Professional Painter...

While Craig & Jared enjoyed a weekend with "the guys" attending Jeff's football game in Rexburg, I decided to go visit Marci and offered to paint her living room. It looks BEAUTIFUL. Heidi came to join us for a few hours and within one day, we had her stairway, living room AND kitchen completely covered with a gorgeous color of "Humble Gold". It looks so warm and inviting. Marci has a lovely home and is a great homemaker.

Kitchen

Dining and Living Room

Living Room

Stairway

painting was a little tricky....but with the help of an extendable pole and a paint pad, it was accomplished!

Seminary!

I thought I'd share a little glimpse into the classroom of Seminary!

Here is a view of the class. We have 17 students (freshmen and sophomores). They are THE BEST kids ever. Seriously.

We were taking pictures of our class since we had 100% attendance and we couldn't help but notice all the converse shows in the bunch.
Here is the group shot. Great group of kids.


We are starting Mosiah this week and so we'll be learning about all the places in Book Of Mormon land. Here is a "map" to help us keep track of their comings and goings. This one is on the wall so I can use it as a visual aid during the lessons. I love visual aids...


This is something I've looked forward to doing since last summer when I was preparing for this year's class on Book of Mormon. I wanted to re-create the bookmark provided to each student. When I look at the bookmark, I'm so confused. So I thought if I made it ginormous then we could discuss it and make sense of it. So, I made a transparency and blew it up on the wall - this wall is huge - goes from window to window - probably 10 feet. And then I used butcher paper to cut out the colored pieces. It looks really cool. I'm excited to use it as yet another VISUAL AID!

I love seminary...

OCTOBER

Welcome to Fall....

Harvest is over....the days are getting cooler...our furnace is on and so is our fireplace..and it's dark at night.

Craig & I went to visit Jeff & Sadie this month and one of the highlights was to cheer Jeff on at his intramural football game. His team (the Wolverines) won and it was as exciting as any college game. We had a blast with Jeff and Sadie - shopping, visiting, sleeping in, making and eating donuts and attending their church. It was a great weekend.

We have a new addition to the family at Boulder Resort. We got a new puppy. Her name is Lacey. We are hoping that Addy will teach her all her wonderful habits - we are spoiled by her.

For Halloween, we gathered at Jeni & Kevin's house. It was a lot of fun. I planned a Halloween party complete with games and prizes. The kids had a blast. We then got dressed in costumes and went trick or treating throughout the neighborhood. It was a perfect Halloween night too. We came back for scones and milk (it was too warm for cocoa).

The highlight for the month of October was Hailey's blessing. And actually it occured on November 1st. She looked like an angel pouf in her blessing gown that I was honored to sew for her. It had 4 layers of satin edged tulle. She was a good little girl too. She was blessed to have 2 great grandparents, 2 grandparents and 5 uncles stand with her dad in the circle. She is very blessed.

September

(These pictures are in reverse order - but I'm still learning how to do posts....)

Don't you love September? Back to school...fall days...football...cooler weather? Here are a few pictures to share of our month of September:

Although this event occurred on September 30th, it should be at the top of the list. Little Hailey Jewel arrived on that date to join her older sister Paige - 2.5 (pictured holding her), her bigger brother Carter - 5 and her oldest sister Aubree - 7. She is very much loved and appreciated and is a good baby too!

We helped celebrate Grandma Helen Gene's 80th birthday on September 19th (her birthdate is the 23rd). Grandpa Paul turned 81 on October 28th. They are still living in their own home and trying to "find good in every age".

Seminary started back up in September. We are studying Book of Mormon. We have 17 kids in our freshmen/sophomore class. They are THE BEST!

We held our first formal Sabin Family Reunion during Labor Day weekend this year. It was a blast. We attended the Ellensburg Rodeo. It was the first time in 23 years that it rained. We got soaked. But we endured and still had a good time.


While gathered for our family reunion, we had our Family Picture taken - a favorite activity for everyone (NOT!). This was taken in between storms. Thank you Melanie for sharing your talents and your bravery! Way to go Sabin FaRmily!