Worn Out Shoes

When Elder Crockett got home from his mission,
he showed us his worn-out shoes. And I really do
mean WORN OUT (with capitals)! The bottoms were
split so badly that rocks could get in the splits; the
back of one was kept together with duct tape; the
heels were so run down that the shoes slanted inward!!!


















Today though I was sooo glad that Mark had not thrown
these shoes away. My friend Dianne called and asked
if we had an old pair of dress shoes that she could use
as a visual for her R.S. lesson today. I found the shoes
stashed in Mark's closet- they were perfect for this
lesson. She had a sign with them: "My life is like my
shoes- To be worn out in service. Pres. Kimball"










Dianne did say though that she had to
be careful not to breathe in when she
was close to the shoes- they are powerful!!!

From There To Here

On Friday night Don brought his truck
over to help Dad move his office furniture
home. Oh yes, he also brought Adrianne &
the kids! Here the kids are enjoying bbq
burgers & sitting in grandma's new red chairs.













After dinner it was time to start
moving the "stuff". There were
helpers from the largest to...










the smallest. Elijah loves to help.










The kids played dolls for awhile
but the main fun thing to do was...










play Mario Kart on Carole's Wii
here in Phoenix while racing against...










Sarah & Nate in Utah while they
were hooked into the same game!!!










After putting away boxes of papers
& stuff, Dad was able to sit at his
home office. Now to find a desk
on Craig's List!

Going, Going, GONE!!!!

Okay, we are getting ready for the big move! What
move is this, you ask??? Dad's move from work to
a home office at the end of September. Because of
that move, we have rearranged the bedrooms.
Rachel's room will be the new work office & the
room off the kitchen becomes a combo girls'
room/guest bedroom/mom's doll room. In order to
make all these switches, we needed to sell two bedrooms'
worth of furniture. Part of this was done before the trip
to Utah and on Friday we just sold the hide-a-bed couch
(thanks for all the prayers to sell that from those of you
who have slept on that really, really uncomfortable bed
and want to enjoy a real bed). Don picked up the dark
brown bookcase on Saturday and so everything is GONE,
GONE, GONE!










Now the fun of painting the rooms & getting exactly
what we want to furnish them. I did find this really
fun dresser for the bedroom. There is a special secret
about it that you can discover some day when you
are here.










Of course, I needed someplace to put
all my doll things and dad needed a
place for his books while the rooms are
empty & being painted. So here is the
result in Mark's bedroom:










The Crockett kids had fun in the fort
while Dad & Don took the bookcase
apart. That pulley bucket is sure
handy for getting treats & drinks up
to the fort.

Phoenix--->Provo--->Parowan--->Phoenix

On this trip we only went to places that started with
"P"- like Phoenix, Provo, & Parowan! We first
took Mark, his "stuff", 4 computers & 4 monitors
to Provo. His roommate Max was nice to help
unload things to Mark's bedroom. Time to get
back into studying!














Rachel took us on a tour of her work project on campus.
She did a great job & enjoyed this work. Amelia also
enjoyed being at work with mom.











On to the next city of Parowan- home
of the "big blue garage". After two days
of painting, it is now the pretty grey
garage that matches the house!
Here's dad & Mike doing their magic.
We found out that all Crocketts have a
special feeling about heights :) !!!














The two supervisors make sure
Don doesn't miss any blue spots!
















Emma did a great job in hand sewing
a special pillow.














And of course, the "donut gang"
from Krispie Kreme gathered in
the kitchen!











On Monday it was time to return to
Phoenix. We stopped at Cedar Breaks
on a very cold and very, very windy
morning with the clouds hanging down
around us. Windy but beautiful!