Attorney at Law

Way back on the 31st of October, Jared participated in the Utah State Bar swearing in ceremony.

Jared prepared for this day by getting a business up and running from which he offers legal services. www.deseretlegal.com He has also been working with First Financial Advisors as an estate planner, and at Coldwell Banker as a real estate agent.

In this picture the Utah Supreme Court Justices are lined up at the table at the left. The "candidates" are standing with hands raised to take the oath. It was fun to have some pomp and circumstance since Jared has missed his graduations. I was a bit amazed to see all the new lawyers entering the job market, since it has been pretty dry for us.


We ate some cookies and punch afterward and spent a little time with Jared's parents.
Tessa sure loves her daddy! We are all proud of the things he has accomplished!

A Family Blessing

A Family Blessing

by Terence George Craddock

May the years unfold gently,
while richly filled
with happiness, prosperity, and peace.
May you ever strive forward, with love
and friendship at your side.

Never forsaking the noble ideals,
the goals our Lord gave in Grace,
to ease the suffering;
of mortal man. For the dream
is the tie to life.

Never loose sight of the Lord’s Love.
Always walk in his ways.
Returning to the path if erring footfall
by chance causes thee to stray.
For man’s ways hold many thorns
that pierce unguarded flesh.

No comfort is found there no security.
Only great pain... torment... distress...
before the grave. Man’s works
crumble perish with coming age.
We seek through life’s journey
slowly understanding - is distilled
through the words and grace of God.

For life’s toils end
in this world of shadows -
upon the breath of a warm wind
to carry us home above the plains.




Love this family. Love these photos.
It is a blessing to be on this journey together.
May we all seek the Lord's blessing to carry us through.
Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!!

Halloween 2011

Jared says I should get a new camera, but I say you can handle my fuzzy low on battery photos. So here goes...
Two awesome wizards at Uncle Ron's party--

Jared's brothers let him join in last minute on their Homestar runner costume gig. "Lawyer Greg" This one is for posterity!

This was the first time I made it to Uncle Ron's! Everyone's costumes were amazing. Jafar, Mary Poppins, pirates, super heros, etc. I wore Jared's old Star Trek uniform.
The kids got to find a prize in the giant pile of leaves. :)


Then Monday, we walked to the neighborhood Trunk or Treat with Grandma and cousins.
Jared was a judge this time.


Then we went to visit Grandmother Harston. Linda went with us to knock on some of her neighbor's doors --sweet ladies that ooh and ah over the kids. That was fun trick or treating!


P.S. Here is Renee and Grandmother with Baby Ruth. I think Ruth is the first Harston Grandbaby that looks like a Harston (not a Hatch or an in-law...). It is sweet to see the gene in a new generation.

Birthdays

Here are some of Michael's and Jordan's fun birthday moments.
The first gift was from Cam and Haylee in between wedding celebrations.
--handmade wizard wands!
Hopefully you can see some of the "craftmanship" in the photo.

We got to use a free Groupon at Chuck E Cheese's. It turned out to be a pretty fun night!


I made cakes! kind of. A little planning and forethought with some helpers yielded...

In between Halloween get-togethers with both sides of the family, the boys got to have two parties. Lots of celebrating!

Target shooting with Grandpa!

Since Michael picked out his Lego set from Grandma and Grandpa, Grandma created something unexpected by wrapping it in 10 different packages. It was a hit with all the kids to keep unwrapping and unwrapping...!

Wedding

Cam and Haylee are married!! It was such a beautiful day, and fun to be with lots of family!
Here are a few photos:






The reception was really lovely and dancing afterward!
Jordan really enjoyed partnering with cousin Beckah. :)

Yea for growing families!

Savoring the Season

We were really anticipating the fall season this year. For the most part we missed the changes in seasons for the last two years in Florida.
So here are some moments over the last weeks "embracing autumn":
--the beautiful red tree that casts a glow into our window


Jared really wanted to take the kids to a corn maze, and it worked out to join a homeschool field trip to Thanksgiving Point. Cornbelly's turned out to be a huge fall festival of fun. We spent a few hours at the attractions and only the last 20 minutes in the maze.

Michael really loved this spot, mining for gems.


Jared's mom makes wonderful holiday traditions.
Here is the family decorating gingerbread "owl" cookies. So tasty!!


Chris is such a hoot! (no pun intended) Pumpkin carving with him is a major operation. really. He hooked up a power tool/drill/blender thing to top and de-gut the eight or nine huge pumpkins.


Then the kids (and Susie) painted the little ones from the garden.


We got to meet up with Safra, our old Virginia/Israeli friend. We wandered around the witch scavenger hunt at Gardner Village. Safra has been friends in our family since she and my sisters and I were in high school. We met her darling son Orion. It was sweet to see her as a cute mom. Amy should be in this picture too!


The first week of October we had a preliminary snow storm. It lasted a few hours and then warmed up again. The garden finally had to come out a week or two later.


Tessa was a little puzzled by the whole affair, but learned the word "snow" very quickly.

boys

Jordan turned five in October, and Michael, seven. They seem to have grown into the new shoes, literally and figuratively.

Michael has been reading lots of good books and building lots of Lego creations. He learned how to whistle a few months ago and now hardly ever stops. Grandma Clark says whistling must mean he is happy. Michael set a goal to read the Book of Mormon with mom and dad in the next year to prepare for his baptism. He continues to be a great big brother, helper for mom as well an all around fun boy.


Jordan keeps up with his older brother pretty well by making friends with everyone. He always has lots of fun ideas and big smiles. Jordan loves to draw and play outside. When he grows up he wants to be an animal rescuer.