Random Pictures from September

I have fallen in love with Calvin's little boy Jace. He has been coming to my preschool class and Cathryn has been helping. It has made my year so much more enjoyable. I can't remember why he was at my house, but I was taking him home one day and he fell asleep. So precious! I did a lot of canning this summer. Cathryn and I did peaches and pears and I made peach jam. I think this jam turned out really pretty. Our dog Ellie is so ugly she is cute. Jared got his arrow of light. So, here are a few pictures of the ceremony!

Sweet Baby Josiah's funeral

On August 13, my sweet sister in law Cathryn delivered sweet baby Josiah. He passed away within the hour. I felt so horrible because this happened while we were in Flaming Gorge and we didn't have cell service. I was so torn whether to pack up and come home. I decided to stay and still don't know if it was the right decision or not. I never got to see him and will probably always feel badly about it. But, I was able to attend the funeral. It was so beautiful.

Island Park 2013 Part 2

I guess I have already posted about our Island Park trip this year. Some of these pictures are different, so I guess I will just leave them. We look forward to our Island Park trip every year. We have a lot of fun traditions that we make sure and do almost every year. We stop at the same rest stop every year for a bathroom break and picture. We love to do a big long ride into west, which usually ends at the "car wash" where we play in the mud holes and get really wet. We always celebrate Kyle's birthday by going to Tim and Julie's for dinner and cake and ice cream. We love to take a long ride to Big Springs and Jonny Sacks cabin. We try and ride everyday and find new trails. This year was a success. We found a couple of new trails that led to the most beautiful spots by water. This year we did a float trip from the dam. We spend more time with Chad's cousin Don and his wife Tiffany and their family. We shared a cabin with Chad's cousin Kelly and her husband Kenny and their two cute daughters, Emily and Savannah. We played games (mostly spoons) and ate yummy food and had a great time making memories together. I am so thankful that we are able to make such fun memories there. I am thankful that we ride and ride and ride and have always been able to remain safe!

Flaming Gorge 2013

This was our 2nd annual Flaming Gorge trip. This year we decided to invite some of our neighbors. We invited the Blackhurst's, Olsen's and also the Dryer's. We had so much fun! Our trip started off a little rough. As Chad was buttoning up the boat, he jumped off of the trailer and landed on his ankle wrong and hurt it pretty badly. We wrapped and iced it and off we went. As we were driving through Wyoming we blew a tire on the boat trailer. So, we stopped and bought four new tires. We were running super late and actually ended up setting up camp in the dark. It was quite an adventure. We each took a night to cook and provided our own breakfast and lunches. I was so impressed with how we all got along. The kids had a blast together and so did the adults. We had our boat and everyone had chipped in on two wave runners. We played from sun up until sun down. Everyone tried something new. We wake boarded, knee boarded, slalom skiied, surfed and road wave runner's and cliff jumped until we were blue in the face. We took over 1,000 pictures so I couldn't possible post them all.