I know that eveyone is really excited about not hearing from me on the last general conference but I have been thinking about it all month long. In doing the math there is no way that we can get all the talks done by next conference doing one a week. I think what we will try is to give each family a month and then share the talks eaqually from there. Jana and I and Margaret will take November.
Jeff Chase Family Dec: Elder Winkel; Elder Hales; Elder Scott; Pres Monson Priesthood Session; Elder Perkins; Elder Cardon
Hodges Jan: Elder Pieper; Elder Wirthlin; Elder Eyring; Pres Hinckley Priesthood Session; Elder Nelson; Elder Clarke
Jenkins Feb: Elder Baxter; Sister Elaline Patton; Elder Christofferson; Pres Monson Sunday Morning; Pres Hinckley Sunday Morning; Elder Edwards
Butlers Mar: Elder Robert Oaks; Elder Bower; Elder Nash; Elder Perry; Pres Packer; Elder Gibbons
Mom and I and Margaret will take November and we have that broken out. I just went through the speakers like last conference and assigned them in the order that they spoke and the order of our family.
I have 30 minutes to shower and get ready for church so best get going. We will get started with our assingment and hope that this works out ok. There are more talks than weeks so however each family wants to do them is fine. It would be fun if there was one or more each week but whatever works will be a great blessing to all of us. Know that I love you all very much and that you are in our prayers constantly. God bless each of you with his richest blessing and an abundance of his spirit to guide you in all that you do.
Dad

So am I just a big loser. I check out the blog everyday still. So I guess I should leave a post, I just hope that somebody reads it. Ryan and I are buying a house. At least we are in the process of. Hopefully everything goes smoothly. If all goes as planned it will be December when we move in. Not excited to move in the cold but excited to get out of this piece of junk. We have been without heat for two weeks. The first week and a half it was just cold. Then the rental company finally brought us some space heaters. Then the breakers kept popping in the kids rooms, which is where we had the heaters at night to keep the kids warm, so it was freeing all night for everybody. Hopefully that finally got fixed tonight. It has been a cold two weeks. But I called the management place today to tell them that the kitchen faucet was leaking and the fan in the master bath didn't work, which I had already told them before. I can't wait to get out of this disaster of a house.

Anyway, on a much happier note, Tiana had her baby. A little girl, Brooklyn Tiana Nelson. Also thank you Katherine for saving me lots of money with coupon sense. My last shopping trip I bought 48 items for $30 and I'm still getting a $10 mail in rebate so it will really only be $20 for 48 items. I get a huge rush every time a get a really good buy like that. Thank you Katherine. I love you.

We also got another turtle. This one is a boy turtle. So now we have a girl turtle, Mimi, and a boy turtle, Flopanese. I know they have funny names. The kids have imaginary friends named that, they just made up the word flopanese. So now they aren't so imaginary anymore. And yes the two turtle could mate but it isn't likely they would. But we think it would be fun to have a little baby turtle. They are about the size of a quarter when they are born. It has been a lot of fun having turtles. Although our new boy turtle is a lot stinkier than our girl. Big surprise.

The kids are doing great. Benjamin still isn't walking but he is doing a real good job trying. He has been incredible when it comes to sleep. When he gets tired he begs me to put him to sleep. He waves when I tell him it's night night and he is so excited when I put him in bed. It is so cute and nice for me. Both Charles and Joseph both just had ear infections. It was horrible. They were both in so much pain I couldn't even get tylenol to work. Anyway, I love you all. Hope to hear from you too.

Here are some pictures from Benjamin's birthday, and Katherine a picture of Ben and I wearing our matching shirts. He had a good birthday. Not that he cared it was his birthday or anything. Grandma Butler gave him a play phone and the older boys won't stop fighting over it. Mom gave him some Dora books and they won't leave those alone either. I finally had to put them up so they aren't ruined before Ben can even enjoy them. I made that blanket for Benjamin if you can even see it in the picture very well. It's fun for me to see how much better I've gotten since I first started making quilts. I don't know why I love it so much.

Also when mom and dad were moving I found a cassette tape of Margaret singing when she was little. It was so cute and hilarious. Here are the links to go listen to her.
http://www.licotto.com/ryan/margaret1.mp3
http://www.licotto.com/ryan/margaret2.mp3

Hope you enjoy them. She was very picked on as a child. Also Jeff and Kaynel, did you get your computer up and working? Let us know if you need anything. We'd be happy to show you how to use Pro Show, the picture slideshow program. It's a lot of fun. I'm making slideshows with my Beehives right now for mutual. I'm pretty excited. Well I love you all and hope that I will soon be posting a picture of our house, or possibly a lot, who knows. Pray for us. We're anxious to get into a house but can't seem to get all the bugs worked out of any situation to where we feel comfortable with what's happening.
Love
Butler