JoLynn headed to surgery!

Headed to the hospital for surgery. I had two hernias on the left side of stomach/groin.  The sugery went well and now it is time to recover.  Taking it easy and resting.  Glad that it is over.  Gotta love getting old and your body falling apart!!!

Willy- update

Willy is doing great.  He loves the area he is in.  He sees lots of wildlife all the time.  He told us that his new mission president said they could skype on Christmas and Mother's day.  I am excited but then at the sametime alittle nervous.  He said that a place that they went this this past week he could see the US Border.   He was thrilled about that.  His companion is getting ready to go home this next transfer.  Keep up the good work son!!!!  You are amazing!!!

Payton making a splash!

Payton was quite the splasher!  He got pointers from "grandma" (a lady that was with us and we nick named her that).  She also loved to go through the water.  Payton and her soaked.  Good times!!!!

Noah playing in the water!

There was a creek close to our camp site, we all had a ton of fun going through the water trying to make the biggest splash and of course getting muddy and wet!!!!  Noah had a great time!

Brothers!!!

We found a man made Lean to down the creek.  The kids had a blast climbing all over the rocks, fallen trees and crossing the creek.  Being outdoors is awesome!!!

Crazy kids!!!

It was so pretty near our camp area, it is fun to see the leaves start to change colors.  I had the boys go up near some quakies, you can tell that they are not very serious...but it is a fun pictures.  They had a great time camping!  We have the best kids!!!

NOAH IS 15!!!!

THIS IS WHAT A 15 YEAR OLD LOOKS LIKE!!!  HAPPY BIRTHDAY NOAH!!!

FOR HIS BIRTHDAY HE IS TAKING THE IDAHO STARS CLASS (THAT IS FOR A MOTORCYCLE ENDORSEMENT)  HE WANTS TO SPORT AROUND THE SCOOTER!!!

Dairy Lake

We took a ride to Dairy Lake.  It was a fun trail, we saw about 5 head of deer, it was really pretty there.  Rhubin and Payton took Rhubins 4 wheeler through the water to a island, then we had fun skipping rocks.  Rhubin won, he got 7!!!  It was fun.  

Our 4 wheeling crew!

Here was our trail of 4 wheelers and the crew we went with.  It was alot of fun.  Lots of memories made!

Old cabins!

Where we were camping in Leadore, there was lots of run down cabins, sheds, mining spots.  This old rail track for carts was neat.  There was lots of fun stuff to check out.  We like the old stuff to go through.  The kids found some old oil cans and horse shoes. 

Cute Couple!!!

What a precious couple!!!!  We had a great weekend.  Love the outdoors! Being with family camping and 4 wheeling is the best time!!!!

Camping Weekend

We went camping with some friends over the weekend, we had a great time. There were 10 4 wheelers, and we went on some fun trails.  We had a great time as a family. Got to laugh alot and enjoy hanging out.  We did talk about Willy lots, as this is our families favorite thing to do.  We missed not having him there with us, but know that he is where he is suppose to be right now.  We will make up camping time when he gets back!!!  Good times camping, boy was it dusty!!!!











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Rock climbing

There was this huge rock in the camp site area, Rhubin and Noah were the only ones to climb it.  They are the bravest!!!  Great bonding time for the two of them!!!

Willy-AWESOME!!

Willy is doing AWESOME!!!  That is what he let us know in his letter this week.  He said things are going well and they are doing super.  Nothing special is happening at the time.  He said that he was told his release date would be July 25, 2013.  That gives us and idea of what we need to do and when to plan our vacation so that we can go and get him.  He said to continue to pray for him and he is truly blessed.  Thanks to all for your prayers!!!

Cave Falls

When we were on our family day drive, we drove to West Yellowstone and we went to Cave Falls.  It is really cool, the falls are fun to watch, you can feel the water where you stand.  We had a good time!

Family Fun

We took a family day and went to Island Park and we rented canoes and floated the river.  It was quite fun, Payton was wiggly and Mom kept thinking that we were going to capsize.  We had a system down by the time we got to the end.  We enjoyed our time together.....

Oh No we tipped over!!!

Rhubin and Noah were in a canoe together and they were trying to splash Payton, well they tried alittle to hard and cap sized, their canoe was full of water, thank goodness it was a shallow spot.  They were so wet!  It was fun floating the river.  You have to learn to work together to make it go right.