What a fast week! Tuesday we took a couple of older sisters to the temple for their first time in years, and learned that 2 wheelchairs are too many for me to handle in the dressing room. When we got back we met the kids at our apartment. It was fun to show them a few things in Cleveland like the red neck Ranch Hand Café. Wednesday we set an all time high for visits in one day! 14! Thursday we spent the whole day cooking, eating and playing with our kids and grandkids! 11 grandkids in Texas for Thanksgiving! We had a little birthday party for Dean, Sydney and Tessa, and played Fruit Basket and Find the Book of Mormon. We've been sharing the Gratitude quotes my sister Kathy sent us at many homes along with the "Living in Thanksgiving Daily" video. Friday morning was a fun first, after District Meeting the whole District did a service project chopping up the wood from 2 trees that fell at the Bradley's home. It was really fun! I think we should make it a habit after every District Meeting. Great team work!
Saturday Zack and Megan were baptized! Their mom is waiting for her divorce to go through, so she can get married and baptized. Megan told us at a FHE last week that she wasn't ready to join the church and wasn't getting baptized with her brother. We told her that she shouldn't be baptized unless she knew it was the right thing to do, and that we were proud of her for not doing something that she hadn't known was what God wanted her to do. So Zack got interviewed on Wednesday and ready to go. Friday Megan got her answer and decided she wanted to be baptized, too! It took a little quick footwork, but she got interviewed and baptized with her brother! They were confirmed today.
There are 2 sweet investigators who are both so golden and today at church I got to introduce them to each other. Sweet Sonya, said to Glenda; "We'll have to stick together!" I love it when investigators fellowship each other.
We had a second visit with Br. Hodges' mom. Each time he says that if I bring cookies we can come visit. She is a recent widow and hasn't really gone anywhere since her husband died. She kind of committed to come to the Ward Christmas Party with us! So, we're not quite sure if it's Br. Hodges or his mom that require the cookies, but I keep making them. Elder Quincy is getting a back log of service projects awaiting him. We are heading to Utah Saturday to help with Joni's new baby. We may have to do service every day this week to catch up. I know we have 3 projects planned for our P-Day tomorrow! Tonight we took the Elders to play chess with a member's non member husband. He said that he'd come to church if they beat him. They didn't beat him yet, but we're planning a rematch, and the bonus is each time we come he gets a gospel message! The weather had been gorgeous here. Its between 40 and 60 when we walk in the mornings and heats up to between 68 and 85 during the day. We looked up the weather in Utah and are pretty sure we are going to FREEZE! We are getting in on the best of 2 worlds here;
Grandparenting and Missionarying!
The Ranch Hand Cafe
This cool moss covered limb we see on our walk fascinates me.
Have you seen "The Last Leaf"? We think that this branch is waiting to fall until we leave.
Zack and Megan with their mom and Brother Soper.
Elder Kent's first baptism.
We thought this trailer on stilts on the way to Glenda Cleveland's house was unique. Notice there are some fall colors around here!
Party time!
My gourmet chefs
Nothing more fun the 3 rug rats playing together!
My dad would love this log splitting machine.
Sister Fisher and Sister Smith.
Sister and Brother Bradley.
Elder Kent helping Elder Quincy.
Elder Riches, Elder Burdsol and Elder Taylor loading wood into the truck.
We stopped to get a shot of this sunset on our way home from the Conroe Hospital. 
Zack was so excited for his baptism, it was like Christmas morning!
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