Happy Halloween

I am Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylon!

Football Game

Although some of you may have seen this, for others this is the best finish to a game you've ever seen.

Temple

Satan is abroad in the land, and this is just a reminder to go to the temple. That will help you to avoid him (kind of). By the way, I must give credit to my mother-in-law for giving me this photo.

Babies

Well, it has been a lot of fun here at the American Fork hospital. We snuck Jonas into the room of __________________, and took some pictures. Kati and Christy are both doing great, and the babies both look swell. I have created an Atwood baby, something that I was beginning to think is impossible outside of Doug's family. His name has gone back and forth a few times (Jonas'), but it is final at this point. It is 100% possible that we will not change it again.
Also, American Fork won the region championship vs. P.G. last night, 34-14. If the Cougars play like they should in an hour, then the weekend will be perfect. Enjoy the photos.

Welcome...

Jonas Henry Atwood. 7 lbs 12 oz., 19.5", large nose, unknown hair color. Pictures will be forthcoming.

Roofing Greg's House

Hey everyone, the weather is okay today, so we are going to go ahead with roofing Greg's house tomorrow. Just make sure to bring a coat, as it might get a little cold and possibly rain. We can still get it done though.
Thanks

Becker Alonzo Atwood

middle name contest

I am having issues picking a middle name for my son. I would like to go with Beck for his first name, but cannot get this to flow with more than a few middle names. Beck _______________ Atwood. Any suggestions?

Cheney in 1994

Here are some of his actual views:

I love the part when the bicycles run the prince over

Enchanted

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Joshua's Birthday

Well, yesterday Joshua turned one. We put a candle on an old piece of cake and gave him only one present (which his grandparents bought him). I would say we're waiting for Kim and Bryar to come up, but I don't know that he'll get any then either. Oh well, he's one.

Enjoy

another small hello

Just a small thank you to all who helped us with our basement this last Friday and those who helped other times (dad). It is going well and will look great when its all done. Kirk just finished his soccer season so he had a little more time to work on it. He is still pretty busy with 8 classes and his calling so he's doing a great job with what he has done. And he keeps telling me he's starting his masters but so far, nothing has come of that.

We are looking forward to Kimmy and Shane coming back to Utah for Halloween. Porter was going to be a mummy but I don't think the head wrapping would go over well. Kirk wont dress up and who knows what I'll be doing so Porter's the only festive one this year.

I guess thats it for now. Hope everyone has a fantastic day!

Conference

So, Eyring's talk in priesthood was dominant, as was Oaks' but Holland took the philosophes and beat them to death with their own shoes. President Hinkley wasn't too easy on the Nicene Creed either.

It was fabulous, and I had to clap at the end of Elder Holland's spectacular intellectual triumph.

In closing, check out my uvula.

Hi from Kristen

Hello everyone! Thought I'd venture on this blog under Jeff's name. So while we are in the hospital, Jeff tells me he is going to post some pictures of me on "the blog". First of all, I've never seen this blog except for a few seconds over Jeff's shoulder a few weeks ago. But I think it's great! Second of all, they had given me 3 doses of morphine, so Jeff could have told me he was flying to the moon and I would've said the same thing, "okay babe, sounds great". Anyway, I just wanted to apologize for the pics of my innards. Had I been a little more alert I might have protested! Oh well. I am feeling better, not good yet, but mom got here tonight, and she will be a big help for the next couple of days!!

What else is new...Jeff is working on a huge appraisal right now; it will take most of his time for the next few weeks. Jeff cut Emily's hair tonight (4 inches), it's cute. Joshua is still quite attached to me, and very very busy. He climbed in the dishwasher the other day, tries to get in the lazy susan and every other cupboard, and will not hold still for anything. It's good for me, teaching me to relax a little.

Love you all-
Kristen

Hi everyone just another short clip of Bryar folding her arms. Something new she has just picked up on all by herself.

She's still alive! (barely)

Well, here is my brave little wife right after surgery. There were some issues during the operation. It had partially ruptured, so some fluid had leaked out. Also, Kristen is one of those rare people without an enzyme that eats a paralytic drug. What was supposed to knock her out for five minutes (to get a breathing tube down) lasted over an hour. She also was weak and could not breath because of it. They put her on a respirator and stuff to help her out. Over time strength came back. She should be fine in a while.

Sorry no picture of Kristen with her breathing tubes, just the picture of her operation.

Check out Shane's blog

Everyone who wants to just be aware of some views and comments relative to our time, check out Shane's blog. He's put some time and thought into concerns for our day. Right or wrong, it's time we all paid attention to things happening etc.

Kristen's Appendix

Just to show you all that this is real. Don't look if you have a weak stomach.

Kristen is still coming out of surgery-which went well so far.

Everyone vote for Ron Paul

Kristen before her appendectomy

Hey, this is Kristen resting before her emergency appendectomy today at 11:00 (45 minutes). I will give you the update after all is done, and we'll see what happens.

PS Anyone want to add me to their health insurance quickly?

More BvM thoughts

Mom didn't care too much the other day when I threw this at her, but as I was biking to school this morning I thought I'd share it and ask what you think, if anything...

So, as far as I know, the name of King Lamoni's father is never given in the BvM. Well, as I was reading several days ago, I noticed that there was a Lamanitish city called Ani-Anti. Most cities in the BvM are named after people, so why not Ani-Anti. Perhaps even after two people?
Then, the people of Ammon take the name Anti-Nephi-Lehi, and try as anyone may, no one has ever given me a good explanation of this name. Once I looked it up in a BvM Commentary, and it said some whiff about anti possibly meaning "a reflection of" in the first American dictionary, printed in 1828, but I then went and found a copy of that dictionary and didn't really see it in there. Anyway, Joseph Smith using a very obscure usage of a prefix never made much sense to me anyway, especially one that would mask the true desire of the people of Ammon, who wanted to, in fact, be viewed as followers of Nephi and Lehi. Wouldn't they want to choose a name that showed their allegiance to the religion of the prophets? Joseph Smith would probably not be inspired to choose wording that highlights the opposite idea.
But, if the people, who joined as a cultural and political unit, used the name of their leader, the king, who was such a devout follower of Christ, would they not use his name, Anti, to show who they were, and then Nephi and Lehi to show to whom they were connecting? YES.

And finally, his son takes on the name Anti-Nephi-Lehi, if my memory serves. That is a crazy name, unless his father was also named Anti, and in that case there is a good chance that his name was Anti already, and all he was doing was adding the names of the prophets to his own, which was a common Middle-Eastern custom among royalty (see Tutankhamun).

My theory is--his name was Anti.

Out.

Dedicated to Mom

I am now on the blog. Joe has finally invited me to join all of you

Just for Fun . . .

Well, I realize this doesn't really follow the theme or schematics of this blog - But I just love how David Letterman just KEEPS GOING here.

No mercy to the pop tart.

Names...

Just in case anyone has any good suggestions for names, let me hear them before we have our swaddler.

Joe Buck or Dad or Someone in Utah.

Please help Mom so she can post things and understand the blog a little bit.

Thanks!