News from Budapest

29 September 2008

Dear Family,

Well, we have finally gotten the blog stuff in English but we still are not sure about how to do it. So, we will see if this works. Today is a beautiful day in Budapest. We hope it stays this way until about the 8th of January, but that is asking for a lot. Dad and I are getting ready for FHE tonight and hoping and praying that our lesson arrives and that we will have a good time. Some of the YSA are dependable, some not. Just like everywhere else.

Our new assignment, "cleaning out the storeroom" is nearing an end, thankfully. We hope that this weekend, at Conference that we will be able to get rid of a lot of stuff, old manuals, VHS tapes (we have tons of them) and the sad thing is that no one watches them any more and changing them all over to DVD's would be a nightmare!!

It looks like you are all getting ready for Halloween and it is a month away. They don't really do Halloween over here but we are going to have a Halloween party this month at one of our Friday night activities. Our last Halloween party went really well so this one should be good too.

We hope everyone is well, that you all know that we love you soooooooooooooo much!!

Love,

Mom and Dad, G and G

Just checking to see if we can do it!!!!

Hi,

I think that we have it down now as to how you do this bloging thing. We're old and slow you know but sometimes we can get things together. Mother (Grandma) and I went with the other office couple and President and Sister Gasser for a walk today at the Margit bridge park. We had a great time. They are taking out the flowers getting the park ready for winter, but it was still great. The last time we were there was with Teresa, Brian and their family. It brought back many great memeories. We love all of you and we are greatful to be serving in the missionfield at this time. We are do great!!! Thank you all for your support!!!!

Love,

Dad and Mom G and G

Parliment

We thought Parliment was one of the prettiest things to see in Budapest.

To market, to market!

Our children, which take after their dad, really liked going to the market. They had a lot of fun thinking about which "treasures" to buy and then buying them.

Vacation Planning Help Needed!

Hi everyone, Dents, Burtons and I are trying to plan our European adventure over Christmas. If you would blog the coolest things that you saw while you were there, that would help us make sure we catch all the right stuff. Please include pictures!!

This is a picture of Bran Castle (or Dracula's Castle) in Romania. I haven't been there, but maybe we could go!

This week. . .

I everyone. Thanks for writing on the blog. I think it will be fun.

This week I am working on cleaning my downstairs apartment, looks like I will be finding new renters soon! I hope I can get some good ones, I have been luck so far.

On Thursday, Teresa, Danalin and I went to see Cats the musical. Let's just say, it was not good. I think that it is the strangest musical I have ever seen. We kept waiting for the story line to kick in and it never did. So Danalin was on one side of me, yawning so much that her head was about to snap off and Teresa was on the other side laughing so hard that she was crying. I think her favorite line was "A cat is not a dog." Anyone looking for more cat wisdom should definitely see the musical. I still don't know what a Jellico cat is. . .

We are getting excited about our Hungary trip. There are so many things to see that we will have to make some hard choices. I have started a mom and dad wish list so we should be able to hook them up with some items they are missing from home.

Hope everyone has a great week! Remember if you can add a photo with your blog entry, it makes it a lot more fun. If anyone needs help let me know. Mom and dad, I am not sure why yours is in Hungarian. I think that if you log into your google account first, that might help. Keep me posted!

Any of you localish types let me know prefered days for the Halloween Party and maybe if we want to go to Frightmares at Lagoo this year.

Love you!

Message from Wildings

Hi everyone! I hope everyone is good. Hope your head gets feeling better mom. Maybe you shouldn't be getting on ladders for a bit!
We have been busy as usual. Our FHE now is at the soccer field every Monday. Hayden has soccer games on Monday and Saturday and then on Tuesday he has a 2 hour practice. Thankfully their team is so much better this year than last. It was painful last year! I think they are at the top of their bracket this year. Syrena has dance on Tuesday which is at about the same time as Hayden's so Brian and I go different directions!
Today the kids had to be at the school at 6 am. Fox 13 News had us as the cool school of the week and they did several different segments with the kids. Hayden was kind of a camera hog. He was always within a couple feet of the news guy! I'm pretty sure they will be crashing early tonight.
I'm back to my swimming, book and card clubs so we are staying busy. I hope you all have a good day!
Love,
Tree

Check out the vidios by clicking on this link: http://www.myfoxutah.com/myfox/pages/Home/Detail;jsessionid=F71DFA5D1AED489C1FBBE87F02011F13?contentId=7454971&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=1.1.1&sflg=1

I saw Hayden in the 1st and 6th clip, but the orchestra part was also awesome!

911 CAll

Check this out http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2BKcGP41E4

What's up in C.S.

We have had a crazy week this week. What am I saying, every week is crazy around here. Monday Rob jammed his finger and it's twice the size of his others. I taped his fingers together and now he looks like he is sporting a claw. Oh yeah, he was playing football. Then Wednesday he came home from playing soccer, and we think that he might of pulled his hamstring so he is hobbling around. He looks like a train wreck. No more sports for him.

Josh got an elaborate response to an invitation to homecoming which involved a huge stuffed duck and some plastic eggs with alphabet letters inside, being left on our front porch late last night. It was fun.

Jared's wound from his bike wreck is healing and he is getting around better now. No more hobbling. He is loving the Mandolin he got for his birthday and has been working on some new songs.

Rebekah has been starting band (she is now playing the trumpet), choir, battle of the books, and girl scouts. I think she loves being the social butterfly of the family.

We are excited to have our tickets for Budapest, we have been looking into things that we can do. No real concrete plans yet though.

That's it for now.

Kristin's Halloween Costume

I think you should be a cup of fruit,
including the favorites, banana, strawberry,
and not to mention an orange. Speaking of which, how
do you think the oranges are doing? I guess since we
haven't heard anything about it, we can assume there
will be a good harvest this year.

We want to blog too!

I guess we are set up and ready to go. Today I rode my bike 13.5 miles and then had to grade tests all afternoon, which ruined my good mood. I am over it now though. We are trying to get everyone in bed, so I will write more later.

What's up with Dan's fam

I loved these pictures! The Wood family reunion was a highlight for our family this summer. My kids loved going up to Logan canyon to camp with their cousins, even if they did have dirty feet! The summer ended too soon for us and soon after all the reunions and camps the kids found themselves back at school.


Kelsey just loves Junior High. She loves traveling from class to class because it makes the day go by so much quicker for her. Her favorite class is Drama and least fav is math. I think that math will always be her struggle in life. Maybe Carter could tutor her!! Just kidding Kels. Rachel started fourth grade and loves her teacher Mrs. Buchanan and Riley thrives in her second grade class with two teachers. She has an a.m. teacher, Mrs. Garrett and her p.m. teacher is Mrs. Monroe (Adrianne's running partner). Sam is finding that life is really boring at home with just mom and she is always so excited for the girls to get home.
We just recently went up to Logan to visit Danalin and Mike. We bought their truck and left them with the blue Subaru for Danalin to use when she is in CA. While there Adrianne did a half marathon and currently is planning to do a full marathon in January in Arizona. We will be there to see Di and her family so the invite is open to all to come cheer me (and possibly Dan too) on and invade Di's home at the same time. Im sure she wont mind!!! It is the Martin Luther King weekend. We will be there Jan 17-20.
As Kris said, Halloween is approaching. This year Kelsey is going to be a bat, Rachel a pirate, Riley is to be the ice cream cone, and Sam is the dog if that costume is still good. I think that the only ones I need to make is Kelsey's and Rachel's for now so let me know if anyone needs a costume put together.
I am so excited to have this blogspot and I hope that the rest of the families will get on here to give updates and family pictures. TTFN

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