Anniversary #15!

It's difficult to believe it has been 15 years since the day Fred and I were married. It seems like just yesterday he picked me up early in the morning. It had snowed during the night and we carefully made our way to the Salt Lake Temple. I can honestly say that was the best day of my life.

I love you Fredrick, My Love! This is the BEAUTIFUL arrangement he sent me for our special day.

Lake Lanier Holiday Nights of Lights!

It's an hour ride filled with lights, a live nativity and people shouting from their open car windows "Merry Christmas"! This is our 3rd year to experience this FUN event. As we drive we open up the moon roof of the van and Haleigh, Caleb and Ammon poke their heads out.

We listen to the Polar Express soundtrack. We time it just right so that track #14, the finale, plays as we drive through the snowflake flashing arches.

The live nativity was beautiful. Not only live people but live animals as well!

A donkey, a cow, two goats and three sheep.

Gingerbread House Building

This has been a Lewis Family tradition for 12 years now! On a Monday night, for family night, we invite at least 2 other families to join us for Gingerbread House Building FUN! Each family brings something of their choice to help decorate the houses. We get more creativity that way. This year we had the Taylor and Jenkins families join us. It was GREAT fun!!!

Random pictures

The first 3 pictures are from a scout hike where Caleb was learning to read a compass. I'm not sure whether Steph or Haleigh took the last picture but was taken as they entered our subdivision on a cold morning. I think it's a great shot.

November Mantel

Lewis Kid's Nerf Dart Game

The Lewis kids have invented their own game of darts with a nerf gun. It is played in the front entry of our house.
The person "it" stands at the front door with the nerf gun and shoots the dart up in the air.

Those not "it" lay on the floor and CAN NOT move. The dart falls to the ground and either hits those laying on the floor Or gets really close.


FUN TIMES with lots of squealing and laughing!

Our October Mantel - Will you Trick or Treat?

Our focus for the month of October is - Will you Trick or Treat.
When looking at relationships and interactions with others, will you TRICK them into doing what you want or will you TREAT them as the Savior would, with truth?


The TRICK side has Psalms 32:2 as a reference. "Blessed is the man... in whose spirit there is no guile." Guile is deceit, impure motives, hidden true intent. Guile in our lives is like the sludge at the bottom of a pond. It is stagnant, stinks and can not promote growth - so we have a pot of slime, green, blue and black (it really is gross - after sitting there all month there is actual mold growing on it.) and dead plants.



The TREAT side has the reference John 13:34 "A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another as I have loved you, that ye also love one another." TREAT others with LOVE, honor and respect. Be honest in your dealings with your fellow men. "TREATS" should not be so sugary that they are difficult to swallow. They should be sincere and genuine. Our "labor with all your might" bulbs continue to grow on this side.



May our month of October be filled with TREATS rather than TRICKS!