Happy Halloween
Our family members were so supportive of the Ashton Halloween Party we hosted on Saturday! We had 45 people come. For those of you who unable to attend, we had spaghetti, salad, breads, and yummy desserts. We did a readers theater of the "Twilight" book series. We had some great readers! We went into the woods behind our home after to see how the vampires and werewolves were doing on their hunt; they tried to frighten us but we remained strong! A pumpkin carving contest followed. What a creative family we have!













Here are a few pictures taken at the party.

Heidi, Kay and Laura Ashton


Mike, Kim and Marged Kirkpatrick








DeeDee, Steve, Paul, Houston and Sheriff Tyler Christiansen
Aiden and Zach Olsen
















Trent, Sophie and Ellie Hansen


















Amanda and Jennifer McKowen as Rosalie and Alice Cullen from "Twilight"


Hanna Christiansen

Ashlynne Olsen

Hazel VanOrman




Leif VanOrman





Stacie and Devin Orvin















Aubrey and Seth Shaner

Fun in Utah's Dixie


We spent a great UEA weekend in the St. George area with Ron, Lisa, Jenn and Amanda. Ron took us on a fantastic hike at "Red Cliffs", just outside of Leeds.









Jenn being "out-on-a-limb"!








Amanda wanting a little nap!

We got Ron "holed-up" in a tree!

We even found a dinosaur.

Taking a rest in the shade.

The next day we went four-wheeling in Hurricane.






We enjoyed beautiful scenery there also.












Next we were off to "Sand Hollow" to play in the water.

Saturday we visited Tuacahn and then went to "Snow Canyon"

And that is our weekend in a "nutshell", or perhaps a small cave!

Wendy's Week

(I hope not weak!)

This has been a nice week. Neil finished getting in some more yard lights. He put up a large one on a telephone pole. He and our neighbor took a tumble trying to get it into the hole! The pole crashed down with them and broke the light fixture, but fortunately they were uninjured, well perhaps bruised.

Wednesday Ron came and helped Neil get started on a yard storage shed he is building. In the afternoon we went to Chandler's Murray High School volleyball game. Chandler is an excellent player, and yes, they won again!!!

I kept busy this week going through boxes in our shop (from Mary's storage unit), bottling pears, cleaning, and entertaining, which included cooking and baking!

Saturday was Aiden's baptism. He wanted Spencer to baptize him, and his Dad to confirm him. It was a wonderful event.

Kelli and Brian's new house project

Many have asked about the project at Kelli and Brian's new house. They purchased a home that had gone into foreclosure and was trashed! They did get a great deal on it and it is in a wonderful neighborhood. Here are some before and after photos.

The main floor had lovely, dirty, worn dark carpets. The previous owners were also heavy smokers!

With fresh paint and new wood flooring, things were shaping up!

Now what can be done to brighten the family room?

Ahhh, much better!

The children's bedrooms were interesting and looked like the kid's painted them!

The floor boards were missing, and the doors broken.

After!

The children's bedrooms, Brody's, Rachael's and Nora's.

Master bedroom.

The kitchen is still a work in progress.

Let's just say they are making great progress in the yard!

Before

Neil, Kelli and Brian have worked long, hard hours the past two weeks and things are looking good! Today, Saturday, September 27th they moved in - ready or not!

After