Sunday, August 13, 2017

August 2017: by Becky

We were with cousins for the entire month of July!  Life seems a little dull now that it's just us. Family is a wonderful thing!  We're grateful for all of you!

Highlights of our month...
Brenna, Katelyn and Ellie had a fun cousin week while the rest of our family was away from home adventuring.  Here is a picture of the girls attempting to 'clean the sink' at Angie's in Logan.


We went back to Idaho a few days after the reunion to find Miriam and Natalie safe and happy, after two weeks of adventures.  They had a great time and the report from everyone there was that Natalie is a steady and reliable leader and that Miriam is an energizer bunny.  We weren't surprised to hear it.
Miriam in front of her cabin.

The 'L Team'

Then we stayed as a family in Victor for a week to attend the family camp that we have grown to love.  In January, we made a long list of everything that we could potentially do this summer, family camp and cousin time is everyone's favorite choice!  I'm really glad!!

Bjorn and I hiked to the rocky peak just the two of us, we also enjoyed learning some new skills like painting, leatherwork, and how to make cinnamon rolls, fortune cookies, and sushi.  We made a bunch of new friends and enjoyed getting back to the basics.



We hurried home to get Enoch to the Timberline leadership camp where he was on the kitchen staff. He cooked, taught lessons, and even carried one sick boy down the mountain so he could get to the hospital.  He had a great (and dirty) time.  We picked him up after one week and drove him straight back to Idaho for 2 weeks at the boys ranch.  Mom and Dad got to see him at the end of that experience, so mom's letter gave a really great report of his time there.  He did some biking and metal work so he was happy!

Timberline 2017
Enoch is the tall one

While Enoch was gone we had one big, long cousin party!  It was fun to have Alan and Konnie come for a quick visit.  We were so glad to have Enoch come back home, he's been doing magic tricks for us every since.  We were able to visit the MTC open house, the new buildings are beautiful, but my favorite part of the tour was going through the old part where we got to walk through the lunch room and the gym and see the missionaries going about their normal routine.  They probably felt like they were in a zoo, but I thought it was really cool.  It's an amazing place.

OKAY

FLOATING in the Great Salt Lake

The Grotto Falls in Payson Canyon
Visiting the MTC open house

Nate Hanson (Isaac's buddy) leaves this week
on his mission to Chili

August: by Bjorn

Well, the 3 younger kids are off to their first day of school! Can't believe Miriam's in high school! We did father's blessings...