Update - Kind Of

Hey everyone. What happens when you can't get to your blog for a long time? Life happens. And it has been crazy

Peter is still in school. He has had some set backs but all in all he is doing well. He just keeps plugging away at it. He is also home with Aly and is having a fun time being a stay at home dad but is starting to miss working. (It must be a guy thing). He can't wait for school to get over so that he can do what he really wants to do - mess with peoples heads.

Jill's work is getting more and more busy every day as more fire departments agree to send their gear in for maintenance. It is exciting to be working on a new company and especially exciting to be making such a difference in the world.

Also, Jill has started her own little business with her mom on the side selling Shelf Reliance THRIVE foods. If anyone is interested let me know or go to www.shelfreliance.com/jillaustin. It is really fun and the food is excellent. It makes great food storage and wonderful healthy snacks. Aly's favorite is the pineapple, strawberries, and blackberries. Jill's is the freeze dried chicken and Taco flavored TVP and Peter loves the Macaroons. I think mostly because he can make them - just add water. We even have a way to build up your food storage slowly and inexpensively.

Aly is a bundle of fun. She is full of tons of 2 year old energy. She loves singing, especially I am a Child of God and I love to see the Temple. She also loves having tea parties with her stuffed animals. She is really into anything princess right now. We have to tell her on Sunday that we are putting her special princess dress on or she won't wear her Sunday clothes. She's so funny. All her shoes have to be princess shoes and she loves sleeping in them. We love her so much. She always brings a smile to our face

Well, we hope everyone is doing well. We love you all.

New Pictures

Aly has discovered that she loves to shop. Shoe shopping is her favorite.

October 1st was Caylin's 1st birthday. So we went over for her party. Aunt Cami let all the kids decorate their own cupcakes. The goal was to make monster cupcakes. Aly was more interested in eating the candy then decorating with it.

October 9th our stake held a Country Festival. Their was a chili cook-off, entertainment, and all sorts of dancing. It was a lot of fun and they had a great turnout.

The very first project of MarKen PPE, Jill's new job, was to make Pink Turnout gear for the City of North Las Vegas. Every Oct. the Pink Ribbon Tour, a tour for Breast Cancer awareness, tours the nation with it's final stop being Las Vegas. North Las Vegas Fire Dept. hosts the events here in town. As part of the fundraiser there is a fashion show of Cancer Survivors. The Survivors are escorted by Firemen who will wear the Pink turnout gear that Becky, Jill, and Nikole made. After the show the gear gets auctioned off and the money is donated to Breast Cancer research. Joey and Mark (one of the owners of the company) were kind enought to try the gear on so that we could see if it needed any tweeking. What great sports. When Capt. Williams came to pick the gear up he started crying because of the flanel details that we put in the gear. It has been a very emotional project with ups and downs. We all know people who have been effected by breast cancer. We are greatful that the gear is done and even more greatful that we could be a part of such a wonderful cause. So, for all of you who live here in Vegas, watch the news at the end of the month and you will see our gear.