Here's an update about my brother, Elder Cassinat (Jared) serving in the Winnipeg, Manitoba mission. He is enjoying the work and working hard. The following is an excerpt from his latest Weekly Update letter to go with this picture:"Tuesday morning we had district meeting. It was about how we can become better teachers and how to do better at our job. After that I went on exchange with Elder S. Smith. He is from Idaho and he is the youngest of 6. We tracted in St. Paul, it was a nicer neighborhood. I think I ran into a Jets player, not 100% sure. We were doing a Bible Survey. There was this one house with a helicopter on the front. It wasn't working. But we were let in by Kristina. She is taking Biblical Studies in college and so we talked about the Book of Mormon and how they connect. Exchanged numbers and left her with a copy of the Lesson 1 pamphlet and Book of Mormon. Went in for dinner. After dinner we ran into Jon. He is a geologist here in Selkirk and he really interesting fellow. Very well educated and knows his stuff. He used to have missionaries come into his home. We asked if he had a copy of the Book of Mormon. He came with the Book of Mormon but also a case. And inside the case was bagpipes! He played Scotland the Brave, the tune for which Praise to the Man was taken from. Amazing grace, Flowers of the Forest, and more Ride and Dangevar. He then let us try it out. Hence the picture. I can't believe the lung capacity and power you need to play that thing. But I guess it is the same as the baritone or trombone, it got easier the more I played it."
Garrett and I also had fun preparing for a Halloween Party that was hosted by one of the young couples in our ward. Garrett made "Witch Finger" cookies. We had to modify the recipe a bit--instead of sticking the almonds onto the cookies with red gel icing we used pumpkin butter. Gave the nail-bed a festering infection sort of look and tasted delicious! Since we only received the invitation the day before Halloween we didn't have time to get a pumpkin until after work on Monday (Halloween Day). Garrett bought one of the last remaining pumpkins. It was rather small, and its skin was VERY thick. Garrett eventually resorted to using his electric drill.
Our "Puking Pumpkin"
I dressed up as a Polar Bear for the Halloween celebration at work. Those grey plastic sheets hanging from the ceiling at work were garbage bags. They were supposed to form a haunted alley around our cubicles but the decorators ran out of garbage bags halfway through the project. 
We had Jordan over for a small Birthday dinner on Garrett's birthday (and celebrated Jordan's b-day too). Garrett opted to have ice-cream sandwiches for his "cake".
