12 days of Christmas to Elder Brown

We decided to send Cameron the 12 days of Christmas.  Since this has become a yearly family tradition, we thought we would send some to him.  We had to be a little more creative, because it had to mailed to him and some of the items were heavy.  So this is what we did instead.

Now in the song, it’s partridge and a pear tree, 
But partridges are tough catches, as you can see.
So how about some different kind of pears,
Relax and enjoy them in your favorite chair.
                  (dehydrated pears in a bag)



Did you know two turtle doves are
Extremely hard to find?
So here are Turtles and Dove
The chocolate candy kind! (Turtles & Dove chocolate bars)


As the story tells it is 3 hens you should get
But we are not in France to buy them from the vet
Instead we have these fine pens to write things to do
Hope you like them in France’s red, white and blue. (1 blue pen & 1 red pen with white paper)

Four calling birds were not easy to find,
So we really found ourselves in quite the bind.
The calling card is for the phone call we await
Be sure and use it because that would be great. (AT & T calling card & chapstick)

On the fifth day of Christmas with things rather tight,
It's important to us that you travel light.
Gold rings are too heavy for a growing boy,
So enjoy these flaming Funyons and shout for joy. (Flaming Hot Funyons)

Six geese a laying an interesting sight
One of them squawked, and they all took flight
What they left in their nest, you’ll just have to look
They are made of white chocolate, so no need to cook.
(white choclate poached eggs with yellow M & M in the middle)

On this 7th day of Christmas, how nice it would be,
If seven swans a swimming you could see.
The pond was empty since the swans have gone south,
We only found goldfish to put in your mouth. (A bag of goldfish crackers)

On the eighth day of Christmas, we're busy as a bee.
Eight maids-a-milking, no where do we see.
But there in the barn we spy a tasty treat
They left you with a box of Milk Duds to eat. (A king size box of Milk Duds)

Nine ladies dancing was too big a crowd,
Besides their music is way too loud.
They danced all night long till their feet ached
After that they had to use canes for heavens sake. (9 ladyfinger cookies & 9 candy canes)

Ten lords a leaping would be an awesome gift,
But they were stuck while jumping a white snowdrift.
We had to be content as we found the little frogs
You might want to try dunking them in some eggnog  (A bag of gummy frogs)

Those eleven pipers piping remind us of a plumber,
To leave it on the doorstep would be a real bummer.
Make your water piping hot, and fill a cup with care,
We're giving you hot chocolate for you to share. 
(2 Single Hot chocolate pkts, 2 cups, 2 straws & ziploc bag of miniature marshmellows)

We figured twelve drummers would take too much room
So we drummed up some goodies just for you
And so we wish you a joyous Noel,
Merry Christmas to you for the whole world to tell!! (A drum filled with carmel popcorn)

Erika to PHS Christmas Dance

Erika went to the Christmas Dance at Provo High tonight with Gregg Allen.  They were in a group of 10 of her friends, so 5 couples.  They left at 6 pm and went and picked up their dates and then went to one of the girls Ward Christmas Party Dinner.  Then they went to another girls house and decorated Gingerbread houses and took pictures.  They went to the dance at around 9:30 pm and stayed until 11:00 pm.  She didn't purchase pictures, because her friends mom took a bunch when they were doing the Gingerbread houses. WHATEVER!!!  After the dance they went to another friends house for ice cream.  She came home at 12:00 am, because one of her friends had to take the ACT test the next morning.  They were going to watch a movie at our house, but there wasn't time and it was already late.  She had fun and is already talking about the next dance in January.

Erika's Recital

Erika had her Recital tonight at her violin teacher church.  There were 10 different numbers with a couple of group numbers in between.  Erika was the very last one to play her piece, which was Concerto in A Minor.  As always, she did an excellant job and we are so proud of her.  She has become quite the violinist and like her parents, she is a perfectionist, so she is so picky and unconfident in herself. 

Elder Brown update

Hello from Texas,

This past week has been wonderful. I now have my new companion Elder Young and we are both in the Arlington 2nd Ward. That means that I didn't get transfered. I am so excited, but that also means since I know the area more than Elder Young does, I have to take over and move the work forward here until he gets to know the area better. It has been a crazy week for me to help the work move forward here in Arlington. I still live in the same apartment and Elder Moli was transferred to the Euless 2nd Ward (Tongan Ward). He was so happy!  Well, Chris and his Sister were baptized these past few weeks. I baptized Chris and Elder Moli baptized Kay, Chris's Sister last weekend. I think I forgot to tell you about that baptism. So that means I now have 2 baptisms on my mission!   Well, Elder Young and I are keeping the work moving forward here in Arlington, and I am so happy to be serving and finding people to bring into the gospel.
Well, I have had a ton of experiences this past week that has brought me so much joy. I was able to find people to teach and hopefully I will be able to baptize in the upcoming weeks. Tam Buckner is a potential baptism this month. She has already had all the lessons and is ready for baptism, we are just waiting for her to say that she is ready to be baptized and we will baptize her in a heartbeat. Well, I am working on writing letters to everyone, but it has been pretty slow going for me. I don't think I will be able to buy a Christmas present this week for everyone. I actually to be honest, don't know what to buy. I love all of you and look forward to the future to continue the work here in Arlington 2nd Ward. Oh and 1 more thing you can send me letters again. Just to let you know. I love all of you and can't wait until Christmas. Tell the family I love them too and am praying and thinking about them at this time of the Christmas Season. I love Texas, I love missionary work and am optimistic for the future. I will talk to you next week.
-Elder Brown

The dance date answer!!!

 When we came home from Riley's concert tonight, we found this plate of cookies on our front doorstep.  It was the answer for Erika from her date to go to the Christmas Dance.  She was so exctied that she called all her friends and they came over and they giggled and laughed together in her excitement.  The X on the one sugar cookie was a cut out of a horse, so that is why he wrote dog on it.

Riley's choir concert

Riley had his first choir concert at Dixon Middle School tonight.  He was so excited, because he was chosen to play the tambourine in one of the pieces.  The choirs consisted of about 70 seventh grade students all at once.  The auditorium was packed with no seats to spare.   They sang 4 songs.  It was a great evening for all of us.

The asking to the Christmas Dance

Erika came home monday night and informed us that she is going to PHS Christmas Dance on friday, Dec 11th.  We asked her who she was taking, because as far as we knew she didn't have a date.  Apparently, the boy she was going to ask a couple of weeks ago, already had been asked, but it didn't work out, so her friends talked her into asking him (Gregg Allen).  She and her friends stopped at Macey's on her way home from school and bought, Christmas Tree sugar cookies and frosting.  They wrote on the bottom of a paper plate that said "Of all the trees in the forest, I would pick you to go with me to the Christmas Dance".  Then on the back of the plate, Erika signed her name.  Her friends and her drove to his house down center street and almost to the lake.  His family owns the ropes course.  They drove by and saw him out shoveling snow with his brother.  They had to be a little bit sneaky and run up to the door and put the plate inside.  She was in sure a hurray, that she left quite a mess in the kitchen when we all came home from school and work.  It is so fun to see her creativity and to have fun with her friends.

Grandpa and his boy band!!

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Santa at Grandparents

Tonight, we were invited to Grandma Bette and Grandpa Doug for pizza and then Santa was coming.  We were running a little bit late, and the rush hour traffic was not good, so we had what was left of the Pizza.  Brian's sister and cousins and all their kids were there and they were so excited and roudy, until Santa knocked on the door, then it was complete silence.  Santa had us all sing Jingle Bells and then he had a gift for each of the kids and adults.  We were there about 2 hours and then we needed to head home, because the kids had school and we had work.  It was fun to be with the family and enjoy laughs and fun with them.  Thanks Grandma Bette for having Santa come!!

Elder Brown weekly email

Hello from Texas,
This past week has been so wonderful. I have had the opportunity to baptize Chris Roylance and a member in the ward, Bro. Dalkhe confirmed him a member of the Church last sunday. It was such a cool experience to baptize him. He is progressing in the church and already has the aaronic priesthood. It was so cool to "dunk" him in the water. I felt so good.  Anyways, we ate Thanksgiving dinner at the Ward Mission Leader's home last thanksgiving. They fed us good. I was so full; I had to find room for the pie!  Well, if you believe it or not, it actually got so cold here in Texas over the past couple of days, we actually got SNOW!! NO WAY! It snowed for a bit, then immediately melted. It was so weird. It has been very cold here in Texas these past couple of days. I have had to bundle up and try to keep warm while we go door to door knocking trying to find people to teach.  Teaching isn't very easy here in Texas as most people already go to church or are aware of Jesus Christ. Some days I feel like we make no progress, but I continue to knock on doors and ride my bike to try to find people to teach. Some people are very nice, others are extremely rude. There is a new Elder here in my Ward who just got his mission call to Provo, Utah. I saw the boundaries of it, It goes all the way from provo south. So draw a straight line from side to side of the state with Provo being in the middle of the line and then go down until you hit St. George. That is how big it is. It is the highest baptizing mission in the world. See if you can find him, maybe not, but his name is Michael Brannock and he leaves for the MTC on February the 10. I hope all is going well at home. Tell everyone I love them and that I am working hard to bring those lost souls unto Christ. I will be getting a call this Saturday to let me know if I am being transfered. I will e-mail you next week with the news. Well, I hope I have told you enough stuff. I love all of you, and continue to pray for me.
Talk to you next week. Love y'all.

Elder Cameron Brown

Temple Square!!

We were able to go to Temple Square with Sharri's family tonight, since Milan and Sarah were headed back home tomorrow.  We all meet at the Hires Big H for dinner and then we headed up to Temple Square to see all the lights.  The boys were all filled up with food and ice cream, so they were a little bit roudy and crazy, but at least they were having fun.  We walked over to the Visitors Center were it was warm and used the bathrooms and then we walked around the grounds looking at all the cool lights on all the trees and bushes.  There were many people there, especially since it was a Monday night, and the lights had just been turned on last Friday after Thanksgiving.  It was a cold evening, only 37 degrees to be exact.  Just a little bit different of what Texas is right now, since that is were Milan and family are.  We stayed for a couple of hours and then headed back to Grandma & Grandpa's house.  We stayed there for another hour and talked and said Goodbye to Milan and family and then we headed home.  It was so fun to spend time with the Evans family for the past two days.  Hopefully we will get to do it again soon!!

Riley and the Pencil mishap

After Riley was at school for an hour this morning, he called his mom at work to tell her that a classmaste had poked him in the eye with a pencil.  He said it was an accident, but he was so upset, that his mom checked him out of school for the rest of the day.  The pencil poked him just above his eye on his eyelid and scraped it up toward his eyebrow.  We washed it out and put some ice on it.  His dad was able to come home and work from home to be with him while he was recovering.  He played the PS3 and watched "The Pink Panther" movie.  Sharri came home and checked on him during lunch and brought him Wendy's for lunch.  He was okay later in the day, but it was very tramatic for him at the time.

Another Thanksgiving Dinner

The Evans family were able to get together tonight for our 2nd Thanksgiving Dinner.  Sharri's brother and family were visiting from Texas for the holiday, so we were altogether.  It was a little bit crazy with all the kids, but it was fun.  The only person missing was Cameron, but we know that he is were he is supposed to be, on his Mission.  All the cousins played games, laughed and had a good time being with each other. One of the highlights was doing PhotoBooth on Brian's mac laptop.  The boys were having so much fun and laughing that it was just fun watching them.  Then Sharri's sister Jenn and brother Doug did some too.  We had some good laughs.  Thanks to Grandma & Grandpa for getting us together.  Here are some of the Photobooth pictures.  Enjoy!!

Thanksgiving!!

This is the first year that we will have Thanksgiving without Cameron.  He is serving a LDS Mission in Texas Fort Worth area.  He is currently in Arlington Texas.  He will be having Thanksgiving with his Ward Mission Leader in Arlington.  The rest of us will be having Thanksgiving Dinner at the Brown Family residence at 3 pm today.  Brian's sister and family will be there, since they live there and as usual Grandma Bette is making everything, including food items that are not necessary, but the grandkids love it. We ate an hour later because the turkey wasn't done, so we were all starving by the time we sat down to eat.  A couple of hours later, we taught all the niece's and Brian's sister how to play the card game NERTZ.  It was fun to play and interact with them on a different level.  We arrived home at 9:30 pm.

On the Evans side of the family, we will be getting together on Sunday with all Sharri's siblings, including Milan and Sarah from Texas. Erika, Riley and Sharri had Wed, Thurs and Fri off from school and work, so Brian took the days off too.  We have just been relaxing and enjoying some free time together.  HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!

Early email from Elder Brown

Hello from Texas,
I know that I am am e-mailing a day early, but President asked us to e-mail a day early because of the Holiday. This upcoming Saturday is a Baptism. His name is Chris and I will be baptizing him. I am so excited! It will be the first time that I have the opportunity to baptize someone. I am so excited for him as well. It is a great blessing in his and my life to have him accept the gospel and be baptized. I also want to say Happy Thanksgiving to all of you! I love you all so much.
Well, if you can believe it or not, I am starting week 5 since I got here to Texas. I will know on the 5th of the December if I am being transfered to a new area or not and I will transfer on the 9th. I will then e-mail y'all the following day with the news of the transfer. Oh, and with the Christmas stuff, I am actually doing well. I don't really need anything. I mean I want everyone to have a chance to send me something if they would like, but remember this, if you send me anything that cannot be thrown away or eaten, then I have to carry it around for the rest of my mission. I would rather that everyone sent me something for Christmas that is eatable, or is very small in size, probably no bigger than 10 inches in size. Due to the fact that I don't want to carry around tons of things.
I have very little money to use and the Church has asked that we refrain from using money from home unless it is an emergency. Purchasing a Bike was okay, because I needed one and didn't have one, but they would like us to only use the money they provide to us to purchase things. I am trying my best to follow all the mission rules, but there are so many to remember and I know it is hard, but I do my best.
As for calling home on Christmas, I will probably only be able to call home for a maximum of 30 minutes on Christmas Day and I will know, when it gets closer to Christmas, when I will get to call home. I am so excited for the upcoming weeks.
With the weather, I am loving it, but at the same time I think it is so weird because IT ISN'T SNOWING?!?! I love it though, it is such wonderful weather, but it will continue to get colder as the months progress.
I am learning a lot out here in the field. I look to hear from y'all next week. I will be writing another e-mail to you next week, the week before the transfer. I love all of you and hope y'all have a wonderful Thanksgiving.
Cameron

Erika @ FEA Conference at Weber State

Erika was nominated by her Child Development teacher to attend the FEA (Future Educators Association) at Weber State College today.  She left at 6:00 am and spent the whole day learning about the FEA clubs and watching some other school compete in different catagories , like scrapbooking.  She arrived home at 3:30 pm.  Provo High School does not have a FEA club yet, so that is why she was asked to go.  The Work Experience Counselor asked her and another student to start up the club at Provo High. She wantes to go into Elementary Education, but she is not sure about starting a club for it.  So, we will keep you posted on what she decides to do.

Erika & Sharri to see "THIS IS IT"

Erika really wanted to see "This is it" movie.  So, her mom and her went to see it tonight, which was not very smart, because the theater was packed with "New Moon" movie goers.  Parking lot full and the inside of the theater was crazy with people lined up everywhere.  Luckily, this movie was not full and we walked right in and got the best seat in the theater.  There were only about 20 people in the movie.  Sharri thought it was really good, but she grew up listening to Michael Jackson music.  Erika got tired and wanted to leave before the ending credits were done.  If you like Michael Jackson music, you will really like this movie.  He is amazing and his music and dancing. 

Elder Brown email

Hello from Texas,
It is so weird to be here in Texas. I am not used to no snow and the no cold. It is warm and nice weather out here. Around 70 degrees. I bought my bike yesterday. It makes me happy. I will let you know how the baptism goes, if it still happens. Yes P-Day does fall on Thanksgiving, but I will still be e-mailing y'all because I will go over to the family history center and use their computers. I received your package in the mail with the Journal Papers. Thank You so much. Thank Grandma Holly for me for sending me some pictures too.
We will be eating Thanksgiving dinner with the Ward Mission Leader. Brother Trowbridge. He is so cool. With the food, I don't have much money to buy anything, so I only have cereal and Sandwiches for Breakfast and Lunch. Then the members feed us well. I've tried so many new foods, I can't decide what food I "really" like anymore.I don't have any more time for e-mailing this week. I Love all of you! Oh, 1 more thing, I don't have much time to do e-mail, so please only send me 1 e-mail per person per week with just a few paragraphs for me to read. I just don't have time to read. If you need to tell me a ton of stuff, please send me a letter. I just don't have much time to read all the stuff y'all are e-mailing me.
Love y'all Tons and Tons. Talk to you on Thanksgiving!!

Love Cam

Finally - A Picture of Cameron

We received this picture and a letter from Cameron's Mission President in the mail today.  We finally have a picture of Cameron with his missionary tag and in the mission field.  We have been bugging him for some pictures, but it just hasn't worked out.  The letter was written on Oct 28, 2009, so where has it been since then.  Here is just a little bit from the letter.

"Dear Brother & Sister Brown,

We are pleased to welcome your son to the Texas Fort Worth Mission.  It was wonderful to hsare some time in the Mission Home with your missionary.  Be assured all is well and a great experience will be enjoyed during this time of service.  We hope this photograph will symbolize for you our desire to work as a team with this fine missionary in accomplishing the purposes for which he was called.  Please note that his release date is currently scheduled around 11 Oct 2011.  You will receive more information about this as that date approaches.

We encourage you to write your son often expressing love and support for this great work.  Missionaries feel the prayerful strength of their loved ones.  As missionaries choose to be spiritually prepared, obedient in all things, and faithful to their covenants, they can fully reside all the great blessings the Lord has in store for them.

We ask that you not phone or accept phone calls from your missionary without first speaking with the Mission President.  This time honored mission rule allows the missionary to experience personal growth and independence.

May the Lord bless you and your family as you share your son with those he is called to serve."

Sincerely,

Wright & Janett Thurston

FHE - A Christmas Carol Movie

For family home evening tonight, we went as a family to see the new movie "A Christmas Carol."  We decided to pay the extra money and see it in 3D, so we had to wear the glasses the whole movie.  It was really cool in 3D, as Riley says.  Speaking of Riley, he has never seen this movie before.  He thought that the ghost of christmas future was really scary.  It was a good movie for Family Home Evening, and the best part is that is wasn't even crowded in the theater.  This was a good way to start out the Christmas Holidays.  Thanks to Erika for the great idea.  If you need to see a movie, we suggest this one, but maybe not for little kids under 12 years old.  Some of the scenes were kind of scary even for us adults.

Elder Brown's email

Hello from Arlington Texas,
GUESS WHAT?? I SAW THE NEW COWBOYS STADIUM!! It is gigantic! I didn't get to go inside, but I did get to drive by it and see the big screen inside, it is so big. The roof opens and the sides open, it is so big, I can't believe it.  Well, I am doing well here in Texas, the weather is wonderful, we are around 75 degrees. We have some investigators that are possibly going to get baptized. It is so exciting, my first baptism. Well, I don't have a ton of time this week to write an e-mail, so I will type as much as I can in the time that I have. We are in an apartment complex. The apartment is kinda big for what I was imaginaing, but that is okay, the bigger the better, not that the houses in Texas are small, everything is bigger in Texas! We cover the Arlington 2nd Ward. We are in the Arlington Texas Stake. There are 8 Wards in the Stake. Well, another week gone by and looking forward to the next one. Hope you all like the snow, because there isn't any of that down here. It is nice and sunny. Well, I will talk to you all next week. Have a wonderful week.
I Love You!

Elder Cameron Brown

Erika YW in Excellance

Our ward had the YW in Excellance program this evening.  Erika had a display of the value project she is working on, Virtue.  She has already received her YW Medallion, and then they added virtue.  She has to read the Book of Mormon and that is why she displayed it and the virtue value book.  She also played her violin for everyone.  She played the piece that she played at Cameron's farewell sacrament meeting, "I know that my redeemer lives."  All the YW had a display and talked about one of their value projects.  It was a great evening for all the parents and the YW and leaders.

Sharri's mishap

While walking to church today, Sharri tripped and fell on the sidewalk on her hands and slide on to her cheek bone.  Pretty nasty scrap on her face.  Erika and Riley were with her as well as the neighbors.  She was embarrased, but it also hurt and was really sore.  She came home and put some ice on ice with some Neosporin and just rested and relaxed most of the day.  She decided to go to Erika's YW in Excellance program to support her, but also brought attention to herself with all the adults, asking his Brian was hitting me.  Of course, you know Brian, he wouldn't hurt a fly.  He is very compassionate and wanted to do whatever he could to help.  So, she made a birthday wish last Thursday, to not go to work, and now she got it today, Monday.  Her boss and lead secretary told me not to come in, so she stayed home and got caught up with some chores and other things that have been waiting for her attention.  The picture above it the day 2 after sleeping all night and it swelling up and getting black and blue.  Is this what happens when you get old?  You start tripping and falling for no reason.  Good thing she didn't break anything else, like her wrist or ankle.  Now it has to heal and she has to explain to everyone what happened.

Erika drove to Salem

Erika decided that she was going to go to Salem to spend some time with her friend, Katie, that moved to Salem last year.  She has been to Katie's house before, but has never drove herself there.  She did the adult thing and made all the arrangements, and then printed out a map on mapquest to make sure that she didn't get lost and with the exact streets and the exact way to go.  She called and let us know that she made it safely.  She realized after she got to Katie's house, that she was out of gas.  So she had to gas up her car all by herself.  She did call a couple of times to verify that she had to go inside to pay for the gas first, because she doesn't have a Visa Debit card yet, so only had cash with her.  This was a great experience for her, for two reasons, to be able to drive herself where so wanted to go without a GPS or another person and to put gas in her car without mom paying for it and showing her how to do it.  She has two adult things under her belf now, only 307 more.  Figure that out Erika!!

Riley - The Gentleman

As Sharri was coming home from work, almost to pull into the the driveway, she saw Riley and his two friends, Sarah and Sara, walking home from the bus stop from school.  He was carrying Sara's violin and Sarah's saxophone while they were all walking together to our houses.  As they came closer, Sharri asked why he was carrying both violin and saxophone.  Sarah and Sara answered, because he asked us if he could carry them and we let him.  Surprised, but was happy that he already knows what a gentleman should do.  Of course, he has great examples from his Grandfathers, to his own father, to his brother, that do this often. We are so proud of him.  He is becoming quite the Young Man.

Sharri's Birthday

Well, today is Sharri's birthday and she turns 43 yeras old.  Where does the time go.  She was just 16 years old yesterday.  It was a good day.  The first thing that Brian asked her was want she wanted to do for her birthday. She replied, to not go to work, but she did anyways.  All her co-workers sang to her.  Rozan sent her a gift basket full of cookies,  Cassie gave her a purple scarf, Shauna gave her a special treat, and Jamie gave her taffy and a cupcake from her party (Jamie shares the same birthday as Sharri)  Jackie sang the birthday song to her.  Here are the lyrics that she sang. Oh, Happy Birthday..Ugh, Happy Birthday..Ugh, Pain and sorrow in the air, Death around us everywhere But.... Happy Birthday..Ugh, Happy Birthday..Ugh.  One year closer to the grave, Think of all the food we'll save But.... , Happy Birthday..Ugh, Happy Birthday..Ugh.  After work the family went out to Los Hermonos for dinner for her birthday and then went shopping at FYE.  Wasn't a real eventful day, but it was okay.  Thanks to all the friends and family who posted Happy Birthday on her facebook wall.  What great family and friends we have.

Elder Brown email update

Hello from Texas,

Thank you for all your e-mails and thoughts. I really like hearing from all of you. My companion is so much fun. He is always so happy and willing and ready to do the work. Yes he is Tongan. I already get a car, but we are encouraged to get a bike. I will probably be buying one soon. We only get about $135 a month for spending money.  Sounds like you all had a good Halloween. Elder Moli and I spent Halloween at a house who's less-active and we helped out with his $3,000 haunted house he set up. It was so cool because we weren't even trying to find someone to teach and this lady walked up to me and wanted us to come over and teach them. It was so cool. It's amazing how the lord works. In the past week I think I've experienced everything there is to experience that would be bad. We had a lady who tried to tell us that we were wrong. We also had a guy swear at us. It's been crazy, but the work must move forward. No unhallowed hand can stop the work from progressing. No, I didn't get any mail yet, President said it might take about 3 weeks for them to get all the mail rerouted to Texas to get to me. I will wait and see how long it really takes. I could tell you where I live, but it would be pointless. All mail is required to go through the 1331 airport address because then if I get transfered, the mail goes with me. If you send it to where I live now, and I get transfered, it will never get to me. On P-day's I go to the local Arlington Public Library and e-mail you. I get about 30 minutes to send an e-mail every p-day and i'm only allowed to send 1 e-mail out. I can send many letters out, but only 1 e-mail and that's to mom. Yes p-day goes from 10:30 am to 6:00 pm. We then usually teach afterwards. I can print pictures out and mail them to you next week, but I am not allowed to e-mail them I found out. I have not seen the Cowboy's Stadium. I don't even know where it is, we live on the outskirts of Arlington. We eat dinner with a member every night. The members here are way cool. They are willing to help anyway they can. Brother Trowbridge is our ward mission leader. He is so cool. I have not seen any attractions here. I only proselyte. I have to be up at 6:25 every morning. Lights out at 10:30. Back in apartment at 9 pm every night. I wish I could have been at the MTC to hear Elder Perry, that would have been so cool! Well, I love all of you and look forward to next week's e-mails and letters. Have a wonderful week.

Love,

Elder Cameron Brown

P.S. If you send me a letter in the mail, you MUST!! have To: "Elder Cameron Brown", otherwise it will not get to me. Keep up the good work and talk to y'all next week.

Riley - Principals Award

Riley tryouts for Jr. Jazz Basketball

Riley was able to tryout for the Jr. Jazz Basketball team with the Provo Recreation.  He had to go to Dixon Middle School and do some layups and shoot some baskets.  There were only 7 boys that tried out, so they all made it on the team.  Of course, Riley is the shortest one on the team.  What's up with that?  His dad and brother are over 6 feet tall, and he is the shortest.  Maybe he will get his growth later on, like his dad did.  Riley loves all kinds of sports and wants to play them all.  He is a great student and received the first 4.0 for our family last term at Dixon Middle School.  We hope he can keep it up and prove us all wrong.  He starts playing games on Dec 5 and has practices weekly.  Great job Riley!!

ZUMBA!!

Sharri went to a class with one of her co-workers, called Zumba.  It is taught on Tuesday and Thursday nights from 6 - 7 pm and the Provo Recreation Center.  Sharri's co-worker has been doing it for a week, and really loves it.  Zumba is an aerobic Latin rhythm dancing with easy-to-follow moves with fast and slow rhythm.  There were about 10 ladies and 1 guy.  It was alot of fun, but needed to slow it down for the first time.  The first 5 mintues was intense and crazy, but soon was able to get into the groove of it.  There are other classes taught around Utah Valley, but for now two nights a week is enough to start out with.  It you want to see what it is all about, click on the website below.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vf0q6qtThF4