This Debra ready for her Sweet Adelines family program! SHE LOOKS HOT!!!! Dont miss with an ADAMS! :)

Trip to Utah

Saturday night Debra, Kellen, Jenny, Hunter, Carson, Coby & Trey made a trip down to Utah to watch Emyrie dance. She did a WONDERFUL job and we all smiled alot! That night Davey, Emyrie and the boys spent the night in the camper and had a great time. Execpt when they came in the house at 7AM and played XBOX. There was no more sleeping after that :). On the way home we had to stop at Red Rock Pass and make a run up the hill. It was a great weekend thank you Lexie & Davey for letting us stay.

The Hermanha's teaching in our home. Two of these Sisters have gone home but Sister Martinas from Uruguai origionally lately from Florida is still here. This is my first time posting on the Blog. I had better quit now. Love you all.

As you can see I am in great form!

Sister Adams's smile is in many languages. This is Grace Molina our friend and landlord at a sweet 16 comming out party. Not her's !

Happy Birthday

A great looking chocolate cake and a great zone lunch from the missionaries started my 2nd birthday in the mission field off well. Sorry this has been so long is publishing I was having trouble downloading pictures off of our camera. I so appreciated all of the calls from home it made being away from home easier. The girls upstairs decorated my door, they are so sweet and then all the young men that hang around brought me flowers and stayed to have their picture taken. I should of turned the picture before I downloaded it but you can get the idea that the door was cute and now that I am 56 I can't stand for long so I lay on my back!!

Great looking District

Thought you might like to see what a great looking District we have even those gray haired missionaries are sharp,(well maybe cute) The two standing behind us and the one setting next to Dad are some of the Portuguese Missionaries. You have seen them a lot since they never leave this area. Elders Rawson, Rabelo, and Bolster. The other two are Chinese missionaries and the shorter one is Brian Purcell's brother-in-law.(small world isn't it). Elders Clift and Tjoeng(he is from Tiawan).

Dad thought that this fast food Chinese place would be the perfect place for missionaries to eat because it was holy chow(funny huh). We stopped and gave it a try and it was really pretty good now we just have to get all the missionaries there to eat holy chow!!

Sidy's Baptisim

Sidy is from Brazil and you can see how happy all the Portuguese missionaries, Zone Leaders and the Ward Mission leaders are, we have been praying for this day for months.

We have had the opportunity to work with Sidy for the past 8 months. We have become her white parents. She hardly ever missed a FHE or church some members of the ward thought she was already baptized. She is such a sweet girl but was so dedicated to her church. We knew that one day she would be baptized but we didn't know if we would be around to see it. So this past Wednesday when she called the Elders and said I'm ready the entire ward cheered

Here is the support she had at her baptism. This really is a great ward. Everyone was excited!!

Thanks for the prayers we receive from all of you at home they really do help here is proof!!

Kayla, Ty and Addi came sledding with us on New Years day. The boys babysitters dad made a great hill for everyone to play on. Ty would laugh all the way down the hill.

Shayne loves Christmas too!!

Merry Christmas

The boys got new skis, helmets, goggles, coats from Santa and they are in heaven. Carson said its the best Christmas every!! They are modeling a few of the ideas for you.

Happy Birthday Dad

What a great way to start your 58th year!!!! The calls and gift from home was the highlight of his day. The Missionaries and friends here made it easier to be away from home. The first picture is Dad with a new tie that the Elders bought. They wrapped it in a Christmas stocking. It is a sharp tie, they know ties.The Missionaries suprised him by singing Happy Birthday in Portuguese.
That included the missionaries who speak English, Chinese, Spanish and yes me too. After the suprise and song there was a group hug!!! Elders only.

The girls that live upstairs (Selenne, Karla, Emily and Kelly) decorated the apartment and sang Happy Birthday in spanish loudly at 5:50 am before they left for seminary and work. It is nice to be loved by family and friends!!

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving in the Mission field was a bit different. For one it wasn't even a Holiday in Canada , but the 18 of us from the USA made it a holiday here. We all have so much to be thankful for especially for the families at home supporting us. We love you all and miss you tons.

The first in line for the food, the Sisters of course.

Sister Absher(she is a friend of Jacob Phelps small world) with her homemade pumpkin pies.

Elder Mcphie mashing the potatoes a bit to hard and breaking the masher!

Elder Dester and Elder Rawson with their homemade rolls. They had good reason to smile the rolls were delicious.

Of course the Dad had to carve the turkey, both of them. We consumed 36 lbs of turkey and 20 lbs of potatoes. Fifteen Elders with bottomless pits, and 7 Sisters that enjoyed home cooking without a spanish flare. We had a great day hope yours was great too.

Dance Competition

Last Saturday, Addi was in a dance competition at Century High School. She did so good and had a ton of fun. Her "Hip Hop" dance received an Excellent and her "Bunny Dance" received Overall Champion. They got a huge trophy to put in the studio and Addi got her own individual trophy.

Yes, we love grandchildren

We love grandchildren and Kellen gave us the shot in the arm that we needed to make it 8 more months without them. Look out when we get home there will be a lot of hugs and kisses to share.

Cute mohawk we so enjoyed just watching him do everything even take a bath






He loved Grandpa's vibrating chair

He loved to eat, dill pickles didn't even slow him down.

Debra and Kellen

Wow has Kellen grown, and we were so glad to see both he and Debra. Thanks Neil for helping them get to Canada. We had the greatest time loving on the both of them. We also got in a little sight seeing and missionary work. The first full day they were here we had a teaching appointment with a Brazilian lady. Kellen gave the entire apartment a new smell and it wasn't roses. Everyone smiled as Debra, Kellen and I went to the car for a diaper change.








We bundled up on Friday and went to the Zoo it was so beautiful with all the trees in their fall colors.

Debra had to come clear to Canada to make it to Boo at the Zoo. Next year we will all go except it will be in Idaho

Thanks for the visit

In September Janell and Greg came to visit we had a
wonderful time seeing the sights, laughing, eating,
and even doing missionary work. Janell can now
smile in Spanish just a well as I do.















The CN tower the food is delicious

Greg teaching a game a FHE

Riding a big bike on the island, Greg did most of the work the rest of us enjoyed the view