Happy Fall Y'all!

For the first time this season, we are having cool weather! Yea! It feels so refreshing and nice...I hope it lasts.

This is a picture of mist rising off the Bayou in the morning, before work.

The kids at the library are suppose to create pumpkins out of Storybook Characters. This is Sarah's example (She did the Princess and the Pea). And here's one of my favorites, Charlie Brown, submitted by Dr. Jack Ferry:

Last Saturday, I went to Lake Charles, which is about 2 hours west of me, for a Genealogy Conference. I went with Linda, one of my co-workers. We had fun visiting on the way over, and getting lost in downtown! The conference was held in the beautiful Civic Center, on the shores of the lake.

Ms. Linda posing on the balcony over Lake Charles.


Below is the Lake Charles Alligator. He has everything Lake Charles is known for painted on his body. I just thought it was cool.

At work, Monday and Tues., we trained on Polaris, our new library system, which will replace Dynix. I'm excited-it's a Window based system and I think it will be much more user friendly for both our patrons and our staff.

I spent the rest of the week, trying to play catch-up and get all the ILL books processed and cleared off my desk that have been piling up.

I spent this whole last weekend at Church. Friday Night our Branch had a Halloween Carnival and I helped out at the Prize Booth. I have never seen so many kids in so many cute costumes. It was crazy chaos! Then the Relief Society had a Super Saturday Craft Day. We made items to give away for the holidays. Here's a picture of me with my friends, Nicole and Stephanie. We had lunch and then, we had a Baptism that afternoon. It was really nice. Finally, on Sunday, we had our Primary Program. I wish I was still in Primary, so I could have been up there, singing with the kids. They did an awesome job though!

And now, it's just another Manic Monday... :-) I hope everyone has a great week!

Happy Friday!

After 3 weeks of reading a page here, and reading a page there, I finally finished Dan Brown's new book The Lost Symbol :-) It has officially bumped The Host down from my # 1 spot of favorite books! What can I say...if you haven't read it, Read It! (But, make sure you've read Angels and Demons and Di Vinci Code first.)

Let's see, other good news...

I finished the book last Sat. On Monday I got a new Seminary Student-that brings my count up to 4! :-) Chasity has been coming to class with Tara and Marteena, but we made it official and got her on the roll. I admire her for getting up and coming every morning, when she's not even a member (yet!)

Coming out of church Tues. morning the sky was infused with colors-pink, orange, red, yellow. It took my breath away, I've never seen anything like it. Then, Tues. night while driving home from work, there were rainbows! God is an amazing Artist...The World is amazing.

Last night was Andrews Homecoming Game. And what a game! They played the New Orleans Saints. Zach, our Quarterback, scored a touchdown within the first 2 minutes of the game! :-) (Now, you have to know a little background about the Highland Bears to get why this is huge...this is the first year Highland has had a football team play in a league. I have been to every home game, but the first, and they have lost every one, most of the time never scoring). Andrew plays Middle Linebacker and boy he can tackle! It was fun to watch. We won 48-6 (New Orleans finally scored a touch down in the last 3 seconds of the game-talk about exciting...I was happy for them). Also, tonight was the first time we had an announcer and can I tell you what a difference that makes...I could actually follow the game! The Cheerleaders even did a little dance and they introduced the Homecoming Court. Our Quarterback's sister, Victoria Flemming was crowned Queen. The whole night was just plain fun.

And now, it Friday. Who can't love a Friday...it means we survived another week.

I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend.

Lonnie :-)

This Blog is Dedicated to Jill...

In response to Jill's concern about my well-being (You haven't written on your blog for months, are you okay? :-) I'm writing this blog just for her...

Yes, I am alive and kickin' Since school started in August, I have been teaching Early Morning Seminary. I get up at 4 am, get to the Church by 5:30 am to set up, and teach class from 6-7 am. Then, I run home, change clothes, and go to work. After working an 8-hour day, I go home, eat dinner, and stretch. Finally, I prepare my lesson for the next day and I try to be in bed by 9 pm...I feel like I'm on a mission, but I still have to squeeze in everyday things, too.

Speaking of missions, I've been sitting in on the missionary discussions with my friend, Sarah. It is such a neat experience!

I do make time for other things, too. One of my students, Andrew, plays football, and every other Thur. I got to his home games. I love it. I'd forgotten how fun high school football games are :-)

I accomplish a lot on my lunch breaks (run errands, visit with friends, do emails, blogs :-) and my weekends are packed...

For example, I really enjoyed Conference the first weekend of this month. Elder Holland's testimony of the Book of Mormon really touched me (that's what we're studying in Seminary right now.)

I spent this past weekend in Baton Rouge. I went to a Seminary Training Meeting and then I stayed and did a Temple Session. It was really nice.

Happy News: My friend Tara is getting married on Nov. 28th and I'm flying to Utah for the wedding. Which means, I'll be home for Thanksgiving! I can't wait to see everyone.

I've got to get back to work...
Love, Lonnie