Like every year, my mom's side of the family holds a family reunion up in Strawberry, Arizona. Mom & Dad weren't able to come this year, but us kids went and had a great time!!
We took a trip to the local goat farm and had an interesting time learning how to milk the goats. All I can say now is...WOW I am grateful for cows and modern technology!
If you've got a pest problem we've got the solution! With bug catching nets and tweezers Kamee and Jayce were our fearless bug catchers...with a little help from Aunt Hana and Margayle.
Whitney and Kyle trying the "I'm too cool to smile for the camera" pose while waiting for the other boys to go on a ride.
What is a family reunion without feeling like a senior citizen in Mexico? Hana and Justin talked us into playing Mexican dominoes. Not sure where the mexican in mexican dominoes comes from, but we sure had fun playing it!
We managed to snap this shot while our lives were being threatened by javelinas. Even a few wild animals couldn't come between us and a warm gooey s'more. It sure was worth all the trouble!
And we wonder why we got lost... curse this blog thing. If we had paid as much attention to the road signs as we did to the camera we may has saved ourselves a conversation with Jorge at Wendy's!!
We spent most of our day in downtown Salt Lake and had a delicious homemade meal atthe Lion House for lunch.
I loved the food...and everything else that we were able to see and tour. My most favorite part of the day was my first experience in the Salt Lake temple. Whitney and I wanted to do a session but when we went in the matron asked us if we would be willing to do sealings...It was a wonderful opportunity that was full of emotion. I thought about how hard those early saints had worked to have a place where they could leave the world and the persecutions behind and worship in peace. How grateful I am for their sacrifices and that I now have such a place to retreat from the world. It also brought back great memories of my own sealing and how happy I was to be able to spend be there with Whitney!
That night were were able to attend his missionary reunion with his mission president who just recently got home from his mission. We had a great time! To all the missionaries he served with and especially to President and Sister Teixeira.... Thank you for inspiring Whitney to be the great priesthood holder and husband that he is!
