Opinion

At the beginning of this week my Bishop let me know that the status of my call was "Ready for Assignment." That means that they might have made the assignment yesterday (Thursday)! Sometime soon my call will be mailed! I can hardly wait!

That also means that it is time to get the guesses going. I think it is fair to have one state-side and one foreign guess. Feel free to post your guesses as to where I will go and when the call will arrive!

I Love you all!!!

OK, you have all done such a great job with the 50th celebration. It was fun to "see" you all at the reception. There were many memories of Mom's Cinnamon Rolls. Marilee even decided to make and eat some. I just got back from a priesthood leadership meeting where a member of the stake presidency talked about his mother's cinnamon rolls, she would make before they went to the temple. I feel bad not having cinnamon rolls in the Poll. So to make up for it I wonder who would like to sign up to be part of the great cinnamon roll research project.

Here is what I suggest. We each research and make many types of cinnamon rolls and report back, with pictures if we can, your findings. I must first comment that I don't think there is a cinnamon roll out there that I don't like. But there are many variations and I think spending some time researching could be a fun activity. For example, some rolls have many "rolls" some have only one. Some are tall others short. Some are cooked in deep pans others in short pans. Toppings range also from cream cheese, to butter cream, to orange goodness or just the crunchy warm cinnamony top. Some are made from light sweet fluffy dough, others from more hearty dough that just oozes its goodness. How about things inside, there are raisens, nuts, or just the pure plainess. The amount of cinnamon, sugar, butter is all a factor. Information on the process is invaluable too. Do you cut them with a knife or use a string? Any other secrets?

So I don't think we will end up with a single favorite. But it would be fun to have compiled a list of many we have tried and explain what we like about them (besides eating them). So who is up for it? I suggest we each post a comment to this post with pictures and a detailed description of the process and your findings.

Ok, On Jan. 5th we get to have our first ultrasound and we will find out if Stacy is carrying a boy or a girl. We have our own guesses, but we want to know want you think. Is is going to be a beautiful little girl or a strong little boy? Maybe a strong girl or beautiful boy... anyways if you can guess it right then you will get a prize.
You get to point and laugh at those who guesed wrong :p

If you haven't seen this movie yet you really must. It is very well done. It is essentially the story explaining why Charles Dickens wrote "A Christmas Carol". They do a wonderful job with the music (Kurt Bestor), the actors, acting, sets and all. But best of all is the feelings you have through out the movie. My favorite part is where he finally figures out that he needs to help others. He takes some food and money to a family living in the street and when they ask "why are you doing this" he comments something like "I need to". He then describes the feeling he had as he walked away from that family. How he felt more secure then if he were rich. It is a great Christmas movie and will become one we will show every year. The picture is linked to a website with info and a preview.

The papers are in Salt Lake City as of the 28th of November. So we are all wondering when the call will come and where Joseph will go. Why not comment on this post and let's see who is right...guess what day the call will arrive and where he will go.

Here is a link to a site that lists the missions.

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