Debt

I subscribe to a news brief that shows the numbers our nation is facing in debt.  Notable, that is for sure.

The Coming Fiscal Cliff:

National figures:

* U.S. Tax revenue: $2,170,000,000,000

* Fed budget: $3,820,000,000,000

* New debt: $ 1,650,000,000,000

* National debt: $14,271,000,000,000

* Recent budget cuts: $ 38,500,000,000

Let’s remove 8 zeros and pretend it's a household budget:

*Annual family income: $21,700

*Money the family spent: $38,200

*New debt on the credit card: $16,500

*Outstanding balance on the credit card: $142,710

* Total budget cuts so far: $38.50

Haircut and Choir

I got my haircut on my birthday on Tuesday.  It's a big change and I'm still getting used to it.  Last night at the Ward Christmas party everyone thought I had my hair in a ponytail.  It was funny when I turned my head, they would stop our conversation dead in its' tracks to mention my haircut.  I should have done this a long time ago.  My hair used to take so much time to do in the morning.  I would avoid going swimming and things like that just so I wouldn't have to re-do my long hair.

Last week Eric had his choir performance.  Here is the only picture I got of him.  He loves to sing and he has a good voice.  I hope he keeps taking choir all throughout his schooling.

Yummy

So Bruce comes up to Jared and says, "Dad, do you want a yummy?"  Jared looks in Bruce's hand and sees an olive, then looks in Bruce's mouth and sees his mouth full of yummy's.  Then Jared says, "Sure, I'll have a yummy."  Bruce then holds out his hand and hands Jared the olive.

Cutest little 3-year old we know.

BYU Football Game With The Sullivans

                               Joseph with his friend Jason, Provo, Utah
                                         

                                    Eric and Joseph

                          Eric, Joseph, and Caden Sullivan at the football game                  

                      Joseph and Jason Sullivan on the car ride home

Eric and Joseph had the rare privilege of going to a BYU football game in Provo a month ago with our neighbors, the Sullivans, who had extra tickets.  They had a blast.  The family they went with invited them to stay overnight in Provo.  It had snowed and so the stadium was pretty empty.  But the boys got to build a snow fort during the game.

Brigham City Temple

                         Thank you to the nice elderly man who took our family picture!

We went to the Brigham City Temple Open House in the middle of September.  What an awesome experience!  This is our temple.  Our temple used to be the Logan, Utah temple, which is a 25-30 minute drive through the Wellsville, Utah mountains, but now we only have to drive 20 minutes to Brigham City to get to the nearest temple.  Yeah!