Tripper very happy about our early morning outing.

Tripper was hungry, he has eaten the pasture to nothing.

It is about 6:45 am this morning, yes Sunday morning and we were even able to make it to our 9:30 church meeting. Tripper needed hay he was completely out not a bale in site in the hay barn. We had to wait until 3rd crop was done and baled and this morning was it. Because of the heat during the day and church we had to get the hay in the early morning.
Glenn's first bale, got to start somewhere.
Pretty dark still.
Sun is starting to come out that you can see the field of hay.
This is the field how I saw it while driving.
Glenn hauling a bale of hay.

We got some help from the man who owns this field. He had been baling hay since 2am. How is he awake.


Randy is happy we are done. Randy our neighbor and Glenn waiting for me to get closer to some bales of hay.

This is Randy our neighbor, Glenn and the owner of the field he also helped us.
All loaded up and ready to go.

My New Friends The Missionary Moms.

Since Cameron left in April I had been looking for someone or something to help me through the lonely and difficult times. Someone to talk to who could relate to my emotions, to get idea's for care packages and inside information on his mission and boy did I find it. The Florida Missionary Moms. Florida has 5 working Missions. Jacksonville (Cameron's), Orlando, Fort Lauderdale, Miami and Tallahassee. The mom's on this site have son's or daughter's in one of these Florida Missions. What a blessing to have found them and I found them just when a luncheon had been planned months ago here in Utah. What luck I get to meet all these women that I had started talking to. So August 29th 2009 was the first annual Luncheon in South Jordan Utah at Madeleine's a restaurant owned by a member. I had some company on the way up, I picked up one of the Jacksonville mom's who needed a ride what was cool is she is from California and her son was in Jacksonville so we had good conversation.



So when I walked in the banquet room I saw just beautiful tables my senses were overloaded. The colors of the different tables that were on display were just beautiful. So this is my place setting. The tables were sectioned by mission.

Each place setting had gifts on them.

This table was a different gift table. Some of the categories were Whose Missionary has been out 6 months, 12 months, 18 mo and coming home.(wish) Mom closest to the restaurant and mom who traveled farthest and other categories.

Here is the Missionary table's. We were asked to bring pictures of our Missionary and Debbie (the Mom who put this luncheon together) had gotten maps of each mission then had pins and our missionary's names on little paper where we could pin where they were at that time.
Here is the Jacksonville table Cameron's picture is in the maroon-Jeweled frame. That is Cameron's frame that his Aunt Anna gave to him with a picture of Jesus in it when he was younger so I thought it would be neat to use it for this.
Here is the Jacksonville map. Can you find Camerons's name? Debbie gave me the map at the end of the Luncheon.
Here are some of the Florida Moms sitting down for Lunch. On the back of the chairs are capes made by Debbie. She made about 35 capes I can't even begin to convey the feelings from everyone and all the work Debbie put into this. She is our Super Hero Super Mom. We are the cape flying/alligator boot wearing/ in our sunglasses in cognito Missionary Mom's.
Lunch is served. Salmon with creamy mashed potatoes and yummy green beans. We also had fresh rolls in baskets that were on the table and strawberry lemonade. Dessert for me was cheese cake.
Here is a group of moms, unfortunately I wasn't able to meet everyone and so I don't know which mission this is. I was mostly with the Jacksonville moms, I regret not spreading my cape a bit and circling other parts of the room.

Here are the Jacksonville Moms. Debbie Blair (She put on this Fantastic Luncheon) Me, Diane Jackson, Kathy McFarland ( We had a great time talking about our missionaries on the way to the luncheon)and Kim Cundick. They are awesome ladies.
Here we are modeling our capes that Debbie made. It also is an apron to. So handy our capes.

Kim and Debbie.

Ok, so the end of the luncheon was amazing. Debbie told us we had a special guest coming to speak to us near the end of the luncheon. I asked if it was President Monson she assured us it was not even though she was on a first named basis with our beloved prophet. It was a good laugh. So at the end of the luncheon she went to Missionary tables and behind the maps were some baskets, she handed us each a packet of quotes and poems and in the middle of it was a white envelope and I could see a little of the writing on it and I knew right away that it was a letter from Cameron, I totally lost it. I have not cried since Cameron left in the MTC. There was a letter from Cameron's Companion Elder See and of course Cameron. He was able to keep this secret for quit some time. It was so quiet and not a dry eye in the house. Debbie had contacted each of the mission offices and asked them to reach all of the missionaries who's mothers were attending the luncheon and ask them to write their mom's a letter and mail them to the mission office and then to Debbie.That is just incredible to do something like that for us. I wish I had pictures of everyone reading their letters but I was reading:) Very special day indeed.

Somes pictures of Elder Clowards Mission.

This would be between April 8th and April 29th 2009

Group Picture at the MTC. I think they are off to bed or just getting up.








Cameron at the MTC with his Companion Elder Tate he is in the upper far left with his arms crossed. The others Missionary's are also going to Jacksonville Fl.







Missionary's channeling the force. There is nothing that the MTC will not teach and train these young men.








This would be between April 29th to June 13th 2009

Here is Cameron and his Companion Elder Terry in Arlington his first Area when he arrived in Florida. It had been raining everyday and they still had to do their bicycle tracting. I remember surfing the T.V channels one day and the weather channel was talking about the storms at Jacksonville Beach. I called the Mission Office to make sure he was alright I was assured that he was just fine and I guess he was.



Elder Adams, Elder Porter, Elder Terry and Cameron. This is inside his apartment in Arlington. Elder Terry is Cameron's Companion and the other two are roommates serving in a different area.




This would be between 6/13 to now.
Elder Thacker his Companion now in St Augustine.








This is the town that Cameron is serving right now, St Augustine Florida. It is the oldest city in the U.S and was pillaged by pirates so it has a theme of pirates.







What Can I say about this sign, Loved it though.

Cameron E-mail's from At Augustine FL.

06/15/09
Hey ma and pa! Its really great to hear from you.

Well, I sent you a letter from my new location a few days ago, you might not have received it, but it has my address in it, but I will tell you the new address anyways. Its:

1515 A1A S. #82
St. Augustine, Fl 32080

This city is the oldest city in the U.S., so there is a bunch of history here. In the 1500's the city was attacked by Pirates a lot, so the city theme is pirates. The computer i'm on to email you is in a Pirate souvenir shop that a member owns. And guess what! No time limit!, well, at least for the next 6 weeks, if I get transferred again.

Ha ha, yes, I did share my treats you gave me, they were so good. Yumm!! My clothes are holding up quite well. HEY!!!!! In one of the pockets in my brown suit is a paper that has some words on it like Aaron Boaz and stuff. Keep that. This is a missionary in the MTC that I ran into with the last name of Boaz, so I asked him if he knew an Aaron Boaz, and he said that he is his brother. He is going to Chile I think. We were talking about family and stuff, so I know that we are related. Sorry, I got so caught up in stuff that I forgot to tell you.

6/22/09

On P-Days we get to do some sight seeing and stuff, pretty much whatever comes to mind. This morning Elder Thacker and I went to the Beach and made some sand castles, that was pretty fun! One thing though, is that its not like the beach in California, it is Hot Hot Hot with a bunch of Humidity. Its weird because it won't even feel hot outside, but your still sweating like your in a sauna, because of the Humidity. We are the only companionship in our apartment, its just a small two man apartment.

The Apartment isn't too bad, the washer doesn't work, so we have to go the the Sisters to wash our clothes, all of the dishes are hand washed and dried, nothing to special :)

06/29/09
This week has been really hard, It has been high 80's with 95% Humidity, that's like 105 Degrees people say. Super hot. One thing though, is that usually it rained every 2-3 days, but it has only rained once for the past week and a half. All except one of my ties I have are silk, so I can't get them wet, I would love if you could please send some non silk ties or some ties that can get wet, because it still rains a lot, and we contact people in the rain. If you could please do that, that would be awesome!

The Sisters in our district just had a baptism on Saturday, that was pretty cool, the person that baptized him has never baptized anyone before, just barely got the Melchizedek Priesthood, and has only been a member for 2 months! It took about 12 tries before he went all the way under the water. It was exciting.

07/06/09

This week has been pretty hot again. We have a Baptism scheduled this Saturday for two people. We are really thinking that they will get Baptized on this date, they are ready. There names are Margret and Gina.

Gina is a 14 year old Daughter to Margret. They were both Catholic, but just don't feel like its the church for them. Gina already knows that this Church is true, but Margret I think is still holding on to her previous relations with Catholicism. Then she said she looked into Islam!! Where did that come from?? That's what Elder Thacker and I were thinking. I mean, Catholics at least have the Jesus Christ is our savior down, but Islam is WAY off! So we had a good talk with her yesterday, she kept talking about how she still likes some things in the Catholic church, but doesn't believe in everything, and the same with Islam, so we invited President Newman to teach her, because he is a convert from a Catholic Church, so he just told her "Margret, let go of everything you are holding on to about those past religions, because Catholics, are wrong, and Islam, Has no idea on what they are doing, ok." The spirit was so strong in her house. It was so sweet.

FOOT NOTE: Margaret and Gina were Baptized 7/10/09 and Cameron was asked by Margaret to do the confirmation it took place at sacrament meeting 7/12/09. This was his first time to do a confirmation he said he was nervous but the spirit was strong with him.

Idaho Vacation So Fun

Destination? Cataldo Id to visit my sister Emily at the Northern tip of Idaho 100 miles from Canada and Southern Idaho (Boise) to visit Glenn's sister Lynn. 1700 miles round trip. Who is going? Just me and Glenn and Martha the GPS. Who Is driving? Only Glenn. Why because I am afraid to drive that rig it is huge. The camper is 11 ft 4 in on a long bed truck. So we left our home in Utah on June 20th in the morning leaving our animals in the capable hands of a good friend and her two boys. Two dogs, 4 chickens, 1 cat, 1 horse.


We are in Idaho falls, with the Temple in the back ground.

This is a video of the Hydro Electric System. They use the Snake River to generate power for thousand of homes and businesses. The residents took a vote and decided to pay for this over a period of time.
Here we are infront of the falls and temple.

Snake River
This is a restaurant on the Snake River called the Sand Piper, it was cold but they had outdoor fire pits so we ate outside.
First night stay, we found this Lake and saw other campers so we decided to camp there also. This is at Clark's Reservoir in Montana. (Lewis and Clark)
Dusk it was just beautiful
This is at the reservoir at a look out. There is a placard that talks about Lewis and Clark and the Indians. There are some drawings by Clark showing this Island and him talking to Indians down below it. This was a valley and that was a mountain.
We stayed the second night in Missoula Montana. It rained all night. Loved it.
This is in Montana "A River Runs Through It"
Montana Rest Stop. These Chipmunks came right up to us. There were lots of them running around, they would come up to you and beg and if you had no food they would scamper off to the next person.
We are now at Emily's in Cataldo, Id. They live in the middle of a forest over looking Rose Lake. We spent two nights there. We are at a park in Coeur d'Alene. It was Beautiful. It was nice and warm at first then it started to cool way down. That is the resort in the background. They had sea plane rides and para sailing.
Emily, MaryLou and Holly. I just love the walk away pictures.
Picture of all the kids. Conner, MaryLou, Gavin, Holly, Liam.
Emily and Gavin.
So we have left Emilys and are heading to Lynn's. This is a rest stop in Washington. This is a stage coach and horses made out of horse shoes it was for sale. I would have bought it but where would I put it. How would I get it home. Darn
This is a house(Mansion) nestled at the banks of the Columbia River going into Oregon.
Very hungry so we stopped at a Oregon rest stop and had a barbaque. Can you tell what we ate?
Ok so we come to a campsite in Oregon and it was like I never left home these 4 chickens were at our site. They stayed by us and followed us. I guess they were abandoned. Roosting time was funny. They had a hard time finding a place and kept falling out of the tree's I even made them a roost but they found one on their own and settled for the night.
Here we are at camp chicken about to go to bed. First we had to let the campfire die.
This is the campfire that we are trying to get to die and I was telling Glenn that the log has a face of the Grinch. Look at it, it does.
We made it to Lynns in Nampa Id. We treated her to dinner and a movie. It was fun to spend time with her and for me to get to know her better.We also got to visit with Sara our Niece at her work. We spent the night at Lynn's house.
One of our last stops Glenn's Ferry at the Snake River, Id. Part of the Oregon trail to get settlers across the river. The ferry is in a museum now and they have a big celebration every August. They used to do actual re-enactments but one of the locals told us that the city council said no more because of safety reasons. We also stopped at a Idaho Winery in the same town. Didn't know Idaho had Winery's.

We got home on Sunday, June 28th about 2pm. It was a great time.

In loving Memory of Sprite

On June 3rd 2009 my Jack Russell Terrier Sprite passed away. I am sure he will be met by his companion Crystal who passed on a few years ago. He was 11 years old. That is 77 years in human years. He was a good dog and always let us know when someone was at our house welcome or not. He loved his little swimming pool and loved to dig in the water and just bark at his reflection.He was spunky and was a very big dog in a small body.He was loved and will be missed.