Merry Christmas

Wow, can I just say that this year has FLOWN by! I'm not even sure where to begin since the months are all squished together!

I'll do a little calendar and get it all together and send an email out to everyone.

In the meantime, have a wonderful Merry Christmas and remember who you are worshiping this time of year even more so than before.

Love,

Nathan & Karen Wicke

More pictures of Utah

Cherry on Temple Square with the sister missionary from Taiwan to show her around and explain a few things to her

Tiffany, Karen, Sofia and Marcela

Temple Square, Salt Lake City, UT

October 2009

Tiffany, Cherry, Marcela, Karen & Sofia

Joseph Smith Memorial Bldg

October 2009

Darren, Tiffany, Karen & Cherry
Look for this picture in the Ensign/Liahona
Darren is from England in SLC at the UofU studying, who is a convert
Tiffany is from CA living in UT
Karen is from WA, living in AZ
Cherry, is 15, not a member and studying in AZ with Karen
What a mix!
It was awesome

Recent Photos

Saturday morning Session of General Conference 10/03/2009

Salt Lake City, UT

Cherry, Karen, Darren & Tiffany

Conference Center, Salt Lake City, UT

Stassy, Karen & Cherry

Bridal Veil Falls, Provo, UT

Bridal Veil Falls, Provo Canyon



Cherry & Stassy (my 18 yr old cousin)

True trophy story

The Gila valley temple (AZ) is being constructed. Time for placing the angel Moroni statue atop the temple had come. Many gathered to watch. Two were a father and his little son. When the golden Moroni was being lifted out of the wooden crate by the giant crane, the little boy looked at his father and exclaimed, "Wow, who won that trophy!"

General Conference

I've loved General Conference for a many number of years.
12 years ago, it was very important to me as I had made a drastic change in my life, had just gone to the temple 11 months before, turned in mission papers and was able to sing in the April 1997 Saturday afternoon session of conference. A couple of years ago, we were able to watch conference at the JSMB in SLC and feel the spirit there while we sustained a new prophet. This was awesome for me because I was now married and able to be there with someone who loves the prophet, the Lord and the gospel as much as I do and in his own special way.

This year, I have the awesome privilege to take Cherry, our Chinese exchange student to SLC for conference and enjoy the spirit with her there. We are staying with friends and will be hanging out with them all weekend long. I'm so excited for her and can't wait to share this weekend with her so that she can see why we go to church, why we do what we do and what we don't do as a family and individuals.

Of course, we'll do the entire Temple Square Experience and we'll take her to the mountains and go do a little bit of hiking. We'll be staying with a friend who lives right down in the heart of the the city.

I can't wait! I'm so excited. Pictures will follow as we take them and when I return. They probably won't be posted right away, but they will be eventually!

Make sure to watch conference.

Karen

Think before you speak....

This was emailed to me today from a friend.

Some are hilarious!

Here are six reasons why you should think
before you speak -the last one is great!
Have you ever spoken and wished that
you could immediately take the words back...
Here are the Testimonials of a few people who did....
FIRST TESTIMONY:
I walked into a hair salon with my husband and three kids in tow and asked loudly,
'How much do you charge for a shampoo and a blow job?' I turned around and walked back out and never went back
My husband didn't say a word...he knew better.
SECOND TESTIMONY:
I was at the golf store comparing different kinds of golf balls. I was unhappy with the women's type I had been using. After browsing for several minutes, I was approached by one of the good-looking gentlemen who works at the store.
He asked if he could help me.
Without thinking, I looked at him and said, 'I think I like playing with men's balls'
THIRD TESTIMONY:
My sister and I were at the mall and
passed by a store that sold a variety of candy and nuts. As we were looking at the display case, the boy behind the counter asked if we needed any help. I replied, 'No, I'm just looking at your nuts.'
My sister started to laugh hysterically.
The boy grinned, and I turned beet-red and walked away.
To this day, my sister has never let me forget.
FOURTH TESTIMONY :
While in line at the bank one afternoon,
my toddler decided to release
some pent-up energy and ran amok.
I was finally able to grab hold of
her after receiving looks of disgust and annoyance from other patrons.
I told her that if she did not start behaving 'right now' she would be punished.
To my horror, she looked me in the eye and said in a voice just as threatening,
'If you don' t let me g o right now, I will tell Grandma that I saw you kissing Daddy's pee-pee last night!'
The silence was deafening after this enlightening exchange.
Even the tellers stopped what they were doing. I mustered up the last of my dignity and walked out of the bank with my daughter in tow.
The last thing I heard when the door closed behind me, were screams of laughter.
FIFTH TESTIMONY:
Have you ever asked your child a question too many times?
My three-year-old son had a lot of problems with potty training and I was on him constantly. One day we stopped at Taco Bell for a quick lunch, in between errands It was very busy, with a full dining room. While enjoying my taco,
I smelled something funny, so of course I checked my seven-month-old daughter, she was clean.
The realized that Danny had not asked to go potty in a while.
I asked him if he needed to go,and he said 'No' ..
I kept thinking 'Oh Lord, that child has had an accident, and I don't have any clothes with me.'
Then I said, 'Danny, are you SURE you didn't have an accident?'
'No,' he replied.
I just KNEW that he must have had an accident, because the smell was getting worse. Soooooo, I asked one more time, 'Danny did you have an accident ? This time he jumped up, yanked down his pants, bent over, spread his cheeks and yelled 'SEE MOM, IT'S JUST FARTS!!'
While 30 people nearly choked to death on their tacos laughing,
he calmly pulled up his pants and sat down.
An old couple made me feel better, thanking me for the best laugh they'd ever had!
LAST BUT NOT LEAST TESTIMONY:
This had most of the state of Michigan laughing for 2 days and a very embarrassed female news anchor who will, in the future, likely think before she speaks.. What happens when you predict snow but don't get any! We had a female news anchor that, the day after it was supposed to have snowed and didn't,
turned to the weatherman and asked:
'So Bob, where's that 8 inches you
promised me last night?'
Not only did HE have to leave the set, but half the crew did too they were laughing so hard!

Wanna Good Laugh

OK, I am telling everyone right now that I am not the one to cut any ones hair. First of all, I plead the 5th and will not say anymore. So, without further words, take a look at the below pictures of my poor Kale, new nickname, Patchwork!
Please remind me every time you see me that you will NEVER let me cut your hair or your pets!

Do I need say more. Nathan just gave up and said that there was nothing else he could do since the blades of the clippers are damaged from over use!! Over use, right, but I know what he is saying. Before I take him anywhere we'll let his hair grow a little longer so people don't ask why he looks so stupid.

This was done Saturday night about 9 PM outside, can you say, blind Karen, what the heck?

His cute little face is the only thing that looks normal and didn't change. We clipped his whiskers and eyelashes but he looks just as beautiful!

Every time I look at him, I apologize to him for making him look so dumb :o)