Duh, finally figured out why the dimples weren't showing up - too much info in the previous blog for it to fit. So I'll throw in a few more pictures on this continuation and hopefully it will flow and make sense!

Here's The Three Little Ones, I know next month they'll be 18 & 20, but they'll always be the Three Little Ones to me.

And for a final picture. I know you've been keeping up with the adventures of The Reorganized Breakfast Club (not headquartered in Ohio) The origianl four had to form a splinter group because so many were interested in calling themselves members and even getting involved in the leadership decisions when they had first period classes - so technically they weren't even members - hence the need for the Reoganized version. Any how- yesterday Ashley brought a guest with her to breakfast. Her crab named Suzie. I only include this because as I took the picture Scott said, "You know you guys are going to end up on the internet now..."

December will bring many more activities. Stay tuned for a report of the snowboarding trip to Salt Lake, another cousin's mission farewell, and Christmas!

November Marx Update

For Thanksgiving dinner we had the grandparents over, David & Rebekah, Jenn came here from Arizona. Why can't we ever take a normal picture? I think our meal was just about what everybody else has. We missed Brad and Kara who stayed in Tucson and ate with friends. Check our their blog - Kara has some great pictures on it of their day. Matt and Ashley headed off for Goodyear so that Drew could entertain the Hunt family.

Since I haven't really updated on family happenings the last month or so here goes a list of the few events:

The middle of October, the countdown on Scott's myspace page that he has for when he can turn in his mission papers went below 365 days - so less than a year left to prepare, Scotty.

I'll just attach the smaller size pictures - but you can always click on them to see a big version. Drew has spent the night a few times. Matt swears Drew pictures occupy the most space on my computer - they just might! How can I resist - he looked so cute in his jammies:

And playing with his dinosaurs.

And don't forget about those dimples!!! Drew pretty much gets whatever he wants around here, including convincing grandpa to turn off the tv show he was watching so Drew can watch Cars - again. His vocabulary is pretty sparse, but he managed to say Grandpa, Cars, PLEASE in all of his jabbering. You could definately tell what he wanted.

Well - I keep trying to upload a picture of the dimples, but it isn't showing up on the page. If when I publish this blog there are random pictures of drew's dimples, you'll know why.

Jennifer bought her first furniture purchase while she was here for the weekend. Couches for the condo. Matt and Ashley took a mattress down there for her, which ended her two months on the air mattress! Our family sat around watching a season of NCIS, and a few other movies. And now - winter weather has arrived. If I can just survive till March/April it will warm up again. I should explain that our winter isn't anything like winter in most states since I don't even own a real coat, but the fact that I had to put socks and shoes on and grab a sweatshirt to wear out is more cold than I would like to deal with.

This was the spiritual thought given this morning in the prayer meeting before seminary. It's out of one of those scripture and thought for a day kind of books, but it hit me so strongly with what they were saying - so here it is repeated for all of cyber space to ponder over as well:

"As I stated...that I would write to you from time to time and give you information in relation to many subjects, I now resume the subject of the baptism for the dead, as that subject seems to occupy my mind, and press itself up0n my feelings." D&C 128:1

"The Lord uses a myriad of ways to reveal himself to his children. He who is omnipotent and omniscient is hardly limited in how he speaks or makes known his mind and will. As recorded in D&C 8:2-3, the Spirit can reveal things to our mind (in the form of thoughts) and to our heart (in the form of feelings), and these two can serve as a kind of balance for one another. The revelations of God are almost always what we would call rational. It is impressive to note that someone as seasoned and experienced in the things of the Spirit as the Prophet of the Restoration should identify as revelation that which God had caused to occupy his mind and press upon his feelings. It is a great lesson to those who aspire to perfect communion with the heavens: We will never outgrow the simple and straightforward manifestations of the Holy Ghost."

I can never explain things this well and sucinctly. I would have made an hour lesson out of it, and here it is in one small paragraphed summed up so nicely. I would like to develop that talent....