Midnight

Yup, it is midnight. Obviously I can't sleep and I am trying to get tired by staring at a computer screen. Well, in my travels this evening through the wonderful world wide web I have found a fun site that you all might appreciate. Well, maybe Val. It is a blog of a lady who takes pictures and gabs about her cattle ranch. She has some fabulous pictures, and she is funny stuff. Check her out! Thepioneerwoman.com

Goodnight! (hopefully)

Thought for the week!

Concrete is made of a mixture of very simple elements which of themselves are not stable enough for a foundation.  But, mixed together in proper sequence and proportions, tiny grains of sand, small pebbles, water,  and cement powder form a unique substance of unusual strength and durability.  For a few hours after the concrete is mixed, it can be poured into any desired form.  At first, before it is completely hardened, even a tiny bird hopping across its soft surface will leave an imprint.  But later, it becomes so firm an elephant could walk over it without leaving any track.

Just a few simple elements,  combined in a proper way,  form a sturdy foundation for a house. So do the simple teachings of the gospel bond together to make a strong foundation for our lives.

In contrast, small grains of salt sprinkled on the concrete can actually cause it to break up and crumble if they are not removed.  Small steps taken in the wrong direction, ignored or uncorrected, will weaken and destroy our lives.   BY SMALL AND SIMPLE THINGS......

May God be with you in the building of your homes.  Love, mom

85 Degrees in TEXAS!!

Wish you were here!



Just got back from a cool trip to Corpus Christi TX. The Army put us up in a hotel right on the beach. I had a ninth floor view of the gulf of mexico. WOW! I flew our aircraft in a flight of eight, through downtown Austin on our way back to Fort Hood today. It was pretty cool. Next week I get to fly one of our aircraft up to New York. It takes three days to get there. Fun!

Love Joe

Snow in Utah

I'm ready to move anywhere that doesn't have snow!!!!   

Address correction update

Hi Kati, will you change Ted and Elise Gilbert's address to 1080 S. 1500 E. Apt. 287, Clearfield, Utah, 84015. Also, Mitch Workman's new email address is: mitchellsads@gmail.com Thanks, mom Elise's is: elisecgilbert@gmail.com

Political Commentary

Amen to Joe's statement about being tired of political deceit.

You'll all be very surprised to hear that I voted today for Ron Paul. Yes, it's true.

I know that he has no chance -

I would like to believe that Romney and Obama are sincere and not just politicians, but perhaps I'm too cynical. McCain and Clinton only seem to inspire venomous comments, but I don't think they're any worse than the other two - in other words, though they each claim to be the candidate of "change," the status quo will remain.

From Joe Buck...

So, it looks like it's definitely McCain--the world's most wonderful man--and either Clinton or Obama. Not much of a buffet. Anyone else just as disenfranchised as myself? (I will be forward enough to admit that of the three, I would vote for Obama) And did anyone hear about the West Virginia primary deal between McCain and Huckabee. Makes you wonder why Huckabee is even in the race still unless it is to spoil Romney (not that I'm a huge Romney fan--I just hate politics and political deceit).

Glen Beck's Tribute to President Hinckley

well a picture was requested of Bryar so here it is. Luckily she pulled off her bandaid and the rest of the glue that was supposed to be holding it together. So you all get a nice view.

girl pictures

I am sure that some of you have looked at Kati's website, and some of you have definitely commented on the need to have pictures of girls on the girl announcements, rather than pictures of Ian and Jonas--so Kim, Kristen, and Tonia, could you put some pics of your little ones up on the blog as infants, or e-mail them to Kati?

Hello everyone just checking in to see what is going on. I hear you are all cold and the snow is pretty deep where you guys live. Too bad. It is only in the 70's here. Ha Ha Ha. Not too much has gone on around here. Bryar had her first nice cut though. She was holding a glass bowl and tripped and cut her forehead. (I'm assuming that is what happened since I was actually in the other room). So on Friday we spent the morning in the emergency room glueing her head back together. It was a lot of fun. But all to no avail because that night we were at a friends house eating dinner and she fell and cut it right back open. We just pulled it together with a bandaid from there. We could have gone back in again to fix it but since then she has opened the cut at least two more times, so we figure she will just have a nice beautiful scar on her forehead. Oh well war wounds are good aren't they? Well, that is the update of the Stoney family's life. Joe is back to work and I am back as well, cooking and cleaning. Until later.

optical illusion

there are no moving parts, cool huh?