Sorry that it's been awhile but my roommate bought a new place last fall and since then Internet access not been as easily accessible so I got a little lazy. My family has grown by two, James McClaren Dexter (10/27/08) and Ruth Hardin (5/04/09). Mom and I were able to go to James' blessing in Provo and as you can see from the photos he is adorable. Ruth was born in England so I am anxiously waiting for a picture of her and a chance to meet her. Great-Grandma Dexter with Lydia Claire and James McClaren. With family now in Logan I have had a couple opportunities to visit the Logan Temple, I think is the most beautiful LDS Temple. On one of my visits there I got some pictures of it at night so I just thought I would share them. The last picture is the one and only Michael Dexter

I heard the bells on Christmas day Their old familiar carols play, And wild and sweet the words repeat Of peace on earth, good will to men. I thought how, as the day had come The belfries of all Christendom Had rolled along th' unbroken song Of peace on earth, good will to men. And in despair I bowed my head: "There is no peace on earth," I said, "For hate is strong and mocks the song Of peace on earth, good will to men." Then pealed the bells more loud and deep: "God is not dead, nor doth he sleep; The wrong shall fail, the right prevail, With peace on earth, good will to men." Till, ringing, singing, on its way, The world revolved from night to day, A voice, a chime, a chant sublime Of peace on earth, good will to men! -Henry Wadsworth Longfellow-

Short post today. I just wanted to let you all know who thankful I am for you. I could get really cheesy here but I will spare y'all from that. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving and in a world that keeps telling us that what we have isn't enough, just remember that we are all so blessed. Okay I had to get a little cheesy. Later gaters

Seeing family........and cows

In mid-September mom, me and a woman (who shall remain nameless as I quickly found her to be one of the most aggravating and annoying people I have ever had the displeasure to be stuck in a car with) travelled to Bear Lake then on to Rexburg, Idaho. In Bear Lake we visited with my brother Kirk's family. My niece Emily and her son Jackson were there visiting as well. I haven't seen Jackson since he was a few weeks old, so about a year and I believe him to be one of the cutest boys ever

He seemed to enjoy all the attention he was getting and as my nieces Paige, Taylor and I played blocks with him he made sure we all were clapping for him each time he dropped a block in the bucket.

Then it was on to Rexburg, to my great-neice's, Adelaide Sienna Gonazalez, baby blessing. Rexburg was where I attended Ricks College (now BYU-Idaho) so it was fun to go back and see how it all had changed and what was the same. When I went it was a two year school and now it's a four year so the town has grown quite a bit. I was able to walk around the campus a bit on Sunday morning so lots of memory's were gone through.

The Family (my brother Kirk made Addie's blessing dress)

Addie and her favorite Great-Aunt Krystal

It was a very long trip home and after drooping off the annoying woman mentioned above, mom and I took a back road home which we were told by annoying woman would get us home faster. It was quite late at night and I was very worried about deer running across the road as there were open fields on either side of us, well there were no deer in sight, however about an hour from home we all of a sudden found the car surrounded by cows. COWS!!!!!! ON THE ROAD!!!!!! I know this will sound crazy but they seriously came out of nowhere. Even to me this sound nuts because if you've ever seen a cow you know they are not very fast and they are not exactly small so how do cows come out of nowhere???!!! I'm just driving along seeing nothing but road then BAM!! Oh, hello Mister Cow so glad to meet you. Thankfully we did not hit one as I imagine it would have been worse to hit on of those than a deer. So now do I not only fear hitting deer around here I get to worry about hitting cows.

Apparently I like much older men

I had an interesting experience at work yesterday that I hoped would give y'all a good laugh.

I was at the drop-off window (where you drop off the prescription written by the doctor) and a gentleman came up who needed a refill, he had never been to the great city that is Cedar City so I welcomed him to it and then, perhaps somewhat out of the blue, informed him that I hoped he was not into night life because nothing happens in this city after dark. I was no longer looking at the gentleman but after a long pause he replied with a "Okay", it was the drawn out kind, usually used when you have no response to what the other person said or you think the other person might be slightly psychotic. After he walked away my co-worker said that he had gotten this freaked out look on his face, and she seemed to think that he thought I was trying to ask him out. I'm sure he was a nice guy but he was probably a good 30 years older than me. So remember my dears always think before you speak