mini van struggles in the snow!

Dec. 9 email:
hello how is everyone doing today. things are great here in showlow. thats cool you guys got some snow too. we got about 1 foot on monday it was fun to drive the mini van around in the snow but it struggled. it was supposed to get 2 ft of snow up here but it has stopped for now. but i have gotten some good pics and things that i will send home probably today and today we are going sledding so that will be fun. i have received all the packages i believe thank you so much, the tootie fruities are delicious but im trying to eat healthy,the cds are great thank you so much its always nice to listen to something new. im wearing the new garments today. and theyre great. the new shampoo i didnt think was approved by mandy but its doin the job it was funny i checked to see if it smelt good and it shot up my nose left me with a bad taste but... the gloves i use everyday cant thank you enough there and i used the jacket and i bought a winter jacket cuz it gets really cold at night im going to ask all the missionaries today if one needs that north face jacket. but the coat is doin the job i dont think i need any other sweaters or anything but thanks. im excited for chistmas you dont need to send a c mas tree or anything we have the lights and things. thats a bummer that mandy has had a crazy week and hilarios that logan worked at the er and had some choice experiences one of the members up here is the head doc at the er up here and he tells us some way funny stories. thats good to hear riley is havin a good time with his friends. keepin the hot tub occupied. seems like you guys have been enjoyin the holidays thus far with the shoppin and things it will be fun to receive gifts even when i get home!! thats fun that mom is tending adele i wish i could play with her there is a lot of cute kids but we cant play with them really or hold them haha mandy is never going to have kids. i believe she did say though before i left or something that she would be pregnant when i came home.but... thats crazy to hear spencer young is gettin engaged man thats pretty darn quick i wonder who the girl is if you know you should let me know. i do enjoy seeing the other kids blogs and things its coool. and good to hear that trent is doing ok i got a little email from him today. but quick question for mandy my comp is going bald and was wondering what is the best shampoo to prevent or help him with that. but im doin great my knees are hangin in there but i have kinda hurt them twice with the snow we were having a snow ball fight with some kids after a lesson and i slipped on the ice and hit my knees and then i was pushing a car and same thing but just little bruises from some fun. but things are going really good last week was a little slow for teaching but this week has been good so far we have some more peope who have accepted baptism dates. just one of the adams is getting baptized the 19th of december. but he loves the church. and then there the little french lady monique. she's so awesome we had a good lesson last week and gave her the date of the 19th too and she so she had to quit smoking today and on sunday she fasted for it and was all excited and pumped and she is doing amazing. then we put the 2 over aged youths on date for the day after c mas sierra and maria bindley sierra is really smart but they enjoy church and things. so the work is going really good we are teaching a lot and have a few new investagators that we are picking up this week and the recent converts are coming to chuch gettin callings and having a good time so its been really neat. things have been really good up here in show low i like it a lot thank you so much for all the love and support have a wonderful week
love elder knaphus