The Truth Comes Out

Meeting Marc Brown

As several of you know, Marc Brown, author of the Arthur books, came to Columbus last week. He is celebrating thirty-five years of Arthur. We went to the library to listen to him speak and get a book signed.

It was so fun! He was funny, told great stories, and talked about where the characters and stories came from and who he based some of them on. I happen to have one Arthur book (DW Needs Glasses: fitting for our family, no?) and got it signed.

If any of you ever have a chance to meet him or listen to him speak, I highly recommend it. The Arthur show is the longest running animated series to date. And in case you wanted to know, he just signed on two more years of new Arthur episodes!

Also, he has two new books out that he illustrated for other children's authors: If All the Animals Came Inside by Eric Pinder and Farmyard Beat by Lindsay Craig. He read them, and they were both so cute! You should check them out from the library.

Happy Halloween!

Marcus was the Man in the Yellow Hat and Alexander was Curious George.

the SunSplash of Salt Lake

Well...maybe I should say IceSplash. That's what it feels like. But it sure is fun.
The river goes underneath the freeway through a pipe. So we put our tubes inside the pipe, use boards to build a dam, blocking the waterflow through the pipe, the water builds up, we pull the boards away, and the water shoots our tubes through the pipe at super-high speed.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20DGB6TRPbs

#youshouldbejealous

I think i'm the luckiest Toone child because I get to be with siblings more than anyone else -- pretty sure. so HA! 

K well I had to take a test on Friday so I was late to the game against UCF so when I finished I walked to Aaron's dorm, dropped my stuff off and we walked to the game together. There were 4 minutes left until half-time so he came and hung out with me! and we took a pic :) Love us. P.S. the game was AWESOME!!! I mean we still had some really really dumb embarrassing moments but also some really stellar moments! Geezzzzz... why couldn't we have done that last week?!

 On Saturday there was a luncheon for the Arizona chapter Alumni something-or-other... meaning FREE LUNCH! So we went of course--- why pass up free food?! There was a raffle for free garb and my name got picked! i got a towel and a candy bar. And we took a picture. of course :) Look how cute and happy we are!!

Finally Saturday night was the RS Broadcast. I really wanted to go to it in SLC so I asked Kathryn if she wanted to come with! We went and it was great -- minus the parts we were trying so hard to stay awake during! And we were photographed at least three times --- by different photographers. Sooo I'm pretty sure you should look for us in the November Ensign. We'll be there.

P.S. I'm so glad I'm the only one in our family with a life -- according to this blog.

Our annual excercise

Well a record was broken this weekend. We had three Toone kids hike Mt. Timp! In fact --- I think this is the first time we've had 3 Toone kids all in Utah! Go us! Well, the hike was great! Aaron turned into Mr. mountain goat and scaled the mountain without even stopping to breathe. Kathryn and I on the other hand...... we had a bit more trouble. :) We took it nice and slow. We would separate sometimes but we'd always end up back together. Luanne and Scott did great too! Scott settled in at the back of the pack but he made it! Three Banzai's for Scott! Banzai! Banzai! Banzai! 

There were times that is was pretty chilly but for the most part it was a beautiful day and a great day for a hike! It started to get cloudy and a few sprinkles hit us on the way down but a great hike nonetheless. There was quite a bit of snow/glaciers that we had to walk over, and that included slipping on most of them. ahem, Kathryn. We also parked 0.7 miles away....crowded. Which made the total hike 15.4 miles. We started a little after 7 and finished a little after 4. 

Kathryn Aaron and I did hike all the way to the top! We called the sisters and Dad for his birthday :) 

Kathryn hasn't been to the top since 1999... that's a loooooong time. But she did it! Yay! This was a first for Aaron! Go brother!!  

Fall 2011: ready or not, here I come!

Hey Fam. Just wanted to let you know I still take first day of school pics --- even in college :)

School is good. I'm a little overwhelmed and unorganized. But i'll get the hang of it. hopefully. I like my nursing instructors so far. They all seem really great! But my pathophysiology class seems like a beast. But one of my best friends and best study partners is in the class so hopefully we'll kick it in the pants! (That's the plan at least). (She's the one I got an A in physiology with! woot woot!)

Oh yeah, the new calling is good. I met with my counselors on Sunday and just went over everything and that relieved a lot of pressure and stress I was having. Am i allowed to have a testimony of counselors? Because i think i do.  It should be a good semester. Things are clearing up as the days go on. Which is always a good thing.

Let's see... I've managed to see Aaron everyday since Wednesday -- except for on Sunday and... yup! that's it! Dang I'm good! I've seen him 6 of the 7 days he's been here! I love seeing him and being with him :) It still doesn't feel real to me --- i mean, he's really here at BYU with me! crazy. We love our dance class :) We're kind of goofs in it though which makes it fun for us. We studied together on Monday and we met for lunch on Tuesday and he paid. What a gentleman! (thanks Mom and Dad for lunch!) But I'm sure we'll have many more adventures as the semester continues.

Love you all! Miss you! And I'll see you in October!