To The People We Love Best In All The World! December 2008
Merry Christmas to all!
Devin is having some baptisms. He is having his first trasfer to Sacramento.
I'm looking forward to breadbears days.
Christmas Party - you should have received an invitation -
Where: Church at 1613 South Main in Mapleton
Time: 6:00 pm
Date: Friday, 19th December
Assignment: Potluck dinner item
Games, performances, songs or activities for the group to enjoy
Help with clean-up
We think you are all great!!
Hi Everyone,
Elijah came into my room and said he felt just like he would if he had murdered someone. He tends to be a little intense (hey at least he has feelings) so I thought he had stepped on a frog or something. Instead he said he went to school and the kid whose party we spaced on Sat told him NOBODY showed up to his party. I felt sick too. So we're having him over this week so the boys can give him a present. Elijah couldn't get it out of his mind, so I gave him the old "this is how you get rid of nasty thoughts (just like pornography) talk." Alma says guilt should bother us only to the point of repenting (or fixing it). So he was able to get to sleep. He has more guilt at 9 than I've had my whole life.
Have I mentioned that we've got goats which in turn means we've got milk! Ok, I hate goat milk, but seriously this goat milk is drinkable. So Natty is trying to sell it off, but so far no takers. I said she should go door-to-door with some Oreos and let people taste it. So she milks it at 6 am and the twins milk it at 6 pm, one on each teat. I've got to get a picture.
As Garrett once pointed out, "you can take the Harrs out of the farm, but you cannot take the farm out of the Harrs." We almost had a pig too. One of Savannah's friends said she would give her one for her birthday present, but when she came, she said she couldn't catch it. All the kids have a small job. Natty and Mal are also teaching piano lessons. Savannah reads for and autistic boy 3 days a week, and the Twins handed out flyers to get odd jobs and they've had a few. The other day they cleaned out a chicken coop and the guy paid them and then gave them some eggs. I'm a ticket taker at some of the football and volleyball games so our whole family gets into all the games for free!
Love,
The Harrs
Hello everyone, this is the first time I've written in this prestigous of a media outlet in years. In my opinion, the old gray lady doesn't hold a candle to Mom's family newsletter, at least in terms of accuracy and excitement. Anyway, on to the good stuff.
Last weekend, Mom, Shelley, and I all drove up to Montana to visit with Alicia and the critters. I have to say that they are at least 45 times cuter than anything I've ever seen in my life! McKenna is now 4 years old, going on 25, and Sophie is 1-1/2 years old, going on 30. They are so fun. During church in Bozeman, I began tickling Sophie's extremely robust legs behind her knee and on her thighs (inappropriate fun for church I know!), and she giggled and laughed out loud at that. Then when I stopped because the meeting was starting, she began putting her legs up on Shelley so that I would tickle her again. So, the kids are very happy, and very healthy and they were very glad to see their daddy, grandma, and aunt, except for a while with Sophie who had had just about enough of me by the time we left. It was fun for all of us though and I'm glad I had fun girls to go see and to ride up and back with. (Speaking of which, Mom totally go hit on by a forty-year old guy at a gas station in central Idaho. He came out of nowhere and began blatantly flirting with her about her windshield washing abilities. It's a good thing she wasn't shaking her booty or we'd probably never hear from her again!!! But Shelley and I were so pround of Mom and we laughed about the fact that you could even find an elderly disco in the middle of the potato state.)
Okay, well nothing has changed in terms of Alicia and I except for the fact that she doesn't seem to know for sure if she wants to proceed with the divorce or not, and others seem to be pressuring her to do so against her better judgement. But anywho, I hope and pray she'll make the right decision for all of us, but especially for the girls. They deserve only love, joy, and happiness their whole lives and I really hope they have it.
I love the family for helping me out so much. Everyone has chipped in with money, time, movies, visits, walking Sarge, etc..., and each time you do help it makes my plight just that much less stressful. So, thank you very, very much from the bottom of my heart.
That's about all I have, but I keep all you guys in my prayers generally, and sometimes specifically. (But don't worry, you have Andrea praying for you and I've personally seen her prayers come true.) I wish all of you the best for the rest of this great, horrible, dull, and extremely interesting year. Thank you all.
Sincerely,
Raph
These first few pics were from the recent trip to Montana for Missy McKenna's birthday.
I love this progression. Check it out!
This is McKenna at 1 year old.
This is her at 2.
And this is now!
I'm sure just about everyone's seen these, but I'll put them up there anyway. This is the park on the 24th of July.
I know I'm bragging up a storm here, but I still can't believe I had a hand in making something so wonderfully beautiful; twice! I love these girls more than anything in this world and I hope I'll get to be around them all the time soon. See you guys later.
