Great to Know!

I saw this message on my DIL's FB page from someone she knows who is living in Hawaii.

"Guess who is an Elder in my ward... Elder Brooksby!!! I was staring at his tag and realized that grandma told me that Brett had a relative here on a mission so I ask him and its his BROTHER!! Too cool. He is awesome! He has a really positive energy! Great Missionary! I was so excited! I had to tell you. Love you lots!!"

It's always great to hear that your son is a great missionary. It made my day!

This is Winter?

With no snow and temps in the 40s we had to PAY to have our winter fun. On Saturday we went to the Schenectady County Recreational Facility near our house to do a little ice skating.

Fun times and sore ankles were had by one and all.

Halloween!

Happy Halloween!

We had a variation on our traditional Halloween dinner. We usually have a cheese pizza with the eyes, nose, and mouth out of pepperoni. But this year Lauren choose to have mummy hotdogs instead. We also had sweet potato fries (because they're orange), black jello jigglers, and orange Crush.

Of course we had to have the sugar cookies shaped like ghosts, bats, and pumpkins too!

We also had chocolate pretzels that looked like ghosts.

I know it doesn't look like Glen is watching "Ghostbusters",
but he is. It's a tradition and such a funny movie! You can just
see Jenny's head. She and Lauren pulled out the hide-a-bed.

Jenny and Lauren carving pumpkins. They were very creative. Lauren made hers look like a pineapple, and Jenny used the seeds from inside to make hers have teeth.

This is the one Michelle made.

Lauren's glowing in the dark outside!

We hope your Halloween was as fun as ours!

The Summer is Ended, The Harvest is Past

Since the growing season is pretty much over here in New York the garden is looking pretty pathetic these days. Today I went out and pulled up our carrots. As I did a scripture came to mind. No, not Jeremiah 8:20, as I'm sure all the seminary students are thinking.  It was actually the parable of the sower.  It's pretty clear that even though all of these carrots came from seeds planted in the same soil, within 3 feet of each other, and received the same sun and water, their increase was a lot different.

Brett and Brighton Brooksby

Friday, September 2, 2011
Portland Oregon LDS Temple

Brett and Brighton were sealed on an incredibly beautiful day. They were the only wedding in the afternoon, so we pretty much had the grounds of the temple to ourselves for pictures.


We got a picture of the siblings together minus Jared, who is on a mission for the LDS church and wasn't able to attend. We all missed him!

Friday, September 9, 2011

Brighton and Brett had an Open House in Glenville, NY with friends and family. Brighton's parents Brenda and Lorin were able to come from Scappoose, OR to be with us.

Erin and Lauren together at the NY Open House.

Justin, Erin, and Bennett were able to go to both the wedding in Portland and the open house in New York. It's wonderful to have them in Baltimore, just a six+ hour drive away!

Our family is growing by leaps and bounds. We're so happy to have Brighton in our family!

Guess Who is 15!

Lauren had her birthday party early this year because her birthday in on a Sunday and the next day she leaves for EFY for a week. I can't believe that my "baby" is fifteen years old! Where has that time flown to?

Lauren wanted chocolate cake with chocolate frosting,
so that's what she got.

Look at all those cute kids. They came over and had a BBQ (hotdogs, chips, relish tray, soda) played outside, and then tried (unsuccessfully) to watch a movie.

They must have had a good time because days later I was finding Skittles behind things in the front room.

Brett's Engaged!

Brett is engaged to Brighton Fielding from Scappoose, Oregon. They are getting married in the Portland Oregon temple on September 2, 2011. They'll have a reception that night in Oregon and an Open House here in New York on September 9th.