ya doin?"
We all have him in our thoughts! :)
Today:
Emri: "Mom, the phone's for you." (play phone)
Holly: Talking on Emri's phone, "Hey Grandma."
Emri: "No, no, no. It's Taylor on a mission." Taking the phone back, "Hi Taylor on a mission. What ya doin?"
We all have him in our thoughts! :)
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Where in the World...
...will Elder Adam Lang be called? It's a big world out there - which place will he be called? Leave your pick as a comment below and we'll see who pins the tail on the donkey...or something like that.
In any case, we're really excited for you Adam! Don't get too anxious everytime you see the mailman or walk past the mailbox. Let us know when duty calls - just the mission call.
In any case, we're really excited for you Adam! Don't get too anxious everytime you see the mailman or walk past the mailbox. Let us know when duty calls - just the mission call.
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Race For the Cure
These are pictures from when we did it as a family in Salt Lake. It was on a "lost roll" that I just got developed! I thought you might all enjoy and that it would inspire you to run/walk again this year! I don't think they do one in Zurich but if they do, I'll run it!
THE FINISH LINE!
Steve...
Shari...
Here's Aunt Drena! Just kidding. But that's what I thought when I first saw the pic. There's Tim & Steve in the background.
The Steve Lang Gang
Just another blast from the past. Thought I'd remind you of goodtimes together.
Monday, April 7, 2008
Elder Nickel's Letter from April 6th
Once again, I am just sending the meaty part of Taylor's letter. The rest is just a question/answer period. Kirk's family grew up with the Nash's. Taylor must not have known that. Love you guys. Teri
For our devotional on tuesday we had marcus b. nash of the quorum of the seventy come and speak. a few points i liked from his talk were that we as missionaries should treasure this time, because it will go by fast. also i like when he said that we have this church to enable the children to enter the highest level/degree we can obtain (celestial kingdom). it just made me realize that some of these people i teach and end up getting baptized will make it to the celestial kingdom. it is neat to think that i will see them there and it will be a great reunion! In the TRC, we taught a pretend investigator the second lesson. he was a native spanish speaker. he said that he could understand our spanish and that we had great spanish dialect. it made me more confident in myself with learning the language and also made me realize that the gift of tongues is real. it's crazy to think of how much i have learned in three weeks here. i have learned more here already than i did in my 2 years of french. in the TEC, we taught a lesson, and the lady gave us feedback. she basically chastized us and said she didnt feel anything and that we were just teaching a lesson. she had us give a 5 minute overview of the atonement without any notes. we gave a big testimony and i could definetely feel a difference. it was so powerful and all of us felt the spirit. i hope i can have that same power when it comes to teaching the people in minesota! On fast sunday it snowed here. we went to the temple to take some pictures. it was beautiful! anyways, i love you all! have a wonderful week. i will end with a thought. Ninguna prueba es imposible. No trial is impossible. You can overcome any difficulties you might come across in your life with the help of the Lord. have faith!
Love,
Elder Tay Nickel
For our devotional on tuesday we had marcus b. nash of the quorum of the seventy come and speak. a few points i liked from his talk were that we as missionaries should treasure this time, because it will go by fast. also i like when he said that we have this church to enable the children to enter the highest level/degree we can obtain (celestial kingdom). it just made me realize that some of these people i teach and end up getting baptized will make it to the celestial kingdom. it is neat to think that i will see them there and it will be a great reunion! In the TRC, we taught a pretend investigator the second lesson. he was a native spanish speaker. he said that he could understand our spanish and that we had great spanish dialect. it made me more confident in myself with learning the language and also made me realize that the gift of tongues is real. it's crazy to think of how much i have learned in three weeks here. i have learned more here already than i did in my 2 years of french. in the TEC, we taught a lesson, and the lady gave us feedback. she basically chastized us and said she didnt feel anything and that we were just teaching a lesson. she had us give a 5 minute overview of the atonement without any notes. we gave a big testimony and i could definetely feel a difference. it was so powerful and all of us felt the spirit. i hope i can have that same power when it comes to teaching the people in minesota! On fast sunday it snowed here. we went to the temple to take some pictures. it was beautiful! anyways, i love you all! have a wonderful week. i will end with a thought. Ninguna prueba es imposible. No trial is impossible. You can overcome any difficulties you might come across in your life with the help of the Lord. have faith!
Love,
Elder Tay Nickel
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
Blog Facelift
A big thanks to Aubrey for the new look! It's great! But who needs a REAL job when you can digital scrap like a fool?
Letter from Elder Josh Lang
Family
Well I don't even know how to start off the emails anymore, I guess for this time happy General Conference, ha ha. It is always good to hear from all of you every week, but the weeks are so short it doesn't seem like you guys really do anything over there. It good to hear from a brother again, Jason I did not get the other email, but I have to say Congratulations on the second baby on the way, all I have to say is it's about time. When will he or she be born, before or after I get home? You can also tell Emri that I pray for her every night too. I also use her name every day here because I mean, Emri does mean name in Albanian. Well I am glad that your trip was a success, up in Utah this time. Sounds like fun but still nothing beats The Stove breakfast Saturday morning. Well nothing to really respond to so I will just go into my week as a missionary. This week was a pretty good week. Nothing really special happened but there were a couple of things that were good, as always. First of all Albania is growing still, on Saturday there was a groundbreaking ceremony for a church in Elbasan. We didn't get to go and I have never been to Elbasan, but the building process has begun, and the church is growing, because it is true. We are still trying to get land in Tirana for a church, but since it is the capital city it is a little harder. This week as far as missionary work goes was alright. I went on exchanges with a member of my district like I am suppose to do and it was great. 2nd Branch had an activity and we had some investigators come so that was good. I was with Elder Borup who will be going home next week. 7 missionaries leave next week but we get 13 so we are going to be opening a couple of areas, not cities but areas
in the cities we have. We might be putting another set of Elders in Lushnje where I was before with only 2 missionaries. I told President to send me back there if it did get opened, so we will see. I have 2 stories about some investigators that we have. The first one is this kid that has been going to the English course and institute and stuff. We found out he lived in our area so we went to meet him. Apparently I had met him on the street awhile back and just told him to come to the English course and that we have like Ping-pong and stuff and he just showed up one day. Those are the people that I would have never thought of having an effect, because there are a lot of people that don't really seem interested but I tell them to come anyways. And now I see that it has an effect. It wa really cool to see, and now we are starting to meet with him, he has brought a friend and they are both reading the Book of Mormon already and come to institute and stuff. It is really great so we will see what happens to them in the future. The second story I have is about our only progressing investigator. We have not met him that much but he is really good. He has read a lot in the Book of Mormon and has come to church once. We met him this week and he brought his wife, which we have never seen before and she told us that she was also reading the Book of Mormon and was interested so that is why she came to meet us. I was really excited to hear this of course and am really excited to see what happens, because our last meeting with him we actually committed him to baptism even though we haven't met him that much, and he said that he will have to think about it. Hopefully we will get an answer this week and really start helping him progress and feel the spirit and realize it is what he should do. That meeting was the highlight of my week this week. Other then that I don't have anything to tell you for now. As for the spiritual thought I don't remember but I might have told you this last week, but it will be said again. I was reading in the New Era and read this story about a kid who always wanted to be a Professional Soccer player and worked hard his whole life for it. He never got anything so he decided he better go on a mission. The day his call came and he was opening it, his agent called and said he got an offer for him. He looked at his call and said to his agent that he already got a better offer and he will serve a mission. He realized that his dream would not wait for 2 years but he knew he made the better decision. He went into his room and cried to the Lord and then heard a voice that said "son you are already on the best team." When I read this it really struck me and I know that we are on the best team. All of us are part of the best team and we need to take advantage of it. Anything that we sacrifice for the church is the better choice because it is the better team. Everything should go behind what God wants us to do. I can testify to you that we are on the best team and it is one lucky thing because I look at these people and they don't even know. I ask that all of you put behind the things that don't matter to do something better in your calling or whatever and then you will always have time after. I love you all, and you are all great.
Your last one (and favorite)
Elder Lang
p.s. Watch General Conference!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I at least want to stay for church when you come so after 2 if you want we can fly out. I don't really want to hear anymore about it though,
thanks J Love you
Well I don't even know how to start off the emails anymore, I guess for this time happy General Conference, ha ha. It is always good to hear from all of you every week, but the weeks are so short it doesn't seem like you guys really do anything over there. It good to hear from a brother again, Jason I did not get the other email, but I have to say Congratulations on the second baby on the way, all I have to say is it's about time. When will he or she be born, before or after I get home? You can also tell Emri that I pray for her every night too. I also use her name every day here because I mean, Emri does mean name in Albanian. Well I am glad that your trip was a success, up in Utah this time. Sounds like fun but still nothing beats The Stove breakfast Saturday morning. Well nothing to really respond to so I will just go into my week as a missionary. This week was a pretty good week. Nothing really special happened but there were a couple of things that were good, as always. First of all Albania is growing still, on Saturday there was a groundbreaking ceremony for a church in Elbasan. We didn't get to go and I have never been to Elbasan, but the building process has begun, and the church is growing, because it is true. We are still trying to get land in Tirana for a church, but since it is the capital city it is a little harder. This week as far as missionary work goes was alright. I went on exchanges with a member of my district like I am suppose to do and it was great. 2nd Branch had an activity and we had some investigators come so that was good. I was with Elder Borup who will be going home next week. 7 missionaries leave next week but we get 13 so we are going to be opening a couple of areas, not cities but areas
in the cities we have. We might be putting another set of Elders in Lushnje where I was before with only 2 missionaries. I told President to send me back there if it did get opened, so we will see. I have 2 stories about some investigators that we have. The first one is this kid that has been going to the English course and institute and stuff. We found out he lived in our area so we went to meet him. Apparently I had met him on the street awhile back and just told him to come to the English course and that we have like Ping-pong and stuff and he just showed up one day. Those are the people that I would have never thought of having an effect, because there are a lot of people that don't really seem interested but I tell them to come anyways. And now I see that it has an effect. It wa really cool to see, and now we are starting to meet with him, he has brought a friend and they are both reading the Book of Mormon already and come to institute and stuff. It is really great so we will see what happens to them in the future. The second story I have is about our only progressing investigator. We have not met him that much but he is really good. He has read a lot in the Book of Mormon and has come to church once. We met him this week and he brought his wife, which we have never seen before and she told us that she was also reading the Book of Mormon and was interested so that is why she came to meet us. I was really excited to hear this of course and am really excited to see what happens, because our last meeting with him we actually committed him to baptism even though we haven't met him that much, and he said that he will have to think about it. Hopefully we will get an answer this week and really start helping him progress and feel the spirit and realize it is what he should do. That meeting was the highlight of my week this week. Other then that I don't have anything to tell you for now. As for the spiritual thought I don't remember but I might have told you this last week, but it will be said again. I was reading in the New Era and read this story about a kid who always wanted to be a Professional Soccer player and worked hard his whole life for it. He never got anything so he decided he better go on a mission. The day his call came and he was opening it, his agent called and said he got an offer for him. He looked at his call and said to his agent that he already got a better offer and he will serve a mission. He realized that his dream would not wait for 2 years but he knew he made the better decision. He went into his room and cried to the Lord and then heard a voice that said "son you are already on the best team." When I read this it really struck me and I know that we are on the best team. All of us are part of the best team and we need to take advantage of it. Anything that we sacrifice for the church is the better choice because it is the better team. Everything should go behind what God wants us to do. I can testify to you that we are on the best team and it is one lucky thing because I look at these people and they don't even know. I ask that all of you put behind the things that don't matter to do something better in your calling or whatever and then you will always have time after. I love you all, and you are all great.
Your last one (and favorite)
Elder Lang
p.s. Watch General Conference!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I at least want to stay for church when you come so after 2 if you want we can fly out. I don't really want to hear anymore about it though,
thanks J Love you
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
In Remembrance of Christmas Past...
The babies on the bed are darling, but what's funniest about this moment is all the adults squeezed into one room trying to get 7 kids to smile, sit up straight, keep their hands down, help their sister or cousin, etc. Watch and enjoy.
Monday, March 31, 2008
Taylor's First Letter from the MTC
This is just a portion of Taylor's letter. The rest was specific to each of us at home and/or answering questions. I figured that part would be of no interest to you. He seems to be doing really well and mom is doing MUCH better. : ) We love you all. Ter
"As for me, i am doin well here at the mtc. i really like the devotionals with the general authorities. the language is coming along fairly well i guess. i am able to pray, testify, and say some phrases and words. so it's coming along. i have seen a bunch of people from school here. i saw brandon huckstep, devan anderson, chad thompson, and ashton beagley. i haven't seen kurt vanwagenen yet. esta bien. ya, this week i actually got to participate in a blessing for one of our hermanas. Hma. Bohne was sick and we found out that she might have to have surgery to remove a cist in her leg! it was really neat, and i felt that everything was goin to be alright and work out for her! i have a cool story to. babe ruth was in a game and it was the bottom of the 9th. there were 2 outs and the yanks were down by 2 with 2 on base. babe got down in the count 0-2. the next pitch
he hit a game winning homerun. after the game a reporter asked how babe felt after he failed the first two swings. babe said, "those first two strikes weren't failure...they were effort toward success!" think about this and how you can apply it to your lives. i love you all and pray for u everyday! can't wait to hear from you all!"
Love,
Elder Nickel
Friday, March 28, 2008
Look how cute you are doing this new blog... round of applause for Jessica. Grandma is here and I will try and attempt to teach her how to post but I'm not sure how that will go... she is fighting me on putting phone number in her phone! We love you all and wish you all lived here. My pics of Easter are on my blog and I'm too lazy to do them twice ;) Love you!
Tiff
Tiff
Holly's Blog
Our blog is private, so if you'd like an invite to the blog, email me and let me know. jasonlang6@hotmail.com . Neither of us use this email anymore, but since I didn't want my own email just hanging out for the world to see, thought this might be the better way to do it! :)
Thursday, March 27, 2008
Easter in Germany
While many of you enjoyed warm weather on Easter, we had a snowy Easter in Germany. In true Kelsey fashion, she's sticking out her tongue in this picture. She does that when it's cold or windy outside.
We thought of you guys and what you would be doing for Easter and we missed you. The holidays can be hard when we're so far away from family. So this year, we were lucky enough to spend it with our good friends Mike & Anna who just moved to Germany for 6 months with the DOD. They're only 4 hours away now (they were living in Spain)!
Tally and I hope that you are all doing great and had a wonderful Easter. May we continue to remember the sacrifices the Lord has made in our behalf.
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Easter at the Race Tracks
Go here to check out my Easter.
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http://youtube.com/watch?v=-5g8i_fL3v8
This is how I spent my Easter!
I am one of the first people,I appear between 31-35 seconds, I am wearing an orange sweatshirt, black pants, and a white helmet.
This is the 8th annual Bring Your Own Big Wheels it takes place in San Francisco (well where else would this happen)? It was an absolute blast, and I didn't even sustain an injury.
I hope you all had a great Easter. I am currently at grandma and grandpa's on spring break, just to give you a little update.
If the link doesn't work just copy paste it into your tool bar.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=-5g8i_fL3v8
This is how I spent my Easter!
I am one of the first people,I appear between 31-35 seconds, I am wearing an orange sweatshirt, black pants, and a white helmet.
This is the 8th annual Bring Your Own Big Wheels it takes place in San Francisco (well where else would this happen)? It was an absolute blast, and I didn't even sustain an injury.
I hope you all had a great Easter. I am currently at grandma and grandpa's on spring break, just to give you a little update.
Easter in M-town (aka: Murray, Utah)
Here is a little post for those who don't check my (aubrey) blog. This is what the Robert Jr. and Dave Snow families did on the saturday before Easter. We missed all of you who weren't here with us. Hopefully one Easter we can get together and have a HUGE family hunt, like the good old days! Probably won't ever happen, but I can dream can't I?
A New Chapter in the Lang Family
Welcome to the world of blogging. It dawned on me the other day that with our family getting so big, we needed a family blog. This is meant to be a place where all the emails, communication, pictures, updates, etc. come together to keep us all connected.
If you don't know how to blog, don't get overwhelmed. Tiffany, Holly, Aubrey, Amber, or I can help you do a post. It's easy once you do it. Basically you'll sign in (you have to create a google username & password), Click on New Post, Create a title, type the body of the blog and you're done! If you want to add a picture, make sure the photo is loaded on your computer first and you know which folder it's located under. Click on the picture icon, find the picture, and click add photo. I think they come out best when you do them large, center but it's your post so feel free to do it your way.
I hope this will be a fun, unifying experience. Oh, and please leave a comment on the blog when you visit!
If you don't know how to blog, don't get overwhelmed. Tiffany, Holly, Aubrey, Amber, or I can help you do a post. It's easy once you do it. Basically you'll sign in (you have to create a google username & password), Click on New Post, Create a title, type the body of the blog and you're done! If you want to add a picture, make sure the photo is loaded on your computer first and you know which folder it's located under. Click on the picture icon, find the picture, and click add photo. I think they come out best when you do them large, center but it's your post so feel free to do it your way.
I hope this will be a fun, unifying experience. Oh, and please leave a comment on the blog when you visit!
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