Sad Day

Mel: Hello! Sorry for the delay. Crazy summer. Well for this period we had a sad day with the death of our puppy. She liked to chase cars and got under Raeghn's vehicle. I buried her and I can't say I wasn't emotional. That's all I'm saying about that! We had a nice memorial service later when I'd collected myself (4 days!). Picture at bottom. This picture of me with a flower pot further emphasizes my masculinity. We have these friendly school mice (they are smart enough to read the poison labels on the food we leave out for them) and one climbed up into a flower pot and so I ran and got some tape and covered the hole. I then loaded up the 5 foot tall tree into the car and drove a half of mile a way and let it out (pictured) so it could reproduce in our backyard and not in the house (they don't migrate do they?)... Went with Shad to camp and we had quite a hike! Shad is a good example around the other scouts and i was sure proud of him. Wish I could have gone with Wayne. CAT corporate came out and Wayne's troop was climbing the largest mountain in Utah (I climbed it two years ago and learned some lessons!). Both were contributing factors.
Shad: Hey! scout camp was fun, Its name was "camp loll" ,there was a lot of mosquitoes thow. when we got to the top we had to wait to I went on a 16 mile hike, when we got to the top we had to wait to to go to the river with the hot spring . and there was a springy branch that we jumped on the hot springs were awesome the r was a rock you could jump off and land in the water it was cool. the camp staff was nice and taught a lout of useful things . Are puppy, Pepper Torrie, got hit by our mom by a car, on accident, she died. She was our first dog and I loved her she was very playful and always wanted to play, she was a great puppy, I really miss her :( . It was so sad... We had a funeral and you can see the tomb stone are neighbor made. well after the camp I got two merit badges and a rank advancement. Well Bye!






Wayne: This Week I went to scout camp in the Uinta Mountains. I climbed the highest mountain in Utah which is Kings Peak. It was a hard hike in and a fun hike out. The first day we hiked into base camp wich was supposed to be 9 and a half miles in. We got lost and hiked an extra 2 miles... we were so wiped out... the next day we packed our day packs and climbed the peak. that was a really steep climb... there were about 7 fake peaks that looked like they were the tallest so we thought we were almost there about 8 or 9 times but we realized that there were going to be lots of fake peaks so... eventually we got there though so thats good... I ate a pack of Top Raman dry on the tallest mountain in Utah. The next day was just a resting day we did some fishing and some swimming in the ice cold lakes up there... then the next day we hiked home. the hike home was way fun and much faster. I think they should make down hill hiking a profesional sport... My mom hit our dog Pepper this week with the car and she died... it was really sad... We had a little funeral and I cried... But I know it could be much much worse a little girl in our ward just barely died of cancer so I am glad that I still have all of my family members and I know that we will see them after we all die and go to paradise. well its time for our family council so I have to go now... Oh yeah I am reading in the Book Of Mormon the story about abinadie and alma its really good. I am going to EFY next week its going to be really fun I sure miss you! All of you Relatives I have... Cya Later





Kvinde: hi i went to girls camp. it was fun. we did crafts like bracelets, ti di shirts, painting and more. we went swimming every day. and we went on a boat and behind it on a tube i was going to wake board behind it but i missed the boat for that. and in the picture above were at our puppys funeral. :( were going to school in twoweeks :D/:( the fair is this week. well bye.

Lots of pictures

Lots of catch up to do. Here are a couple of pictures from the Air Show we went to at Hill Air Force Base. Our first one. It was pretty neat.


Here is Shad and Kveena singing at a celebration of Logan's 150 years celebration. Elder Anderson of the 12 spoke too. He is just barely in the picture at the bottom. The kids did great.



On the third of July we went to a car show. This was our favorite!
Here is Shad, Adam, and Andrew down playing in the forest. They are making a great fort down there.
Adam is working Andrew over. If only they could get along with each other like we did as kids?
Adam and Andrew decided that it was chilli enough for underwear caps. Dad would be proud!
Shad and Dad went on a grueling 17 mile hike at camp Loll at the bottom of Yellowstone. I walked like a cripple for 2 days afterwords and Shad threw up from heat exhaustion on the way home. He gave it all he had and more. I was really proud of him.
This was at about mile 16. Shad ran out of water halfway so we started to share and ran low. I (Dad) was about ready to die!

This was the morning after the hike. Shad didn't throw up during the night and I was happy! He had taken a nap after the first two stomach cleansings in someone else's tent. He didn't feel like moving so I carried him in his bag over to my tent.
On the 4th we went to the Ocquirrah temple dedication. Our first ever! We all committed that we'd have no emtpy chairs in the Celestial Kingdom and intermittently, at the new babies wedding in the temple.


Here is Andrew taking a picture of a cool car. Adam and I are also in the reflection to the right.
On the way to the temple we had breakfast at Village Inn resturant.
Shad's camp was completely flush with rat sized mosquitos. Shad took the neccesary precautions but still came home looking like a child pox sufferer.
Here is his whole troop of troopers!
Here is Mel's booth at the Summerfest Art Show. His friends took the side walls.
Here is the family having slurpies with our friend Shane. He made it home and said he was going to church this week. We pray it went well!

Shad: Hi, this week me and Kvinde went to camp. They were different camps. I had fun, I finished two merit badges: wood carving and emergency preparedness. I was there all week. I went on a six-teen mile hike with my dad. I did not have enough water and threw-up. Other than that it was a great. Love you, I miss you bye!
Wayne:
Kvinde:hi this week i went to girls camp. it was fun
Adam:
Andrew:
Raeghn: I had a week without most of the kids, and missed them so much! Shad went to scout camp, Kveena went to Girls camp, and Wayne worked a lot (2 nights away from home at Camp Fife - the cub scout camp he works at)... So, I had lots of alone time with Adam & Andrew. Nothing real eventful, but we did get their room clean, and read some good books! Saturday was my last bike ride for a while, I'm going to miss it (we got up to 10 ladies from the ward going with us), but my baby belly is starting to hit my legs and seat when I peddle, so I'm just down to walking and swimming now... Today the home teacher mentioned that I look a lot further along then being due in September, which both Mel and I have thought for a while. Doc. says I'm measuring right along, but I feel like by 11 weeks (due date) I'll be huge! I'm feeling pretty good, and am grateful for the little trials I have. I talked to a lady that was put into the hospital at 16 weeks and didn't get to go home till she delivered at 34 weeks. Yikes, that would be so bad! So, I'm grateful I don't have to do that... Mel and I went to Ice Age 3 with Adam and Andrew on Friday, that was a fun "double date"... Hope all is well on your mission. It was great to talk to Mom the other day! Sounds like a busy mission! You must have so many blessings coming your way! We're praying for you!
Mel: