Maia Cynthia Stoker Greene

Well, she really did it! My wonderful, willful, workaholic, sister finally got married! We are so happy for her and her new husband Kendall. They were sealed in the temple on October 18th 2008, and are now living in Nashville, TN. We flew to her wedding in St. Louis just for the weekend and then the kids and I went down to Provo for one of the receptions last weekend. It was a lot of fun. I saw so many people that I had not seen in years! It was awesome. My friend Susie took us in and let us stay at her house. Her kids and my kids had a great time together and it was just nice to be with friends who are glad to see you and aren't worried about how your children are wrecking their house. Thanks Susie, we had a great time!

"It's called trick or treat dad, not Talk or treat!"

That is the quote of the night from John. We had a great time walking around the neighborhood, meeting new people and getting lots of candy. But of course as the line indicates Justin talked waaaaaaay too much at each house and the boys soon were two or three houses ahead of us. The weather was perfect for trick or treating tonight. Not to cold or too hot. Lots of the neighbors were out in front of their houses with a fire pit burning and just enjoying each others company. It was great!
On my camera there is a picture of everyone in their halloween costumes, but for some reason I couldn't get it to upload and then the battery died so I'll have to get it up later. Just in case I don't, Joey was a knight, John a ninja, Samantha a ballerina, Nathan a cat, and Michelle a dinosaur, Justin was high school graduate and I was an old lady trying to catch him.
In addition to Halloween, Justin was honored at a luncheon for being the best group leader something something in his squadron. Because of this he was nominated to be the best best bestest something on the base, but got beat out by the Chaplain. You can't really win against a man of God. It's not really fair, but we're proud of him anyway. Though he did miss out on a really cool trophy that looks like a superman crystal. Sorry I can't remember the names of the awards, but essentially he got an award for being the best company grade medical officer in his squadron which I think is all of the medical officers. He also took the boards this week so we are really excited to see more of him around the house again. No more tests for 7 more years!!!!! YAY!!!!!! Tomorrow he gets to tackle my honey do list:)

Nina Pretty Ballerina

Here are pictures of Samantha's ballet recital back in June. She was beautiful and loved every minute of her routine. Here in Mountain Home she is taking gymnastics which she also enjoys.

All right everyone who thought we fell off the face of the earth, we are finally settled into our permanent home (at least fo the next 3 years). Update for the last 3 months: We got a puppy named Lucky. She is a pointer mix and a lot of fun. We love her a lot. Samantha is still deathly afraid of dogs, but whenever the dog is in her crate she will go over to her and tell her that she loves her and always wants to do lots of things that include Lucky like take family pictures as long as the dog is on a short leash. Michelle on the other hand is not afraid of her at all. She is always chasing the dog and needs constant supervision so that they don't hurt each other. As you can tell from the picture Nathan is not afraid either.



As for the rest of us everyone is doing well making new friends and enjoying the brisk fall weather. We still miss our friends in San Antonio, but are adjusting well here. I'm just excited to be in my new home! The garage is still full of boxes, but it's thinning down out there. For those of you who don't know, our summer was kind of crazy. We stayed in the TLF for about 3 weeks (nice, but sooo boring)Then we were homeless for a few weeks (thanks Maia, Mike and Sarah, the Zaugg family and mom and dad who let us crash their homes for various periods of time.) It was a lot of fun to see everyone. Then we moved into the old officer housing in gunfighter manor for about 6 weeks and finally to our new home on Bear Loop. It's nice to be permanent.