Grandpa Bud's Special Day

From the Deseret Morning News Article:
Each year around Veterans Day, the University of Utah selects nominated military veterans to be honored during a special ceremony. This year the University Veterans Day committee chose to honor World War II veterans because of their "advancing" years and "enormous" contributions they made to their country.
Luman P. Slagle went into the Army in 1942. He served in the 60th Artillery of the 9th Infantry Division. Slagle landed on Normandy two days after D-Day. He was given the duties of radio operator on an artillery forward observation team. Slagle and company advanced through France and captured the Remagen Bridge, which was the only one over the Rhine left standing. Slagle was awarded the Silver Star.

This is Grandpa Bud next to his sign that explained what he did in the War.

And this is when he received the award, while they told about Grandpa Bud's service.

Grandpa Bud kissing his blushing bride.

Working from home

I've now been working from home for a total of 6 days. It's weird. I thought I'd like it, and I can definitely see the benefits, but I'm not sure I'll do it for very long. It doesn't feel like I'm really working. It doesn't really help that they keep offering VTO. I didn't take it every time it was offered this week, but I did take it on Monday and Thursday. Part of the reason I took the VTO was because my foot has been hurting a lot. Jason thinks my foot might actually be broken....we'll find out more on Monday.

I have also applied for a job with the school and if that comes through I would have to quit working for Galileo. Actually, I'm hoping that if the school job comes through that I'd be able to work for Galileo during the summer, and possibly during other school breaks.

Investiture/Rededication Ceremony

On November 2, 2007 Junior Troop 702 offically rededicated themselves to another great Girl Scout year. We did a ceremony where we made a trail mix with a lot of different ingredients that symbolized different aspects of being a Girl Scout, and when all the girls put their ingredients in it created the trail mix.

Ouch....

We went to Cornbelly's today after Jason's football game and my Girl Scout training. We were having a grand time. The girls and I went through the corn maze, then decided to go ride the cow train. I took a picture of BK on the train and then tried to get on the train, not realizing that the it was going to be moving momentarily. So I took a header on the grass, and sprained my ankle. B'Elana saw me fall and cried the whole time the train was taking her around, so even though I was in pain the three of us went on the train a second time. I was going to take the girls on the hayride before we left, but the walk over there just about killed me, so we decided to head out. On the drive home it stopped hurting for the most part, but Jason and I thought it would be best to at least have it looked at. Nothing is broken, and they gave me an some meds to control the swelling as well as a brace. The saddest thing was when B'Elana came in after we sent her to bed because she couldn't sleep because she kept seeing me fall out of the train. What a sweet girl!

Halloween Fun!

We've been having a fun Halloween season this year! Deanna decided to be a Trick or Treat bag, and B'Elana wanted to be a butterfly. I had trouble finding a butterfly costume, so we bought her a butterfly fairy costume instead. Deanna's been having a problem with her costume, so we ended up getting her a backup. The backup costume is a Mideval Maiden. I think her Trick or Treat bag costume is really cute, but I also really like the Mideval Maiden.

There was an event at the Trick or Treat Street that was sponsered by the Girls Scout Council. In addition to being a Halloween party it was also a celebration of Juliette Gordon Low's birthday. She was born on Halloween. Both Deanna's and B'Elana's troops went to the event. Deanna tried to wear her Trick or Treat bag, but it kept falling off. My Brownie troop had so much fun. They learned how to say the Girl Scout Promise in sign language, learned how to to fold the flag and found out about where Juliette Low was born and where she started the Girl Scouts.

We also went to the Salt Lake City mommies Trunk or Treat. That was crazy! There were at least a thousand people there, and I only saw 5 people that I knew.

Scarecrow Festival pictures

B'Elana and Deanna both performed at the Scarecrow Festival. They both did a great job. I think the girls are going to have a great competition season!

Oh Happy Day!!!

We got our new furnace put in last week. It's so nice to be able to use all the rooms in our house again.

Next up, making sure that we get the carpet replaced in the living room so I can start working from home. Oh, and filling up that huge dumpster in our yard so we can get it out of our driveway.