Halloween

Cat Lovers!

Indiana Jones and Jane (from tarzan)

Alex the Adventurer (from his book)

Davy Crockett

Prince Caspian (Narnia)

Black Bart (a villian)

Joycelyn learns to water ski!

Joycelyn got to go to Lake Powell for a week of fun in the water and sun. She learned to water ski and was the champion at staying on the big tube they pulled behind the speed boat. She came home very tanned and bubbling with fun stories to tell us. We were glad to see her for a bit before she then left again for girls camp.

Horseshoe Lake Fun!

We went to our favorite camping spot! The mountains were cool, green, and we had a marvelous time together. This is our Jaydon happily fishing in the creek. He did not get a fish with his trusty pole, but he and Izaak caught a minnow with a little net! What a great adventure. Thanks family for enjoying the beautiful world with us. We Kayaked, hiked, biked, and loved being outside in the great outdoors!

PS. This was a great year for wild strawberries.(yummy)

Happy News

We have wonderful news! Our Sweet Celeste and her good husband Casey are expecting a baby!!! Celeste is due in February. We are all very excited and happy. The boys are ready to be uncles and the girls are looking forward to being aunts. Katie said that she has been praying for them to have a baby. We are thrilled and Dale and I are amazed that we are grownup enough to be grandparents. Didn't we just get married ourselves? Wow what a wonderful event to look forward too! A new little person to meet. We have missed having a baby around our home. Celeste is glowingly happy. We are blessed.

Personal Best Record

Oh before I go. I need to let you know that I hit a personal record last week. I went kayaking 4 times down the salt river! It was wonderful. I had a great week. I still feel happy and refreshed. I saw grey herons, buzzards, fish, muskrats, lots of birds, wild horses and great sunsets and mountains. Two trips were family trips, us and another family. One trip was with Joycelyn and her friends (river guide duties). One was a morning trip with my sisters Sean A'lee and Nancy. This was a very deluxe trip from the Saguaro Lake Ranch. We put in at their beach and got a longer very scenic run with not much kayak carrying!) Very fun!

This is one of our sunflowers that I wanted to put by my great summer weather post but I am not sure how to change it. So oh well, I am learning and getting better at being high tech and Celeste will be so proud of me for posting something! :)

Welcome Elder Durfee to the MTC

This is a proud mom putting
Elder Durfee's name tag on at the
MTC. What an honor to officially
welcome Kenton to Missionary Service. I am glad we had the
opportunity to take him there and
share a special memory with him and
Dale. Elder Durfee is now in Colorado and we are enjoying his letters. He is working hard and doing well. I made a batch of bread and instead of lasting for a day, it lasted for a week! We do miss our Kenton. Dale took a leaf out of the table and I cried. We are adjusting to such a small family. Only 6 kids at home. One person gone leaves a big hole. I decided that we are truly sacrificing by sending off a missionary when we were kayaking last week and we were carrying all of the heavy kayaks down to the river without Kenton's big muscles! Ha Ha! Honestly we know he is where the Lord expects him to be and we rejoice in this happy day. We are blessed to have a missionary in the field.