Klondike

Let me intoduce you to my new Assistant Scoutmaster(Bro. Newbold). Of all the first camps to go on, he picked the Klondike. He made it through the night and this is about 10:00 the next morning. The van is warm, he is buckled up and ready to head for home. I hope he will go with me again.



Here are my scouts the next morning after a cold nights sleep, popping their heads out the first two comments were: "Is breakfast ready" and "Why didn't you put my chair away last night after I went to bed" It snowed during the night the night before valentines day, a few inches and his chair was buried. I laughed and asked him why he hadn't put his chair away last night, I had put mine away. It was his first camp with me and without his mom. He fast realized his mistake and we dusted off his chair.



Another cold Klondike with the scouts for Dad. This makes 11. The boys always have fun, in fact they always say that it is one of their funnest and most favorite camps. I must say, for me, they have lost some of the fun. I have learned how to stay warm enough and that is never a problem, but as scout master they are a lot of work before, during and after the camp. This year we had a little problem, during the night the propane tank froze. So in the morning I could only get one burner going and then it was so low it took us just over two hours to cook our bacon well enough that we could eat it. We had a great breakfast planned, pancakes, eggs, bacon and hot chocolate. Besides the bacon we couldn't cook anything else. So we had two slices of bread and two crusts, slow cooked bacon and two cookies for breakfast. No one complained. Here is hoping for better days and better camp outs.

We love our family

We had a great weekend, with a visit from Monica, Sean and Ayden. Then Mary Elizabeth, Logan and Penn along with Becky came over as well. We had a house full and it was so fun. It made me miss Candis It was really hard to leave for our temple assignment on Saturday night. I inserted a few pictures of the fun we had playing with Ayden. As you can tell Ayden really loves his Grandpa.

Sean, Monica and Ayden when you tell Ayden to say "Cheese" he does and then he wrinkles up his nose for the picture with a great smile. it is just sooooo cute


Grandpa and Ayden playing Superman Ayden really loves Superman and likes to fly around like Superman does




Picture of Grandpa and Ayden looking at past family pictures. One of those quiet movements when Ayden stopped for a few minutes to enjoy looking at pictures.

Dad and I sure love our family

Busy times

Hi Everyone,

The above is the family picture that dad I and decided to use. I think it is the best one of everyone. Hope you like it, but then again you all have your own disk and decided what you what or don't.

Boy we have been busy lately and I thought I would share with you some of the things we have done. Last night we went to the Draper Temple open house. All I can say is that it was beautiful (what else would it be). The Celestial Room took my breath away with the beauty and the Spirit that was there. We are definately going to go back when it opens.

As you all know Candis and Joe got away and arrived in California safely. We had a going away dinner for them the night before they left and here are some pictures that I thought was fun.

My procedure on Wednesday went great and everything came back as normal and no worries. I am glad that is over. But it was nice to spend the time with Dad.

summer vacation

As you might or might not know Daryl and I went on vacation this summer to Glacier National Park and then up to Cardston British Columbia, Canada to the temple. We had a great time. One of my favorite parts was taking a boat out on the Glacier Lake. It was a great time even when the rain came and we got soaked. After we got off the lake we pulled into a camp site for lunch. Daryl was so prepared that he had a tarped up and the food cooking in no time at all. What a guy. He looks so happy in the picture that he has become one of my favorite of him and I thought I would share it with everyone.

Entering the world of blogging

Hi

Well we did it, we finally entered the world of blogging. I must admit I am really nervous about this but think it might be fun to give it a try. I would dare say every one of our daughters have been trying to get us to do this for a while now and we finally gave in. I hope those of you who read it will leave a comment because I really enjoy reading them. I can't think of a better way to start the blogging then to say how much I love my husband of 29 years and my daughters, my sons and my grandchildren We have the best family in the whole wide world and we are so proud of everyone of them. Here is a family picture that we just took over Thanksgiving weekend.