July 26, 2015

I know it has been a month since I posted anything.  We have been so

busy.  We had no days off, they were busy with visitors and 

groups coming, firesides and other things.  So this is a quick

look back at some of the moments.  This is Jeff with

a log chewed by a beaver.  It was a awesome beaver pond 

and all around it lay the results of a pretty busy beaver.

Todd Black the wildlife manager for the ranch took the

missionaries for a tour of the "HIGH COUNTRY" the part

of the ranch they keep us out of.  They have a fancy lodge and

it is always fun to go there.  They let us look but we can't stay.

I thought you'd like to see what we see everyday, our shadows.

Elder Johnson is the one on the side.  I have gotten so I talk

to my shadow, we have become such good friends.  When the 

groups are doing things we find ourselves standing and listening 

and my shadow is always along for the ride.

This is a game one stake had.  They had stilts for the kids to use.

Well some of the boys decided it would be fun to hold themselves

up with the stilt and slowly lower themselves to the ground with

only their feet touching, Then reach out and move the knife in

the ground and put it further out, then push themselves back

up the stilt until they were standing.  WOW.  They were

working really hard to lower and raise themselves back up.

Did we mention that big knives like this are not allowed! 

Needless to say, we watched and even took pictures.

We teased this young man that he was a Missionary in Training.

He had the tan pants and light blue shirt.  So the rest of the Trek

we let him show his skills and make decisions for the group.

He did and great job and at the end we told him he had

passed the pre-test.  (Did we mention the big hunting knife

belongs to him!  Just like the missionaries, always breaking the rules).

Check out the beautiful purple flowers in the field.  Yes

they look so cool but they are actually THISTLE!

Not so good, yet pretty.

Can you see the little weasel in the corner of the porta john?

Waiting for the group to come Elder Cowan spotted the

little guy coming out from under the john.

We aren't sure when he decided not to go with us on the

Trek, to bad.  I think it would have been fun to see someone

when he came out under their legs.

One Trek we had some beautiful storms come in to lessen

the high heat we had been having.  I was so excited for the rain to

come.  We were so hot and dry.

The bad side of that was the lightening that also came with the storm.

We had to leave the carts on a ridge and go down into the valley to avoid the

lightening.  We got wet but not "LIT UP"

The result of all the rain, She had a two Tone dress from then

on.  They had been trekking about 15 minutes before it began to

pour on them.  This is what I heard, "Do you think we should put on

our rain gear?"  "Yeah, I would say that was a good idea".

"Oh no, it is buried in my bucket, buried under all the 

sleeping bags and stuff"  Yes, we love trekking

The next morning they used those same stilts to make clothes

lines to dry all the wet sleeping bags.  Pretty cleaver use of a stilt.

This is my new YELLLOW rain coat, I love it.  Jeff says I

look like a yellow banana.  His make him look like Gumby!

Lucky for us we have used them several times during the last

three weeks.

Time for the annual yearbook pictures of the missionary couples

This is our favorite thing.  We always think we look kinda silly

when we are supposed to look nice.  We don't mind snap shots

but to pose is kinda tough for us.

All ten couples in front of our favorite Depot.  What do all those

old people thinking going on Treks every week.