We had a few balloons left over from our Stake Harvest Festival last night so we are putting them to use tonight. We will be giving out balloons along with the candy. Kevakin thought he could take them outside and fly with them first... big mistake.

Ty on the other hand had a different use for the balloon juice.

Happy Halloween

Coltin made a robot costume and Creesh insists on going as a gangstahippie (if there is such a thing).

Hockey Birthday to Ty...

Hockey Birthday to you

Hockey Birthday to you

Hockey Birthday dear Tyler

Hockey Birthday to you!

18 years old with a big Montreal stick... what more could a kid ask for?

Little Debbie

Deb is in charge of pack meeting this week so she came up with this cool little pumpkin thing. I just had to get a picture while the creative juices were flowing.

Family Howl Evening

Letter from Elder Morrison

hey family! well, it's been a pretty good week. first off, yes, i did send ty and creesh cards, and i put 2 stamps on each, which usually covers it. oh well.
thanks for reminding me that i'll be missing hockey again. i'm really worried that in a year i'm going to be a loser, because i will have forgotten how to skate. we have a rink right next to the office, but i dont know if that will ever happen. i hope it will.
dad, i'm glad you do your home teaching. that helps the missionaries in the ward so much.
i would have liked to see president baker, but i'm sure he's only here for a short time and he doesnt have time. give him my regards.
i cant really think of anything i need from home for you to send in a box. if there's anything you think i should have, you can send it. actually, if you have an extra ipod cord laying around, i could probably use it. i did get the money you sent. thank you. it bought me a good meal before i left boonville, and also a shirt, which i painted on and has the super mario 3 picture on it. i think it looks good.
as for mom, i'm sure you had lots of church, but try going from 3 1/2 hours (including meetings) to 8 1/2 between 2 weeks. i was at the church building from 9 until 5:30.
it's really cool to be back in the ward, and that i already know people. it was funny to see who remembered me and who didnt. there are a lot of new people here since i left though. plus, this time i'm with a companion that a lot of people like. i'm living with members now. it's a little awkward, but it's really cool. today we had the parkway elders and the sisters over to play board games (kinda boring, actually). but sister tenney (who we live with) made us brownies and popcorn and breakfast too. it was really nice of her. already i've had more meals given to me than i did in the last 30 days in fayette. crazy. stake conference is this week. i'm pretty excited for it. me and elder dandoy are singing in the choir. should be good. i havent seen jeanne yet, but she is going to feed us tomorrow. hopefully i can ease some tension from Ron.
by the way, my address can be just the mission office.
745 craig rd. ste 306
creve coeur, mo 63141
as for gossip, i had heard of ryan and stephanie. fredericksens adopting and katey lamb were new. thanks for the update.
saturday, we had our trunk or treat/halloween party. they had a hot dog/chili dinner, as well as some games for the kids, a costume parade, and ended with the trunk or treat. it went really well, and there were several nonmembers there, which was really great.
i'm finding that the vehicle section of the office is pretty behind. i'm really trying to get things organized (like that's my strong point) and get back up to speed. it's coming slowly but surely.
well, i guess that's about it. thanks for all the support and love. love you, Elder Morrison

What A Weekend!

When I got home friday night, Deb demanded that I take her someplace expensive...so, I took her to this real nice gas station down the road..... And that's how the fight started....

Happy Teenage Birthday Creesh

Tonight Creesh's girlfriends celebrated her birthday by throwing her a surprise party at the house. Kevakin and his friend Zac couldn't resist joining in the Tie-Dye fun. I believe the best present she got was the BSU win over San Jose State University. The other presents she opened ran a close 2nd.

Creesh and the Zampona

When Tyler came home from Peru he brought back a Zampona for Creesh. Nobody could get it to work except her, so for "Young Women in Excellence" tonight she played two songs for the crowd. She did a wonderful job! What was most interesting to me was that she wrote down the music on a paper. This looks as foreign as the instrument. My congrats goes out to Hailey for spending the time to figure this out in her own way.

From 9 to 21 BYU says "bye bye" to BCS

"It's more disappointing than surprising," BYU coach Bronco Mendenhall said. "We knew they were a very good football team. But when you make mistakes like we made against a team like that, that simply is the result."

Wow! 47 Years!

Happy Anniversary Mom & Dad... We Love You!

Letter from Elder Morrison

yep, i'm headed back to my birthplace in the mission, Chesterfield. my new companion will be Elder Dandoy. i'm way excited to be able to see Jeanne again. i'm going to be working in the office too. i'll be in charge of cars from what i understand. also, i guess there isnt much tracting that happens there. we work in the office, and then i think mostly we visit members and try to get referrals. i'm pretty excited though. as for this area, not much has progressed since last email, although we did find a couple new investigators. hopefully they'll progress.
this weekend, the elmers took us to the casino buffet on saturday night as a farewell for me. saturday night at the buffet is crab legs, frog legs, shrimp, prime rib, bbq ribs, and more. it was really really good. yesterday they made me talk in church because i knew i was leaving. i basically gave them a small talk on being doers of the word, and not hearers only. we also had our branch potluck after church so i think it was a good day to end on.
by the way, alex didnt get transferred. he is still in jackson, mo as a zone leader.
its going to be weird going back to a 3 hour block. i've gotten used to the
2 hour church after going like that for 7 months. i guess i have to get used to it again sometime.
i'm going to be sending a package home in the next couple of days. i'm going to put my camera in it. it's basically a bunch of things people have sent me that i dont use but i'd feel bad just giving it away or throwing it away.
i've got a couple of pics to send to you now. they come from elder graysons camera, since mine is broken. one is of my new shirt, and what i did to some pajama pants i had. the other is of the booth we set up at the festival of lights a few weeks ago. hope you enjoy.
this week we had Glenn L. Pace of the Seventy come to the mission. it was really good. i love getting to see general authorities when they're not at conference. you can really see their personality.
well, i guess that's about all this week. as for a new address, maybe i'll be able to get on at jeanne's house and give you my new address.
love you!
Elder Morrison

Ensign Ranch

This weekend I took Ty & Kevakin up to our Church Ranch for a ward wood cutting project. Kevakin got to fish and in his mind that was all that counted.
We are now home safe and noticing a few muscles we never knew we had.

At Kevin's Request...

A Mournful Day at the Funeral Home

Today I share sympathy pains with Kevin and the rest of my family as BYU takes their first loss of the season. Hopefully this loss will not lessen the excitement building around the BYU vs UTAH game next month, however I am still certain that CTR does not stand for "choose the red". Since I am a "cup half full" kind of guy, this does make it exciting for the Bronco Bunch...
GO BRONCOS!!!

Letter from Elder Morrison

hey family! sorry it's taken me so long. yesterday was columbus day, which apparently closes the library. so we didnt get to us a computer yesterday, and then when we came earlier today, their computers were all down. what a bummer. finally they got them back up, so this may end up being a little short.
well, first, we had our president interviews this week, and something interesting happened. in my interview, i told him that i had been here a while and that am starting to get burned out on this area pretty bad. then he asked me if i was good with computers. kinda threw me off guard, but i told him i havent been using computers much the last 16 months, but that i know how to get around on one. and then i said 'why, are you thinking of sending me back to chesterfield to work in the office?'. well, turns out that's what he's thinking. i may be headed back to the field of chester once again. i would really like that actually. it'd be pretty good to get off of my knees, plus i'd be in jeanne's ward again. i havent talked to her for a while because we've had our phones blocked for long distance because people were calling home. anyway, i'm just pretty excited to have a change. i've been with elder grayson plenty, and though we're getting along, i'm just getting tired. oh well, only a week to go.
this week, we have a special zone conference with Glen L Pace of the Seventy. it should be a good meeting. we have to leave at 6:15 in the morning to get there on time. it kinda sucks being on the borders of the mission.
yeah, i cant believe it's halloween time either. a year ago i was in my 2nd area with my 3rd companion, Elder Smith. crazy stuff. it's kinda weird to think that an entire year (minus 5 weeks) will have been spent in only 2 areas (here and sullivan).
not much else going on. just kinda plugging along, trying to stay motivated in this area for another week.
love you much!
Elder morrison
PS...
i have some bad news. my camera is broken. i dont know what happened, but it just wont turn on. i dont know what you want to do, but i cant really take any pictures if i dont have a camera. i noticed this about a week ago.
i also made a new shirt that (using elder graysons camera) i'll send a picture of for you. i think it's pretty good looking.

Picture Day

Letter from Elder Morrison

hey family things have been pretty good this week. we had a festival in boonville on thursday, and elder grayson and i set up a booth there to give out invitations to the open house for our building, and also other pamphlets and cards. it was pretty cool, except we were placed next to the musical entertainment (that wasnt great) and then the singer took a break and he came over to talk to us. he was like preaching to us, but we didnt get his point. oh well, i guess there are some things you just have to experience as a missionary. all of our baptisms have fallen through. they will still be baptized, just not in this transfer, which means i'll probably not see them.
i have mixed feelings about transfers. i want to leave, but i want to stay, too.
we are in columbia today. we have been here since friday night for conference. conference was so great. if you thought there was a big gasp for the rome temple, you should have been in the columbia stake center when they announced the kansas city temple. that was, to them, like columbia river was to us. pretty big deal. i also thought it was interesting to say the 'greater kansas city area', knowing that independence is in the KC area as well.
i really like conference. there were so many good talks. i hope you got to hear most of it on saturday. so many great speakers and talks.
i saw the picture of ty and kendra. looks like they had a lot of fun.
i'm glad grandma is doing well. i got an email from her, and it sounds like it's pretty stressful, but i can understand that. it is pretty intense to go through all the missionary lessons in one week, though.
this upcoming week, we have our open house. hopefully that will generate some referrals.
well, i hope you are all doing great. read the scriptures, and say your prayers...then ACT on the things you learn and pray for! that's what Elder Bednar has taught us.
i love you all,
Elder Morrison

Moses Lake Homecoming

Sister Burch

Well here she is... smiling like she is taking a year and a half vacation from her family. Hey, with a son-in-law like me who wouldn't classify it as a vacation.
It has been a hectic couple of weeks. Between the mad dash to Oakley, the family taking turns with the flu and an awesome Hot Buttered Rum show in Seattle, and a BSU game here and there I have not spent much time on the computer.
Conf. weekend will be a good time to get caught up on some things at the house, and some much needed family time.