Sept, 7 2008
There was a gorgeus sunset the other night. I love where I live. Jenika and Cutler spent some time with Grandma this week while Rachelle was at school. They are so Cute!!!

Sept. 7, 2008

Yesterday I spent all day painting the old play house. First I had to kill all the hornets and knock the nests down, (yuk!) then I had to get rid of the spider webs, some with spiders (double yuk!). I made Dave get on the ladder for the top window and eaves. It looks much better. It has turned into my Christmas storage in the loft and my garden center in the bottom. I listened to my Ipod the whole time to a new book called "The Holy Secret" It was so good. Lots of new insights to the scriptures, the Sabbath day, the Temple, and our responsibility. I loved it and realize more and more how much I don't know.

August 31, 2008

So Now that it is just Dave and I home, this is what it looks like here. Either Dave on the bed watching TV alone.....or I am sitting by him. That is pretty much it. What an exciting life! Acutally, today we went to church, it was great....Joylene Quick and Merlin Blad spoke. I had to give my R.S. lesson today and I am very glad that is over. After church Mel and Jo and the kids came for dinner. Bryson was with Jackson so that was extra fun. We had corn on the cob and I should have go a picutre of Jessica eating her corn...she loved it. Now the kids are gone, we have spoken to all the girls on the phone and I have to work tomorrow so I guess I will go to bed. What an exciting life huh?

August 31, 2008
On August 23rd Chelsey flew out to Washington DC. We put her on the shuttle in Pocatello and she was off. We miss her but are glad she gets to have this opportunity. She is there until December.

On August 25th I took Whitney to Provo to help her move in and to visit Casey. Whitney is all moved in and ready for another exciting year at BYU. She auditioned for the Ballet theatre and made it. Her first show is Sept. 18th - 20th.

So while I was there I went to Nephi with Casey and Luke and his Dad took us on a horse ride up the canyon. They run their cattle up in the canyon and I really don't know how they gather them in those mountains. It is pretty steep in spots. We had fun though and then went to Lukes house and his mom made us dinner. By the way....what do you notice is the same in each picture?

August 31, 2008

On August 22nd, Chelsey, Whitney and I hiked to table rock. See that flat little mountain in the picutre? That is where we hiked to.

IT took us 3 1/2 hours up and the same down hill. I was trying to keep up with the girls the whole way. The last 30 minutes of the hike up is a killer. This year I listened to my IPod for some inspiration up the hill and I think it helped. It is sooooo beautiful on top. You can see all the way down the valley into Driggs and of course it is a close up view of the Tetons!!!

Of course we always have to get an arabesque shot! There is a reason I did not post the ones of Chelsey and I. The way down was easier on the breathing but my toes were killing me. I was sore for the next couple of days. We had a great time though. We ate square ice cream cones at the "Dam" store on the way home. What memories!!

August 7-10, 2008 We went on a family camping trip to warm River just outside of Ashton. We had a great time as you can tell from the pictures. The kids loved floating the river on the tubes, the girls all had a book (from the Twilight series) to read and we even played some cards. We went to Mesa Falls and Yellowstone park and saw a play in West Yellowstone, ate some great ice cream and shopped. We came home tired, dirty and grateful for carpet and a bathroom with a flushing toilet within 10 feet of the bed.