Lydia's special day

Happy Birthday to Lydia. We hope you have had a great day.
Have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
love
MOM and DAD

Upcoming Christmas Party

Ok Horsley clan mark your calendars......

Saturday December 12th......

? At Omniture ?

9:00a.m.-11:30a.m.

Christmas Breakfast and presents

After for all those who would like to go see the Princess and the Frog contact RaeAnn and purchase tickets through her. She needs to order them ahead of time and so the sooner the better. They are $5 each and I think the movie starts at 12:30p.m.

Here is the giving list for the grandkids....

Amberly-Arrie

Cammie-Aaron

Jeffrey-Trevor

Janna- Taylor

Nathan-Jade

David-Sammy

Sammy-Morgan

Steven-Kory

Braden-Cammie

Logan-Nathan

Kylie-Janna

Arrie-Amberly

Kory-Jeffrey

Aaron-Cambree

Tyler-McKayla

Trevor-Marcus

Ian-Logan

Marcus-Ian

McKayla-Allie

Cambree-David

Taylor-Steven

Morgan-Kylee

Jade-Braden

Allie-Tyler

The Breakfast assignments are as follows.....

Mom & Dad- Paper goods

Hurst-Scrambled eggs (cooked before)

John Horsley-Bread & cin. rolls

Cox-Grapes, bananas, oranges

Hernandez-eggs for the french toast

Nielsen-butter, reg. syrup

Baldwin-Bacon, Sausage, Hashbrowns (cooked before) & OJ

Glen Horsley-syrup, and berry mix

Salzetti-Choc. milk (Let Frances know if problem)

If anyone needs to change their assignment find someone to switch with or if you are not going to be there let Frances know and she can get your food assignment. Love you all and can't wait for our party.

Prayers needed!

Can the family send some prayers our way today and tomorrow. Todd has an interview with a great company tomorrow morning at 10:00a.m. It is called Mega Diamond in provo. They process black diamonds into huge construction drill bits. It sounds like a great company we are not sure where he would be working within the company but sounds like it would be a good opportunity for him and us. Prayers would greatly be appriciated. Love you all.

Morgan

Just wanted to let you all know that little Morgan is going under general anesthesia in the morning to have her mouth full of rotten teeth fixed. The dentist felt this was the best option because she is only 4 yrs old. The procedure should take about 2 hrs. It starts at 7 AM (5 am Utah time) Please remember her in your prayers tonight and in the morning. She has had a tiny cough for a few days but they say to not worry. As you all know, as a parent, it's hard not to worry. This is a horrible time of year to be stuck with a $2000 dentist/medical bill but we do what we have to for our little ones....

Love you all and thanks again.

Thanks! Everyone pray and pray hard. Our family goal is 100 aprons sold in 4 days. We can do it. Please be specific in your prayers. If we reach our goal then we can pay all of our November bills and some of December. It can be done. Love you all.

Holy Cow,
Frances has a booth at the Holy Cow Boutique.
The date is November 18th to the 20th.
9:00 AM to 8:00 PM. Saturday 9-5
65 East 200 South in Pl. Grove.
If you can get there lets all support her.
Besides it's lots of fun and you may find fun
Christmas gifts.
Have a great Thanksgiving
MOM

Here is a heads up for the Holidays. Pie Day is scheduled for Friday November 27th at France's church. The time is 12:00 to 4:00. The Christmas get together is Dec. 12th at Frances Church. It's a breakfast. We'll be there from 9:00 AM until 12:00. We'll eat at 10:00. If you have any questions call Mom or Frances. Also if anyone needs a place to go for Thanksgiving, give me, MOM, a call. Dad and I will have a small dinner at our house. This is the last month of our Mission. Dec. 3rd is our release day. Love you all.
MOM

Happy Birthday to Daddy. Happy Birthday to Jack. Happy Birthday to Grandpa. Just think that's all the same person. Guess how old he is today. I'll give you 69 guesses. Love and kisses
MOM

Happy Birthday to Jennifer, Happy Birthday to You, Happy Jennifer, and many more. We sure hope you are feeling better. You were born on a very stormy day in Juneau and I was, of course, thrilled to have you.
love
MOM

Happy Birthday to RaeAnn Happy Birthday to you.
Hope you have a great day.
love MOM

Heber Valley Camp

Hello Dear family

I have been thinking about our campout to Heber Valley. I am really excited for it. I thought it would be a good idea to prepare for the challenge course though. If you remember from past years it is 3 dollars per person. Only children 8 and older can do the high challenges so don't pay for your little ones. They can still do the low challenges.

If you are interested in doing the challenge course send me 3 dollars per person and I will pay for it all at once. I will need the money by September 13th.

Love ya all,

Jenn

Twins Birthday

Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday dear twins, Happy Birthday to you. I think it is 32 years ago that I was present for the happy occasion.
love and kisses.
MOM

I just wanted to remind everyone about our family reunion September 25 and 26th at Heber Valley. We are at the same spot. It is 22 dollars per family. Most everyone has paid me already. Silly me I didn't write down who paid me, but I think Mom, Ruth, and Rae are the only ones who still need to pay. If I am wrong let me know. We will work out the food details when it gets closer. Love ya all. Jenn

So, I went visiting teaching, (yes I do still manage to get out once in a while), and both my partner and the lady we were visiting and me all have 3 year old grandkids. We started telling adorable stories about the darling things 3 year olds say. Of course my 3 year old granddaughters are the cutest and the best and so my stories were the most wonderful. I just want to thank Allie and Morgan for the great stories I got to tell and yes I think that my stories were far and away the best.
love and kisses to all my kids and grandkids. Thanks for all the fun things I get tell and brag about.
MOM

Memorial Day

My sister called me Friday to tell me she was in her kitchen listening to the radio. The program was honoring veterans.

The person was reading a list of veterans buried in the Evergreen Cemetery in Riverside, California. Suddenly my sister heard the name of Elmer Edgar Horsley called out in honor of a veteran of World War I, my father.

How strange and unusual to have her listening at the exact moment when our father's name was called out.

Jack's New Car

Today I gave my 1997 Nissan Altima to RaeAnn & Kevin for Amberly to use. This Ford Thunderbird is what I am now driving. It is one "hot" set of wheels.

I had my Gall Bladder out on Wednesday May 13.
Everything is fine and it was same day surgery and I am home
and even though there is some pain it is ok and not to bad.
I will take a couple of weeks off from the Library and go back then.
I love you all
MOM

I want to wish all the Mothers in the family a very Happy Mothers Day. I really appreciate the opportunity I have had to be a mother and to have raised such a great family. You all bring me great joy and happiness. Of course the wonderful grandchildren are the grand prize for anyone. Thanks to you all for all we have as a family. I hope everyone has a happy and joyful day.
love and kisses
MOM

Sister Week-end set

Hey Horsley sisters:
I found us a condo in Park City for Thursday, June 25th until Saturday June 27th. I've gone ahead and booked it. It will probably be about $15-$20 depending on if everyone can come. Please comment and say whether you can come or not girls. We figure we can then come to PG together for the Barney reunion later in the afternoon of the 27th. BARNEY REUNION will be at RaeAnn's park from 2-7pm. Bring dinner for your family and something to share. If you have any fun things like our rocket launcher, volleyball, Wacky ball etc. go ahead and bring that. Don't forget your lawn chair. Mom could you make sure you let your sisters know and they can spread the word to their families. Looking forward to being with my family. I love you all and am so glad we are an eternal family. Love RaeAnn

Sammy's blog

Hey everyone this is sammy i just wanted to let everyone know that i have a blog now but it is private so just log in with the horsley news username. If you have any problems email me and i can invite your email instead. My email is gigglybear15@gmail.com
Love you all tons!
~sammy~

ABOUT THE FLU PANDEMIC

I found this to be quite interesting. Do with it as you will. Your mother and I are adding extra food to our food storage just in case we are not able to leave the house for several weeks.

"About a month ago a seminar was put on by Dr. Susan Puls, who is a cardiologist appointed by the First Presidency of the Church as the head of the church's pandemic committee. She said she was not an expert on pandemics as this was not her specialty, but in the two years she's been in her position, is fast becoming one. She now works for the church on a full-time basis working on planning for the pandemic and trying to get the word out to as many church members as possible. There were about 1400 people at the Saturday all-day seminar.
In her capacity, she works with the governor's pandemic committee and the federal pandemic planning agency. She also said a pandemic is coming - not 'maybe' but is DEFINITELY coming. She says the pandemic is expected within the next two years but she personally believes it will be 'sooner rather than later...' The various groups (CDC, WHO, etc...) do not know what the pandemic will be but 'first among their list of suspects is the avian bird flu. It's only one mutation away from being easily transmitted from birds to humans and from human to human.'
She said the World Health Organization expects 40% of the world population to become sick. Of those who become sick, they expect 50% will die. If you do the math - there are over 6 billion people on the earth today - that puts the death rate at over 1.4 billion people - and she says these deaths will happen over only a 3 to 4 month period of time.
Dr. Puls related that when the pandemic hits the US, mandatory quarantine's of all infected and NON-INFECTED peoples will occur within the first 48 hours. Only emergency personnel (Dr's, nurses, firemen, police, national guardsmen, etc...) will be allowed to leave their homes - not even to go to the store, etc... This quarantine will last during the duration of the 'pandemic cycle' which will last approximately three months.
Her main point was that everyone will need a *MINIMUM of 3 months supply of food at home* as the governments of the world will be overwhelmed within the first week and cannot be counted on to provide food, medical help, etc...
She only briefly spoke on the 'social disruption' that will occur and did not go into any detail about what plans may, or may not exist, to deal with this. However - think about this - if your neighbors (both those you know and strangers) run out of food and are starving how might they react? Then think of all the individuals who already live outside of the law and are only 'controlled' by our current legal system. How might they react when law enforcement becomes ineffectual due to illness among the ranks and those who abandon their jobs to stay home and protect their own families. Ditto for the national guard and our own military.
This isn't to scare anyone - just to provide a 'heads up' as 'to be forewarned is to be forearmed.'

I checked the authenticity of this by Googling Dr. Puls on the Internet and was eventually linked to the Church's Provident Living website and was surprised to find that they have a section on Pandemic Planning under Home and Family Preparedness.

http://providentliving.org/content/display/0,11666,8041-1-4414-1,00.html
The government also had a website:
http://www.pandemicflugov/plan/tab3.html

I found it very interesting that in the Church's new pamphlets on food storage, they recommend building your supply up to a three months supply. As you can see in the article, Dr. Puls states that everyone will need a minimum of three months supply of food at home.

Susan and I are purchasing more food storage each time we go to the store to build up our supply. We encourage each of our family members to do the same. The headlines in today's news is about the swine flu coming out of Mexico into the U.S.

Sister Weekend Idea

I've been looking on the Internet for rental deals. I found this condo that is in Deer Valley for $139 a night during the summer. It might be a little bit of a tight fit but with a couple of air mattresses we could make it work and it would only be $14 a night each.

http://www.lake-mountain.com/park-city-condo.htm

Let me know what everyone thinks.
Lydia

SISTERS WEEKEND

O.k. So I really want sisters weekend (or day)to happen. I missed it last year and I don't want it to just fizzle out this year. Frances is alway so awesome to try and put something together. It isn't working out so lets all do what we can. I have a possible chance to get a condo from a friend who has a timeshare. He could maybe find us a room if there is an availability with his bonus time. A two bedroom condo would cost around $50-$60 dollars, but we would need a three bedroom. We can't book until 2 weeks before the date. So would you all be o.k. to pay some money. Also, I need to confirm a week end. June 13th we have the bear lake marathon going on. The 25th, 26th, and 27th Franni has Youth Conference. What else is going on that month and how flexible is everyone. Again, this condo is not for sure. I am trying to get it in park city. If we can't get a place, how would you all feel about just one night at someones house or camping? Let's put our heads together. We can get this figured out. Also I am off the computer this week because of no t.v. and computer week (it will be just as hard for me as the kids). So if your comments can't wait for a week, call me. Love ya all so much.

The Trip to Kentucky

This is the story about our trip to Kentucky to visit Taylor when she was baptized. Aunt Frances, Grandma Susan, McKayla, Cambree, Jade and myself left at 6:30 am on Wednesday, March 25^th. I thought we would need to store some of our luggage on top of the van, but we were able to get everything into the van. We did put Susan’s special lounge chair on top of the van which worked out great. We said a prayer for a safe trip and that all drivers would be alert and cautious while driving. We also prayed that the van would not have any mechanical problems. Our goal was to drive all day and all night.

We drove up through Provo Canyon to Heber on our way to I-80 and Wyoming. It started to snow as we got near Heber. It was a light snow, and we were hoping the weather would improve as we continued to drive eastward. The snow did cause us to drive slower than the speed limit for several miles but the weather eventually started to clear up as we got into Wyoming.

The drive through Wyoming and Nebraska on I-80 is a long, boring drive. The girls were so good on the long drive. They stayed entertained watching videos and playing with a new toy that was passed out to them every couple of hours. When we passed Laramie, Wyoming, Susan made sure to “boo” Laramie. This is because BYU fans are treated very rudely when BYU plays University of Wyoming there in basketball and football.

We used a GPS system during the trip to make sure we did not take a wrong turn. We have come to love using our Garmin GPS system. It really saved us on Thursday morning when we drove through St. Louis, Missouri. It would tell us which lane to be in as we approached the next junction. Without it we would likely have missed a junction but we were able to get through St. Louis without any problems. Coming home, however, we were in the wrong lane and missed our junction. The GPS just recalculates where we need to turn to get us right back onto the correct road. Susan and I both agree we will never take a long trip without our GPS system. We love it!

We arrived at Janice’s house about 12:30 pm on Thursday, March 26. So we drove from Pleasant Grove, Utah to Paris, Kentucky in 28 hours straight. We only stopped for gas and to eat at McDonalds. Susan and Frances took turns driving to help relieve Grandpa Jack.

According to Frances, Grandpa Jack could have used this vehicle the first day.

Here are some pictures we took while there:

“I’m having so much fun, I could throw up!”

“I just love driving all day as long as I’m with you.”

"Aren’t we just the cutest things?”

“Can I get out and walk for awhile?”

Morgan is happy to see her cousins! “Someone said, ‘Suck in up!’, so I did!”

The girls all had fun being together again. Is Morgan “Happy” or what!

The girls get aprons and slippers! Grandpa Jack is getting some zzzzzzzz’s

Janice & Frances preparing for Taylor’s B-Day party Samantha showing off new apron

Entering the Adena Springs breeding farm New foal with her mother

We visited the building where the new born foals are kept with their mothers

View of horse breeding farm from top of the office building

Looking through window of tower over breeding farm building built around circular stairway

We took pictures from top of this building Friends at Taylor’s birthday party

Taylor’s baptism day! Two down, one to go! Jade is next year. “The 3 Musketeers”

Hope you enjoyed the pictures. Many others were taken but these were some of the cute ones.

We went out to dinner on Saturday and left Samantha to watch the youngsters. Sunday we attended the church in Paris. It is a nice building only 5 minutes from the house. After some serious visiting on Sunday night we finally got to sleep in anticipation of the long drive home.

We left Monday morning at 6:30 am. Couldn’t help but notice a little sadness on Janice’s face.

We stopped at McDonald’s and picked up breakfast to eat on the road. The GPS guided us on the way and recalculated our route when we missed a junction in Louisville. Love that GPS! We planned to stay in a motel this time. Our goal was to get to Nebraska before stopping. Susan took over driving for Jack after a gas stop in a small town, where we had a hard time finding “the gas station”! The “big girls” expressed apprehensions about going into the “gas station” but they gathered their courage and everyone was “relieved”.

After driving for two hours, Susan got a serious back ache. Jack took over the driving as we looked for a motel to stay the night. We arrived in the city of Grand Island, Nebraska, bought food at McDonalds then checked into the Holiday Inn Motel. Susan’s back pain became severe. Jack gave her a priesthood blessing assuring her she would be comforted and get a peaceful night’s sleep. Susan felt nauseated and sweaty. We decided to seek out the hospital. The GPS took us directly to the St. Francis Hospital there in Grand Island. Susan was admitted to the ER about 9:15 pm Monday night. The doctor, a woman, thought she was having a heart attach, but after several tests and a CAT scan it was determined she was passing a kidney stone. This is what we both were thinking it was. Susan was given anti-nausea medicine and pain medicine and began to feel better. We left the hospital and finally got to bed at 2:30 am on Tuesday morning. Susan was feeling pretty good by then. She said she had the best sleep since our wedding night. (Just kidding, but it was the best sleep in many years.)

Tuesday morning we got up at 7:00 a.m. and found it was snowing and the wind was blowing the snow horizontally. The night before must have been stormy on I-80, because we passed 5 cars that were upside down on the side of the highway and two semi-trucks were on the side of the road. The wind and snow continued most of the day. The snow let up at times but the wind was blowing strongly all day. We stopped for lunch at McDonald’s in Cheyenne that had a playground for the kids. They had a good time running around for awhile before we headed off again anxious to see the Utah boarder. Finally, we crossed into Utah about 6:00 p.m. and arrived at Jade’s house about 8:30 p.m. after a long, long, day. It was good to be home again.

We are all praying for Glen.
The trip was great and we made it.
Even a side trip to the Emergency room
at Grand Island Nebraska didn't take away from
how special everything was. The little girls were fantastic
and even Frances did better than she thought she would.
We had a great time at the baptism and an interesting time
at the horse farm. Kentucky is very beautiful. It was a long drive and I highly recommend
that everyone buy a GPS. It saved us more than once.
We love you all.
Momma Susan

Welcom Home!

I'm glad to hear that everyone made it home from Ky. Dad how about an entry detailing your crazy drive all night long from what I hear. Mom, give us some details about the visit and what you thought about Ky. Any pics? We're just sad that we didn't get to come along. It meant a lot to Nate when everyone came to his baptism back in Sept.

Love you all,

John

Pray for Glen.

Hi Family...this is Sarah.
I would rather be posting about something else, but I came over here to the "family blog" to ask for your prayers in behalf of Glen. He had is annual visit at Huntsman this Feb. and walked out with some shady news. They found a tumor in his neck and some other goofy things going on in his mouth. Long story short he is having surgery to remove the mass on Monday. He should only be in the Hospital for a couple of days and hopefully the recovery will go quickly and he will be back to his crazy self soon after! We will keep you posted on the results of the biopsy which we should get back within a couple weeks after the surgery. There is strength in numbers and I know that with the Faith of the family we can beat whatever the circumstances turn out to be and Glen's best interest will be in the hands of the Lord. Thank you!
We will be Fasting on Monday if you would like to participate :)
P.S. Glen doesn't want anyone to worry.

Sisters Weekend!!!

Ok girls time to plan our weekend. I thought of some ideas and if you all have any post them and then we need to plan it and get it on everyones schedule. Lets try and plan it in the summer when Janni is here.

Some ideas are....drum roll please......

Camping at the KOA in bear lake then play at the lake, get a cabin somewhere and hangout, Stay at a hotel somewhere or the usual and go to st. george. Let me know what, where and when. Love you all!

I was checking out one of my favorite sites called "ldsmag.com". It's an online magazine for members of the church. It has articles and video links. There's one that I think everyone should watch. Just go to 'ldsmag.com". Once there go to the column on the right and scroll down about 3 quarters of the way down to the heading "latter day saint student on Harvard panel takes on hard questions". I think all of you will really appreciate what she does and how she does it. Her name is Rachel Esplin and she's from Blackfoot Idaho. She's the president of the ldssa there on the Harvard campus. There's also videos of the others talking about their faith and religion. I found it very interesting and informative.

Check it out!

John

Time Change

Because we barely made it into the 8:30 session last month, we have decided to meet at RaeAnn's house to leave for the temple by 7:45am. If you can't make it by then meet us in the chapel for the 8:30 session. Hope to see you all there this Saturday.

February 28th

Mark your calendar for February 28th at 1:30p.m.

McKayla will be getting baptized YEAH!

We are so excited for her.

We will be sending out invitations soon and we will also have a small lunch afterwards.

Love you all and hope you can make it.

Welcome Kory and Aaron

Kory and Aaron have now started blogs.

http://korybaseball.blogspot.com/

http://aaron24601.blogspot.com/

FEBRUARY TEMPLE DAY

Saturday, Feb 7, 2009 is our temple day. Just a reminder to the family to be at the Timpanogos Temple this Saturday at 8:30 am. Dad has several family names to do. Ask him for a card to take through the endowment session. Jack and Susan plan to be there.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GLEN

Happy Birthday Glen!!

Wow! The big 30. My 30's have been so much better than my 20's. I hope it is the same for you.

Uncle Jeff

Aunt Dallas called me this afternoon to let me know that Uncle Jeff has been having chest pains and is in the hospital in Orem. They have run a lot of test and he will be having by pass surgery tomorrow (Jan 25) in the morning. I am asking everyone to pray for him and send all your best thoughts to them. I will let everyone know the outcome when I know more.
Love and kisses to everyone
MOM

Happy Birthday Ruth

Happy Birthday to You! Happy Birthday to You! Happy Birthday dear Ruthie! Happy Birthday to You! Love you tons!

From the Hurst Family

Regular Family Temple Attendance

Maria called around and organized a temple trip for this morning. Kevin, RaeAnn, Maria, Frances and Lydia were able to attend. We thought it would be great if we schedule a regular family temple trip every month and whoever can make it will make it. We thought we should try for every 1st Saturday. Meet at RaeAnn's house at 8:00am. We made the 8:30 session today without any trouble and Provo is closed so we should be able to make it usually. We think if we have a set date and time then people can plan their schedules around it whenever possible. We hope more will make it in February. Call RaeAnn for more info. if needed. Love you all! By the way: FAMILIES ARE FOREVER!