William - Famous by noon tomorrow

 

William is thinking about making a magazine for his Senior Project. We went to Manato Park in Spokane and took some Senior pictures.

Sunday Night Thunderstorm

Jim went out to take pictures of the lightning after the Stake Priesthood meeting. I held the umbrella over the camera. I was glad he got some good pictures before the storm hit us hard.

 

 

 

Makayla's visit Sunday

I spent the day working with Jim

The front of the house is finally done. I went out and spent the day with Jim working on the siding. Up and down the ladders, move the ladders, measure and then cut the siding. We will both be happy when this is done.





This side will be finished tomorrow.

Jordan has one more month on his mission

2009 July 8th

Hey there family of mine

So how is everybody doing? I’m doing great! This last week went very well. We had a baptism! Yes lets start the month with a fine baptism. We had a hard time this first week in finding people to teach. It is a new area for the two of us, but we are working hard and yesterday we found a special lady. She had received the Elders some 15 years ago and has been reading the Book of Mormon ever since. She says that the Lord always helps her understand what is written. We are going to help her go to church this week because she has never been, but once she goes she will be touched by the Spirit and have the desire to be baptized in the true church of Jesus Christ. Other then her, we really don’t have many people to teach. Tomorrow we have a lot of appointments marked and I hope then we will have more people to teach. We had our district meeting yesterday. There are 2 elders and 1 sister that will be going home with me. They are great. We had a great meeting. I have been working my best these past couple of days so that my companion can see how the work is done, so I’ll be flying high until the 11th. I love this work and am kind of scared of August. Just thinking about it makes me shiver. I love each and every one of you. Have a fantastic week. Oh yeah, I killed a chicken this morning; we are going to eat it for lunch. It is a treated chicken that a member gave us. Other then that, all is well.

I love you all

Yours truly
Elder DIVIS o Brasileiro!!!!!!!!!

ps. pics of the baptism, me with Elder Xavier and the trainers from this transfer.. Elder Greener is in my arms using my ring. He is from Idaho. He is a great Elder.

4th of July

We attended our Ward 4th of July Breakfast at 8:00am and Jim had fun taking a few pictures. We went to Rip and Leslie's for a BBQ and swim party in the afternoon. Jim and I had fun with James Micheal and Makayla in the pool.

 

 

Jim is finishing the siding

Jim worked on the siding this weekend. He has taken the week off and is going to finish all of the siding.

Day in Spokane

Sunday the Family took Dustin back to James' after his interview with President Maruji to become an Elder. We left for Spokane at 8:00pm. We all spent the night at James. Dustin went to work with James. He doesn't start work for an hour after James but that is his transportation until his car gets fixed. Jim took his car to the body shop and they said they could look at it around 1:00pm. Jim and I went to JoAnn's and bought some ribbon for Makayla's dress. We bought purple and pink. Dustin's clothes were laying on the floor so we bought him a laudry basket. At 1:00 they looked at his car and found the parts that need to be replaced. Jim and I went to Spalding to see if they had the parts we needed from a wreck. We were able to get the parts and even a hub cap. We took the parts to the body shop and then picked up William and headed home. We stopped at Costco and WinCo on the way home. We rented a DVD at Redbox(New in Town) and watched it when we got home. It was a nice Monday.

William playing with James Micheal

James not wanting is picture taken

Makayla in her new dress that I made

Dustin is an Eagle Scout

Dustin had his Eagle Board of Review and is now an Eagle Scout.

Dustin's car accident

Dustin went to the movie, Transformers, at the IMAX at 11:30pm. That movie is way over 2 hours long. He drove Chelsea to her sister's house in the Valley and then proceeded to James. He fell asleep while driving on the freeway and drifted into the median which woke him up. He pulled over and looked at the damage. He hit his head really hard but other than that he was fine. The car was damaged but he was able to drive it to James'. He got to bed at 4:00am and was woken up by his dad at 6:00am. He needed to be at the church in Colville by 9:30 for his Eagle board of review. James drove him to the diagonal and Jim picked his up there and then brought him home. He quickly dressed and brushed up on his scout oath, law, motto, slogan and Outdoor Code. I drove him to the church for his 9:30 appointment.








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Back left side

Back left side

Dustin is moving to Spokane

James got Dustin a job at his work in Liberty Lake. Dustin is now a DVR Technician. He works 6am to 3pm. He will move in with James and Audra and carpool to work with James. He will come home this weekend and get his things together. I hope he comes home every weekend.
James called him up Tuesday morning and told him that he had a job and to hurry down to his work. His first day of work went well but he spent a lot of the day on the road. He had to come home for his party but he had to return that night so he would be ready for work early this morning. His car broke down on the way to work yesterday. I had to go to Addy and trade cars. I got stuck with the broken one, oh well at least it was just in Addy. Jim came and fixed the hose that had blown and drove it to the shop for permanent repairs. Today Dustin has Jim's car but that means Jim gets my car and I am stranded at home. His car should be fixed by this weekend.

Dustin's Graduation

Graduation started at 11am Saturday morning. The weather was windy and there was a little rain before the ceremony started. During the valedictorians' speeches the sound of thunder was heard in the distance. The principle decide to stop the ceremony and move it inside. It was about 12:00 and he said we would resume at 1:00pm. Needless to say graduation took way too long. The ceremony was finally over at 2:00. The kids were off to graduation parties of their own and those of their friends. Project Graduation started at 9:00pm at the high school and went until 5:00am. I worked the 10-12pm shift in the kitchen. I also helped set up on Friday afternoon and evening.

Dustin walked with Whitley Luu

Dustin and Chelsey Bell after graduation

Sunday we had a graduation party for Dustin and invited just family. Rip, Leslie, Jenna, Sarah, Jodi, Steve, Jeri, Emma, Mark, Tabby, Travis, Sophie, James, Audra, James Micheal, Makayla, Evan, Grandma, Grandpa, William, Jim and I were all in attendance. The missionaries came and joined us for dinner.
We are having an other graduation party for Dustin Tuesday evening so he can invite his friends.

Memorial Day Weekend

Laura and Craig flew in Friday night and stayed with James and Audra.
Saturday we met in Coeur d'Alene around 9:30 and played in the park and ate lunch. In the afternoon we went to Kroks, an indoor water park. Only James Micheal and Makayla had fun. We won't go there again. We went back to James' and had a barbecue and watched a movie. Jim drove James' van home with Laura, Craig, James Micheal, Dustin, William and I. James, Audra, Makayla and Evan came up Sunday afternoon. Dustin had his seminary graduation Sunday night.
Monday the boys went fishing at the Bateman's and the girls went to Laura's baby shower at Tabby's. In the afternoon the boys all came to Tabby's and we spent the rest of the day there. Laura and Craig went home with James and Audra and James took them to the airport early Tuesday morning.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dustin's Electronic Project

Dustin did a project for electronics this past weekend. He made an audio amplifier.

 

Dustin's Senior Project

Dustin got is chest put together and presented his project to his class on Wednesday. He still needs to varnish the chest before his boards on the 2nd of June.

Laura's Graduation Party

Saturday, Laura invited her family and friends to a barbecue at the Brinck's home. Craig's family was all there and my sister's family came and my parents. We had hamburgers, hot dogs, salads, chips and pop.

Joelle, Cassie and Cassie little boy

Craig's grandma made a cake.