Kate's Wedding

What a busy July we had! My neice, Katie Miner, got married on July 21st. But first, we had a bridal shower for her on July 7th.Another neice, Mikaela Rencher, made a cake especially for the shower.

Of course, she got lots of presents!

Alyse had to spill her spice in the "Name that spice" game!  (I think she had help from Emma!)

On the morning of the 21st, we got up early and drove to Idaho Falls. Kate and Jordan were married in the Idaho Falls Temple. Here they are coming out of the temple a married couple!

First kiss..........

There was a wedding lunch at Jordan's parents' house after the wedding.

The reception was held there later that night.

Grandma and Rachel played during the reception. 

A flash mob broke out in the middle of the reception!  First the girls:

Then the boys:  (yes, that is Lucas and MJ!)

Then Kate and Jordan took a turn!

Of course, you can't have a wedding without the decorating of the car!  Here's Rob doing his part!

Mike went back to the temple that night, and took a beautiful picture of the temple after dark.

We wish Kate and Jordan the best and love having him in our family!  He is perfect for Kate!

















The 4th of July

Greg and I spent the 4th of July this year at the cabin. Grandma and Grandpa, Julie, Rachel and her family, and Diane and her family were also there. Since I have discovered that I love to go hiking, I decided to hike to Boulder Lake.  The hike was pretty hard for me, but the end result was so worth it!

The hike starts at Boulder Reservoir.

The trail winds along the shore, and then heads up the mountain.  It was a beautiful day, blue sky, and just a few white fluffy clouds!  Perfect day for a hike. 
This picture is about half way up the trail.

When I was almost to the lake, I had to leave the trail and hike up the granite rock face. This is because there was still so much spring run off that it caused a waterfall to come over the rock and across the trail. 

That was the hardest part, but once I got to the top it was so worth it! Boulder Lake is absolutely gorgeous!



Sitting by the lake, enjoying the beauty, made me appreciate this beautiful world that we live in. I am so grateful to a loving Heavenly Father who created this world for us to live on. And that we have such spectacular sights so close to where we live. It is truly amazing and very humbling.

I can't wait to take more hikes and see the beauty that we have around the cabin!

What a great 4th of July for me!



Honoring "The Tour"

June 30th is the official start of the "Tour De France."  This is a bicycle race where the riders ride thru France. It takes about 1 month for this race from start to finish. Mike has loved watching this race for years.  So, in honor of the "Tour" starting, Mike and I had our own tour of sorts. We called it the "Tour de Greenbelt."  We rode our bikes from our house along the river to Julia Davis park downtown. There we ate chicken salad on croisants, fruit salad, and had grape juice mixed with Perrier water!  (very French.)

For dessert, we had napoleans!  (Also very French)

YUM!!!...............

Now we get to spend the rest of the month watching the race and the Pelaton!  Which Mike says is loosely translated from french to mean, "alot of bike riders, riding very fast and very close together, each one fervently praying the guy in front of him doesn't crash!"

Viva la Tour de France!

Snap shots of June

The summer is now 1/3 of the way over!  I can't believe how time flies! Here are a few snapshots of some happenings thru out the month.

Megan participated in a "roadshow."  Our ward did a spin on the 70's show "The Brady Bunch." We were the "Mountain View Bunch."  This is Megan and her friend Kaycee Carollo.

We had Greg home for a few days, so we visited the Idaho Aquarium!  It's not the Oregon Coast Aquarium, but pretty good for Boise, Idaho!

Megan's summer PE class had to hike Table Rock one morning, so I joined them. Our first hike of the year!

July will also be busy. Cabin trip, a wedding, and a trip to the Oregon Coast!  Drew will even be joining us for some of it!  I can't wait.  I love summer!



Temples, baptisms, and Father's Day

My neice Emma, was getting baptized on Saturday of Father's Day weekend. So the whole family was traveling down to Salt Lake City. Mom and I decided to go a few days early and visit some temples and Rachel's family.
On our 1st day, we did a session in the  Salt Lake Temple. Then we went across the street and checked out the new City Creek shopping center. It was awesome!  Unfortunately, I forgot to bring my camera, but we still had fun.

That night Rachel brought her kids to the hotel to go swimming. While the older kids were swimming, Logan stayed in the hotel room. He managed to find my stash of yogurt pretzels.

The next morning, Mom and I went to Lizzie's music class! It was the last one before summer vacation!

Here is Lizzie playing the piano while Grandma watches!

Everyone put their hands in the air!

That afternoon, Mom, Rachel, and I did a session in the Draper Temple. It is a very beautiful temple.

Saturdy morning Emma got baptized. Again, I forgot to take my camera!  (I  must be getting old!)

That afternoon, Mike, Greg, Megan, and I went to Temple Square to hang around.
Here we are at the Conference Center.

We saw the Joseph Smith movie, and hung out in the Family History Library.
This is one of the few times that Mike is actually getting help on the computer!

Mike and Colleen on Temple Square.

The next day was Father's Day. After we got home, it was present time!
Meg made Mike a pillow out of Univ of Utah colors!

Mike also got a "zero gravity" chair. He loves it!

And the two combine quite nicely!

He also got tickets to a Hawks Baseball Game. We will go later this summer.

We ended up skyping with Drew that night. It was so good to talk with him!

Happy Father's Day!



School's Out!!!

School is finally out for summer! The last week was very busy. Megan was studying for finals, and I was closing up my office for the summer. During the last week of school, there was the 9th grade awards assembly. Megan got 3 awards! One academic award, one honor roll, and the "sciencitific curiosity" award.

Here is Megan with her favorite teacher, Mrs. Smith. She taught Meg's accelerated biology class. She was a teacher who changed Meg's life. 

So, what do you do when school gets out?  You have a girl's weekend at the cabin! I took Megan and her friend Emelia Munson to the cabin for 3 days!  We played games, rode the 4-wheelers, and slept!

We went to McCall and had dinner and bought a carmel apple at the McCall Candy Co. 

YUM!!!!!!

The new Jeep made it's maiden voyage to the cabin. It did great!  It really looks good in the driveway at the cabin!

I'm so glad it is finally summer! It is going to be so fun!