Everything Under the Sun

I put this on my family website. But for those of you that dont have access to those sites, I really wanted to share this with you. I am soooo excited to share with you a video I watched today. It is a fireside given by Wendy DeWitt. It is called Everything Under the Sun. It is all about food storage. I have been learning about food storage for almost 23 years now. I have tried over the years to get some food storage in. But I am the kind of person that has a hard time looking outside of the box. But after watching this video, my way of looking at food storage has completely changed.
Wendy DeWitt is over all the canning and food storage for the church. This is her calling. She is amazing! She had so many
ideas that I never even heard of before.
A couple of years ago I went to an EMT conference in Boise. They devoted 2 hours of this conference toward this Pandemic that is coming. It is not a matter of when or if, but it is coming. It is going to be BIG! I hope that everyone of us takes this very seriously. If you havent heard of this pandemic yet, I will try to explain a little of what will happen. It is supposed to be like the Bird Flu, but worse. It will kill at least 50% of the people that get it. It has an incubation period of 10 days. So someone could have it and you wouldn't know it until it is to late. It is very contagious. I know that the government and our individual State of Idaho are preparing for it. It is on its way. When it does get here people will basically be quaranteed to their homes. Most public places will be closed, including stores. What you have in your home is what you will eat. They dont know how long the Pandemic will last. But they do know that there will be at least a couple of waves go through. Are we prepared for this? I know that I am not. This is why I am so excited to finally find something to answer my food storage needs. Something that will help me get a plan together.
You can find her talk by Googling Wendy DeWitt. The talk is called Everything Under the Sun. You can download it. If you can get the DVD please do. If you can't let me know and I will burn you a copy. I am not kidding when I say, it is amazing!!!! It is definately worth taking the time to watch. Please do and then let me know what you think of it.
She also has some great ideas on how to store water. I am all about "easy". So I loved her ideas!

This is the old Jims Tire building. They are tearing it down. It will be the home of the new Internet Truck Stop.

Digging up the sidewalk next to the daycare. They tore down the awning of that building. I am kind of sad about that. I loved that awning. They are using the daycare as a call center for Internet Truck Stop.

Spring in NP and everything is torn up

Our town is undergoing some major construction. We received some grants last year. One of the grants was "safe route to school" It paid for all new side walks to be put in through the city. As well as new lighting on those side walks. They have part of the sidewalks completed. Now they are working on the ones downtown in the business area. It is a mess now, but it will be very nice when it is completed.
They also got a grant to replace all of the sewer systems in the city. So every road has been dug up. It is not uncommon to drive along and see a big hole right in the middle of the road. They keep them well marked, so people like me wont end up in the hole!
After they finish the side walks they got another grant to repave the road going through town.
Scott Moscrip, our old mayor, was the one that was instrumental in getting all of these grants. He also owns 3/4 of the town. So he is putting all new roofs, and siding on alot of the buildings. Just trying to make the town look nicer. He bought the old Jims Tire building. He is in the process of tearing it down right now and will be putting in a new Internet Truck Stop Building.
So if you ever get the opportunity of driving through our wonderful little town, you are in the know! :)

You know that you are redneck when you put an add in the paper like this.... Too Funny!

The boys looking at each other. Jarrit gets very excited when he sees his brother. He starts smiling and gooing at him.

Karder and Jarrits Baby Blessings

Sunday, March 15, 2009 Karder and Jarrit were given a name and a blessing. They were blessed by their Grandpa (Bill) Brown. Those in the circle were Karder and Jarrits Great-Great Grandpa Winegar and their Great Grandpa Stokes. They also had their Uncle Adam and Seth. Josh was able to stand next to the circle and hold a baby while the other was being blessed. The blessings were beautiful. And of course, the babies didnt cry but Grandma did. :)

Grandpa had baby duty while everyone got dinner on the table. As you can tell he hardly enjoyed that!

Jarrit and Karder on their blessing day 3-15-2009

Jarrit our little man

Karder looking all dapper in his blessing outfit.

Kent took 2nd at the State Wrestling Tournament

Kent did a wonderful job this weekend. It was a hard fought battle. We are very pleased with him.
Thank you Amberly for letting Kerry, Heidi and I crash at your house Thursday and Friday. I havent been there for over 2 years. It was fun to see your place again. You were a life saver! Thank you again!!! Another thank you goes to Ashley and Josh for taking care of Tanner and Braxton for us. I felt better knowing that they were safe with you guys. Thank you!!!!
We were also able to see some friends that live in Eastern Idaho. John Ackerman and Linda Gibbs. These are friends we havent seen for a long time. They were both at the tournament. It was fun seeing and visiting with them.
It was a fun trip. But very long and tiring and the same time. Sitting all day completely wears you out for some reason. Along with my nerves I was exhausted by the end of the tournament. The wrestling tournament didnt get over until 10:30 Saturday night. So we didnt get home until 2:30 Sunday morning. I was more than excited about going to this tournament and watching Kent compete. But I am sooo glad it will be a few years before I watch another one of my boys competing at a State tournament. It makes me a nervous wreck!
This is part of an article that was written for the paper. It gives a few more details than I could give on my own.

New Plymouth Wrestlers Place 3rd at

2009 State Tournament

Sylas Gaskins State Champion-AGAIN!

5 Others Place In Top Six


New Plymouth wrestlers arrived at the Idaho State Wrestling Championships with 15 wrestlers after taking runner up at the District Tournament the weekend before. After the dust settled Saturday, February 28th, the Pilgrims earned a 3rd place State Trophy with five State Placers and one State Champion.

Holt Arena in Pocatello was the site of much drama and the culmination of many hours of practice and improvement throughout the season. Most of the New Plymouth wrestlers scored points to make the 3rd place finish a total team effort. Every single win and pin helped the Pilgrims not only take home their third State Trophy in five years, but place ahead of traditional powerhouses Challis (last years State Champs) and North Fremont for the first time in recent memory. Challis (twice) and North both placed ahead of New Plymouth earlier this season at tournaments, a testament to the improvement the Pilgrims have made. 15 pins throughout the two day tournament by nine different Pilgrims made all the difference in New Plymouth taking 3rd.
Malad for the first time in schools history took 1st with twelve State Placers and 199 points, with W.I.C. rival Parma taking 2nd with 195 points. New Plymouth earned 140 points, surpassing Challis (138 points) in the final match of the night with senior Sylas Gaskins (hwt) win over Kieran Riley (Parma) by injury default. Thirty one teams competed.
Gaskins win in the finals earned him his second State Championship in two years, completing a storybook career as a Pilgrim. His sophomore year, Gaskins took home 3rd at State. Not only did Gaskins performance of three pins and his championship win help the Pilgrims secure the points needed to pass Challis, but also denied Parma of taking home the State Championship trophy (if Sylas would have gotten pinned by Riley, Parma would have passed Malad and earned 1st).


Senior Kent Brown (160) was the other Pilgrim to reach the finals, earning huge points by pinning Challis’s former State Champ Skyler Cutler in the semi-finals. Brown faced Parma’s Jed Ferguson of Parma in the finals, a foe he defeated the weekend before where Brown won the District Championship. This time, the tables were turned and Brown lost a 3-0 decision, and earning Brown a Runner-up silver medal. Brown placed 3rd as a junior.