Seth's Mission Farewell!

Boy, I'm way behind AGAIN! That seems to happen to me a lot :) Well, my baby brother had his mission farewell exactly one month ago today!! December 12th was the big day. He gave an amazing talk, and the church was full of friends and family. Just to go back a little bit, this was the first time we had seen Seth since he opened his mission call. I couldn't believe it was the same kid when I saw him! He has always been an amazing person, but he had the missionary glow! They say pregnant women get the pregnancy glow, well he had the missionary glow:) You could really feel the spirit when you were around him, and it was such a great last visit with him. I couldn't believe the people that came out to support Seth and our family. Jon's brother Dave and his wife Michelle came down for the farewell, and I can't tell you how much that meant to all of us, especially Seth. The whole McPherson family plus a lot of other members of our family would have been there if they could have. What an exciting time of life this is for Seth. This will be the best/hardest two years of his life and he is ready for it!! He entered the MTC on December 15th and just arrived in Cleveland Ohio on January 4th!! It was so neat to hear his first letter. He mentioned how the MTC had been a little difficult, but that his testimony had exploded!! :) He's feeling a little homesick, but the Lord will take care of him.

Well Cleveland Ohio, you have an AMAZING missionary there, take good care of him or else...!!!:)

Seth and Morgann at the farewell luncheon

She loves uncle Seth!
Seth and Tiffany

Just a few of Seth's best friends

Seth with his nieces and nephews

Seth, Tiffany, and Morgann

Me and my "little" brother and sister!
What happened to my long legs???

"Trust me, I've been down that road before"

Corbin and Cadin were playing the xbox a couple of weeks ago, when Cadin said something mean to Corbin about his playing skills. Well, this was Corbin's response:) "Cadin, you don't need to hurt peoples feelings. If you do that you won't have any friends. Trust me, I've been down that road before and it's my job as a big brother to protect you."

I love being a mom!!;)

Happy Halloween!!

Happy Halloween!! The Wednesday before Halloween, we had a Trunk or Treat up at our church. So last minute, Jon and I decided to participate. Yes, "Dog "the bounty hunter and his wife "Beth". It was a lot of fun, but I was surprised by how many people had never heard of Dog the Bounty Hunter before!! It was funny! I was also surprised by how many people asked me if my chest was real! REALLY????? Even if I were given the choice to do it for free, I would NEVER go that big. Even the fake one's were hurting my back;)
We ended up going to Utah for Halloween again this year, and had a great time;) You will see that we have pictures of every child but Corbin. He was going to be a swamp monster, but at the last minute he decided he didn't want to dress up. I also think he was kind of tired from his race. So yes, we love Corb, we just have no pictures of him for Halloween. That makes me feel bad, but he was never around for picture time. Oh well!!

Dog and Beth

Our sweet little "Scarecrow"

"Ninja" Cadin, "Scarecrow" Ryann, "Nerd" Kellar

Grandpa caught by surprise!:)

Morgann trying to torture the dog

We had a fun little dinner with all of the cousins!

Witch fingers, witches brew, eyeballs, and goblin stew!

This is the only picture I have of my cute little nephew:( Him and
his little brother were the cutest little football players!

My sister always does such a cute job with them;)

Grandma Bell, Ryann and Cadin

I forgot to bring the shirt that went under her tutu,
so she was sad that she had to wear Grandma's shirt.

I think she looks more like a scarecrow with this shirt:)
She got over it and had a great Halloween!

Grandpa Bell and our little "treasure troll"

Morgann the "treasure troll"
Her hair stands straight up on her head without any help,
so we thought a troll would be a great fit for her;)

It's time to "GIT" you!

Let me start out by saying, this is my blog, and I can brag all I want, right? RIGHT!!! Now that we have that out of the way, here's to my racing FOOLS that I am so proud of;) This last weekend we went to Fairview Utah for the last race we will be attending the rest of this year! It sounds like a long time, but really it's only two months away!!
Corbin raced first. His race was at 8am so way cold for a little guy. There were kids dropping out of the race because their hands were so cold:( I felt so bad for them. Corb had on some thicker gloves that I think helped. Plus, he's a lot tougher than his mom;)
The races are split up into classes. Corbin's class is 65b with a total of 12 riders, and.......he took 1st place!!! I was so proud of him, it was hard to hold back the tears. There were 56 riders total, and Corbin ended up in 19th place overall. Jon says that he hurt a lot of older boy's feelings:)

Jon did awesome as well. He ended up taking 3rd in his class, and 12th place overall!! Jon was telling me on the drive home that when he's racing, he has one line that comes into his head, and he repeats it the entire race. Every race is different, but the line for this race was "it's time to GIT you!!" I thought that was great:) It's better when he tells it. Well, we are thankful for another year of "safe" racing, and for the fun memories that we have made during this time.

Jon finishing his race. (The pictures are out of order, oops!)

The start of Jon's race.
It took him like 9 kicks to get his bike started.

Some crazy dude! They were giving out a $100 for the best
costume!

Corbin finishing his race

Corbin coming in for gas!

The start of Corbin's race

Mom and Corby:)

Corbin warming up his bike!

Dad, Corb's best sponsor:)

I love my boy!

More Crazy Adventures!!:)

The Moab Sand Hill!! If you have never been, you should go. Just plan on a whole lot of sand in your car afterwards. We stopped here on our way to Utah this past weekend. It's a fun stop for the kiddos. Jon, being the kind husband/dad he is, drove a quarter of the way up the hill to let us out. Have you ever been on a roller coaster, when halfway up the steepest hill, it stops? Well, that's kinda what we experienced. The only difference is that kind people running the roller coaster ride do everything they can to lower you back safety. My husband on the other hand says, "everybody out!!!" I must say, there is NEVER a dull moment in the McPherson family;)

Corbin and Cadin running down the hill

Jon and the boys running down the hill

Ryann and Jon climbing to the top

Morgann slowly making her way to the top (and yes, she made it on her own)
Cadin Corbin

Morgann thought she could run down the hill like her big brothers.
Poor little girl face planted:(

Ryann digging in the sand

Cadin emptying the sand from his boots Jon has looked at this hill for almost 20 years wondering if

he could ever climb it, and......HE DID IT!!!

It was a lot of fun to watch