Mockingjay

I wasn't sure about the Hunger Games series. Book one hooked me. Book two was a little harder - but still a good read. Don and I read them on our way to and from Utah. And now Mockingjay.....I recommend. Even though I am working full-time, I read it in two days.

VACATION

One of our first nights on vacation, we had a family gathering at Myrna & Steve's place. Porter provided lots of entertainment with his football stretches, his scrutinizing of a blade of grass when he was trying to ignore us and spiking the ball over the zip line!

This is one of the views from our camp ground. It was so amazingly peaceful and wonderful. I love Tony's Grove.

Making the hike to White Pine meant there were lots of times to stop and rest in the shade. We didn't get started until afternoon and it got hot.

I think these boys could have made the entire hike without stopping running! They were amazing!

This is looking down at Tony Grove lake after we had been hiking for a while.

This is White Pine. I didn't actually make it down to the lake. As I stood at the top and looked down, considered the number of switchbacks, and what that would all mean coming back up - I knew my legs were shot and I wouldn't make it. So I stayed at the top and enjoyed someone else's photo of the destination!

Millie took her mountain bike on the hike. She didn't go down to White Pine - but came back to be with me. And yes - I did a little mountainbiking.....very little. It wasn't long before the mountain and the bike won out.

And this is what happens when you lose to a mountain! I had a serious bruise from my fall! And it was truly a fall that should never have happened. I think I was being overly cautious.

Resting back at camp after the hike. Notice the icepack on my leg!

We also had a day at Bear Lake. We rented a boat, a water weinie, and had a great time.

Some stayed on the beach all day - some played in the water. It was a beautiful day at Bear Lake!

Amanda and Dustin's garden. We stopped to see it on our way to look for deer out past Clarkston.

At the 'Famous Preston Night Rodeo"!

A beautiful sunrise somewhere between Kemmerer and Little America as we headed back to Missouri after a wonderful 2 1/2 weeks. Can't wait to go again.

Tim McGraw and Girls Night

It was girl's night out and we went to SLC to see Love & Theft, Lady Antebellum and Tim McGraw. It was a fun concert - except for the drunk guy - but most of all it was just fun to be with 'the girls'!

Friends - Very Old Friends!

We celebrated 35 years since the class of '75 graduated from Grace High. It was great to see old friends.

We were able to visit with Jim and Dana Sorenson whom we knew in our married student ward at USU. Dana and I served in the RS presidency together. It's been many years since we've seen one another but it was like it hadn't been but just a few months. I love these two!

Sometimes it's Overwhelming...

...Life that is. Vacation was amazing...pictures will come later. It was so hard to come back. We loved spending time with our family, being in the mountains, spending time at Bear Lake, familiy reunions, class reunions....oh - and did I mention the mountains and the smell of pine, and camp fires!

Came back and jumped right into work. School has been hot - no AC in our buildings. I've come home sick a couple of different days. Getting ready for a stake RS activity and looking down the road to Auxiliary Training. We're already thinking about Christmas and wondering where we'll be spending it this year. With family - but here or there we don't know yet.