Lava Hot Springs!

Cute of Savannah eating her hot Chocolate

Dad, Jon & Kimberly

I tried to get all 3 to look at me for a picture. They were so glued to the TV that none of them even heard me. Like Grandpa like Granddaughters.

Rexburg, Idaho Temple

Laura, Jessica & Lindsey being weird at McDonald's as we started our trip

Our family tradition of going to Lava Hot Springs is dwindling!! We had fun and wished you could have all come and enjoyed the hot water with us. It was a perfect night. Dad and I drove up with Laura, Lindsey and their friend, Jessica, early on Friday. We went to Rexburg, Idaho so they could see the BYU Idaho campus. It was freezing cold and the campus was closed but we got to drive around and look anyway.

We then went on to Lava Hot Springs where Jonathan and Kimberly met us with Ellie and Savannah. We met in the usualy restaurant - the Wagon Wheel. It took 1 hour to get our food after we ordered - we didn't go back for breakfast. Jonathan and Kimberly walked in with Ellie & Savannah and dropped them off at our end of the table and said "they are all yours, we are done until its time to go home" and then they proceeded to the far end of the table.

Ellie and Savannah had fun. They were done in the hot pools after about 1 1/2 hours but we stayed about another 1/2 hour. Even dad was done. He usually wants to stay until they close no matter how tired he is just to get his money's worth.

We went back to the motel and ate junk food while Jonathan and Kimberly showed us the pictures they took of Teri and Mitch for their wedding announcements. They did a great job with lots of good pictures. Finally we sacked out and went to bed.

After breakfast, Jonathan and Kimberly took Ellie and Savannah with them because we took the scenic drive to Logan so Laura and Lindsey could see the campus of Utah State University. They were open and we spent some time in the book store and driving around campus.

By the way. When we got home we received notice that both Laura and Lindsey were accepted to BYU Idaho. Still waiting for response from BYU Provo and they are busy filling out other applications.

MERRY CHRISTMAS

Some of the crowd.
Ava & Nikaylee

More of the crowd with Savannah doing a dive over Grandpa.

More of our wonderful family!

We had a great Christmas and were able to be with all our kids in Utah. We really missed you out-of-staters!

We invited everyone to come see the Tale of Despereaux on the afternoon of Christmas Eve. Everyone came including Grandma and Grandpa Lyon except Kristin and her family. They were sick. Those that didn't have other Christmas Eve plans came back to our house for Corn Chowder, Clam Chowder, salad, etc.

I had to wake Laura and Lindsey up at 8am Christmas morning. They would have slept til noon. Santa gave them both digital cameras and some clothes. Santa also brought me a digital camera to replace mine that broke in Seattle last July.

Dad helping Ava.

We had a wonderful day and loved being with everyone!

On Saturday we got to go to a very special baptism. A young women named Margoth in our ward who is about 16 has been waiting 3 years to be baptized. Her parents are catholic and would not give her permission to be baptized. She had decided she would when she turns 18. She has the strongest testimony I have ever seen in a Young Women and comes every Sunday and to all the activities by herself.

Finally, after lots of prayers and fasting on her behalf, her parents allowed her to be baptized. They gave her a letter on Christmas day giving her permission. They had previously told the Young Women's president and the missionaries that they were going to give her persmission for Christmas so everything was set to baptize her on Saturday.

The family is from Guatamala. They came and prepared a Guatamla dinner for everyone afterwards. It was a very spiritual and amazing baptism. laura and Lindsey were so excited for her they could hardly stand it. It's been hard when the Young Women would to baptisms for the dead and Margoth couldn't go. Not anymore!

Lindsey with Margoth after her baptism.

Red Neck Snow Plow!!!

YOU KNOW YOU'RE A REDNECK WHEN .... you build your own snow plow and embarrass your wife and daughters where they will never leave the house again.

Dad getting snow plow ready. Dad testing snow plow. Dad snow plowing

Dad carrying snowplow back for next swipe of the driveway.

Dad's 64 years of age is taking a toll on his being able to shovel the snow. He's too cheap to buy a snow blower and thinks he has invented the coolest thing in the world.

HELP!!! Someone talk some sense into him. This invention is pulled by the Suburban (yes, I drive the suburban only to keep peace in the home). It pushes all the snow from the driveway to the circle. We then go out in the circle and shovel that snow out of the way. Doesn't make sense to me but dad won't listen to reason.

Very embarrassing when a neighbor on one side is using a 4-wheeler with a real snow shovel in front. The neighbor on the other side is using a snowblower and then there is dad riding his redneck snowplow!!

Laura as Mrs Potifer's wife. The camera I was using would do the whole thing all at once so there are 4 separate clips. Yes this is a 17 year old innocent girl playing a very seductive role - what a good actress!

Laura and Lindsey's Cannan Days Dance. Thanks to a guy at work who came and recorded it!

Lindsey in Cannon Days


Lindsey & Laura (not sure where that guy is looking!)
Cannon Days scene



Laura as Potifer's wife

Lindsey as Little Bo Peep. She's crying because the brothers killed her sheep!

Laura as a wife if one of the brothers!

It's been a while since we posted. I'm not sure dad even knows how to access this anymore - even though he

is the one that set it up!

We had a great Thanksgiving with a total of 17 people. Reminded me that I want a bigger room so we fit more comfortably. Maybe in my next life!

I have finals over the next week and will be glad for the break. The biggest event has been watching Laura and Lindsey in their school play of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. They didn't tell us how many parts they were in. They were both wives of the brothers so were in all scenes that included wifes. Lindsey also danced a solo during the corn dream. She also came out as Little Bo Peep (with her sheep) when the brothers killed the goat. Laura was Potifer's wife and dad a wonderful job. Both Laura and Lindsey were the dancers in the Cannon Days scene. We got to watch it 4 times and I was sad when it ended.

Laura and Lindsey were glad it was over. It was a huge time commitment for them 6am practice then straight to school then afterschool practice til 5-6pm. Home for food, homework, sleep or work.

I'm posting pictures - Enjoy. Wish you all could have come.

Miscellaneous Updates!!! I can't ever get the pictures to go where I want them and don't have a lot of time. I should be studying but don't feel like it. Here is a pictures of dad on his brithday. Something was very funny because he has a huge smile.


Here is Grandpa Lyon. Not the best picture because his eyes are closed but he is happy. He had his last chemo treatment this last week. The tumor has shrunk and his collapsed lung has re-inflated so he doesn't have to be on the oxygen all the time anymore. He has handled it pretty well. He gets very tired and can't do much. He's a little wobbly but will hopefully be able to get some of his strength back. He will be going to the doctor reguarly to monitor the cancer. Hopefully, it won't come back too fast. We will be planning a yard cleanup party in the next few weeks so anyone that wants to help will be great.

Here is Savannah carrying dad's french apple birthday pie. She looks like she's not real happy that I'm following so close but I didn't want her to trip and fall and light the house on fire. If you saw everything on the floor (babys and toys) and all the feet she had to weave through, you would understand why I was hovering so close.

Laura and Lindsey are back in school and going full force. They are both in their school's play - Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor dreamcoat. They are wifes of the brothers and Laura is also playing Potiphers wife.
They leave home at 5:50am to go to school for either dance or play practice. They come home around 4pm and either go to work, fall asleep or do homework. I'm afraid they are gong to burn themselves out. They take the ACT test again this coming Saturday (10/25). Everyone pray for them. This will be the last test before the early applications are due to colleges. They have to get those sent in before December 1st. The play is November 20, 21 and 24. Let me know if you are interested in going so we can get tickets. Laura and Lindsey volunteered me to help make costumes. Luckily some other lady is in charge. There are over 200 costumes that need to be done. I will be making the base dress for the 10 wifes. Then they will have other outfits that go with these dresses.


Lindsey was asked to homecoming by Brennon. The poor guy decorated the wrong house when he tried to ask her the first time. The address he got was wrong but they had a white jeep that had been in an accident so he thought he had the right house. He finally found our house a day or two later and gave her a roll of toilet paper with a note inside that said "I was so wrapped up in asking you to Homecoming, I decorated the wrong house."

Laura wasn't asked but she does have a boyfriend, Eric, who doesn't go to our school. He knew that she had never been asked to a school dance before so he arranged with some of their friends (that they both work with) to plan a dance at a park. He asked her to it by a scavenger hunt. It was the same day as our homecoming so they did a day activity, got all dressed up and went to dinner and then were going to dance at the park but it was pouring rain. They were able to use one of their friends ward houses to dance in. Eric also just received his mission call this week. He has been called to Edmonton, Canada and leaves December 10th.

Teri and Mitch are engaged. They are planning their wedding the end of May or first part of June. We have to finalize a date pretty soon before everything is booked since that is the busiest time of year. I told her it had to be after finals week (for both our sakes). She will be applying for nursing school after this semester and will continue to take classes towards a bachelors while waiting to get into the RN program.

Erin and Nick have their hearing to have Aiden Adopted by Nick on November 6th. We don't anticipate there being any problem - just have to have a judge sign the papers.

Not much else going on. We love all of you and wish those out of state weren't so darn far away - or that we were rich and retired so we could come see you a lot more often.