Mr. Fix It

I was really irritated a few nights ago when I put a load of laundry in my front load washer. I loaded the towels, closed the door, the door locked, and then I got an error message. I followed the directions to clear the error and it would not clear. It was time to call in … Mr. Fix It!
Seth needed the model number to find the correct manual online. Come to find out that the model number is on the inside of the door that WOULD NOT OPEN. I was really annoyed at this point because I needed clean towels and did not want to pay someone to fix the washer. Seth got the model number over the phone from Sears, found the manual, cleared the code, fixed the door that would not unlock. He found that a few wires had come loose from the lock and reconnected them.
I'm truly grateful to have a husband that can fix things.

It's All About The Packaging

This is a present that I wrapped. You will be lucky to have a store bought bow on it and forget about the ribbon I don't have patience for ribbon and I'm to cheap to use it. Notice my home made gift tag made out of wrapping paper scraps- and no fancy writing.

These are the presents Seth wrapped. Notice the pretty coordinating ribbon with the home made fancy bow.

Notice the fancy writing on the package — done by his own hand!

A close up of fancy writing.

I'm so glad to be married to a straight man who can make bows!!!

Bow Making Classes - Every Friday Night!

I have a talented husband and daughter. They are making bows for our Christmas tree. Seth's getting more handy to have around as time goes on. I think he's a keeper!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!

Food, Family & Friends

The End.

Daddy Daughter Camp Out, part 2

Looks like they had fun – they came home smiling and smelling like a camp fire!

I was so happy last night to have the bed all to my self and not have to sleep with earplugs (Seth snores really loud). I slept in the middle of the bed and woke up this morning with absolutely nothing to do for anyone. I laid in bed for abut 30 minutes got up, took a shower, lounged on the couch for awhile looking at my Pampered Chef magazine. Sounds fabulous doesn't it? Are you jealous? It was fabulous for about an hour. Then I got really bored and I missed my family.

Welcome home guys, I missed ya!

Daddy Daughter Camp Out, part 1

Seth took the girls camping last night. Can't wait to hear how it went. Watching them get ready was pretty funny. Seth told the girls to pack a back pack for the camp out. This is what they packed for one night of camping out.

Rachel: 3 pairs of underwear, 5 shirts, pair of jeans, and 3 pair of shorts, and six pairs of socks.
Alex: 3 pair of underwear, a couple shirts and 3 shorts.

Seth told them to go upstairs and repack. They were only supposed to take one pair of underwear, one shirt and a pair of jeans or shorts for the next day. As the girls were walking up the stairs to repack a stuffed animal fell out of Alex' back pack. Seth looked at me and I said, "Let them take a stuff animal." Seth asked Rachel if she had packed any stuffed animals and her response was, "Uh, maybe." She had packed 5 of them!

Scared Silly

Alex's birthday celebration tonight was pretty scary. First, Grandma and Rachel and a few friends came to the house for supper and cake. Then we took the whole party to Rawhide, and into a haunted house called Asylum. Mind you, the six girls with us tonight range from eight to eleven years.
Through practical experiment, we discovered that eight-, nine-, and ten-year-olds can handle no more than two minutes of such a frightful production, swiftly rising to an ear piercing crescendo of screaming, crying, and pleading for an exit. We stayed inside less than five minutes and saw less than half the exhibit before rushing outside to relative peace and safety in the old-west main street.
One of the girls stayed outside with Grandma, to which another girl said afterward, "She's a smart girl."
We walked around Rawhide for a short while, saw an arrest, an execution, and a headless horseman.
After taking everyone home, Alex, Evon and I watched the 1968 version of The Fly with Vincent Price.
I suppose that's what you get if you're birthday falls in October. I'll see what David thinks of that idea Sunday, as we celebrate his thirty-ninth.

FHE-Funnies

We had Family Home Evening the other night and Seth talked to the kids about prayer and what kinds of things we should pray for. I decided to share an experience that I just recently had with prayer. I told the kids that I was having bad feelings about someone and that this person was annoying me and I felt bad about these feelings I was having cause I knew they were wrong. I decided to say a prayer and ask Heavenly Father to help take these bad feelings away and twenty minutes later I felt better and by the end of the day I wasn't even thinking about that person. While I'm trying to be spiritual and share my experience during FHE and teach them by example I get these responses: Alex looks at me and says: "Mom, was it me?" No it wasn't you. Rachel: "Was it me?" No it wasn't you. Seth: "Was it me?" No it wasn't you. Seth: "Oh, I know who it was" (Jeremy wasn't here that night but it wasn't him, either! And for anyone reading this right now, NO it wasn't you either!!! Seriously. Especially if you're related or in a Ray ward! It's not you.)

Seth's 40th B-day Bash

Seth turned 40 in June and I gave him a Batman birthday party to celebrate his becoming an old man. We took him back to 4 years old. Our friend, Lucinda, made him a Batman birthday cake and we had a Batman piñata and all the Batman party favors I could find. Seth had fun playing with all his friends; the Hyer kids think he's really cool now.

Click here for b-day pictures.

Wedding Photos by Chea Lamb

Our photographer, Chea, posted our proofs to her web site this morning. They're gorgeous!

So we'll start our wedding announcements and order some prints. And while the album remains online, it's also a convenient place for you to browse and admire the whole collection.

Seth + Evon

The wedding was great; a perfect day and a lot of fun.

I'm posting the photos we took at the wedding events. When our photographer posts her shots I'll link to them from here.

If you took any photos, please upload them to me and I'll post them here, too.




For a sneak peek at our wedding photos, go to our photographer's blog.

We only have a few pictures from the barbecue so far. Click here to see the album.

The girls' stylist did a fantastic job for the photos we took the previous Wednesday. But when she was ill on the wedding day, Grandpa & Grandma came to the rescue! Click here for just a couple pictures.

Family style Italian dinner, where Jeremy whispered in my ear, "When are they going to stop bringing out more food?"

Click here for the photos.