Christmas Morning 2008

So this year 2008 we had Christmas upstairs. We usually have Christmas down stairs but our basement flooded two weeks before Christmas, so I had to take everything down and bring Christmas upstairs. I acually liked it better since our tree is upstairs and I think we may have Christmas up there again. Cameron had a missionary Christmas. He should get his call in about a month.

Thanksgiving with my brother Aaron and Joy.

My family had Thanksgiving dinner with my brother Aaron and Joy their kids. It was so fun to help Joy cook Thanksgiving dinner for all of us. I usually cook for three people so this was a treat. I come from a big family so a full house was just what I needed. I came up Wednesday and spent the night so I could help Joy. As you can see we were well fed and the decor was beautiful. Of course we had a few mishaps, Turkey was being stubborn and took a little longer to cook and some rolls got burned (That happened after we ate we were making extra for people to take home and they were forgotton.) I am so glad we were able to spend some time together and get reaquanted with Joys family.

Yummy Pies

Aaron enjoying his dinner

Beautiful tables

Dinner is served

Is that Turkey done Yet?

Pretty

Whoops

Twilight has arrived and so did the lines.

So Twilight has come at last. So a few of us girls got together and went to the opening weekend, Friday night 9:25 pm to be exact. I thought getting there around 8pm would be plenty of time before a line would start but when we got to the theater the line had already started way before 8pm. It was fun talking to the other people anticipating and anxious to see this movie. I asked some of the men that had arrived if they were there because they wanted to be or did their wives or girlfriends drag them. I think most were dragged. Ha Ha
I won't give anything away but I will say this I will be going back to see it again. I really liked this movie very much and felt that it kept pretty close to the book. I wasn't sure how I felt about the casting of Edward but I am sold now. Kristen Stewart (Bella) I believe understood her and really played her well, I was afraid she was going to make her boring but that was not the case.The actor who played Charlie, Bella's dad was wonderful and funny. The rest of the cast was right on.
So all you Twilighters out there go see this movie on the big screen.

Sundance in Fall

We went up to Sundance a few weeks ago, we wanted to see the leaves changing before it was to late. We had just had a storm so there was some snow in the mountains. Before you get to the Sundance resort there is a water fall called Bridal Veil Falls, It is so pretty. So here are some pictures of the falls and then the resort.

Camerons Eagle Scout Court of Honor.

On August 21st 2008 Cameron had his Court of Honor and it went great. It took place overlooking our lake and it turned out to be a really nice day, a little windy but all in all real nice. In this video Cameron and Nathan the other boy who got his Eagle are reciting the Eagle Scout Oath.

We were
told the story of Eagle Boy and the four birds of prey. Falcon, Hawk, Owl and Eagle, Cameron got to feed the Hawk which is in this this video 5:30 on the counter. There is 8 minutes of the 25 minute program.


My brother Aaron in the Eagles Nest. Thanks Aaron and Joy, Luke & Zach for coming and representing our family, Cameron was so happy you could come.
Cameron and his friend William after the ceremony.

Camerons Court of Honor

Cameron's Eagle Scout Court Of Honor is going to be held on August 21st at 7 pm here in Spring Lake at the Park by our Lake. He is sharing this with another Eagle Scout. Please come if you can.

Spring Lake mountain on fire above my home.

Hi All, So a fire broke out in Spring lake where I live. It is breaking news here in Utah. My mountain is burning. My house is safe but it is still pretty close. There has been 14 home evacuee's and a scout camp of about 450 boys. One of the guys I work with had his house surrounded by this fire but it didn't burn luckily. It was 101 degrees with winds at 25 miles per hour. This fire is still burning as I write this. I am so sad about our mountain it was beautiful.







Little to close to homes








Helicopter trying to put out fire






Our local ABC news is at the lake watching like the rest of us. If you go to www.ksl.com there is a story on this plus about 45 pictures or more.







Here is the helicopter picking up water from SpringLake. You can see Cameron's sign he did for his Eagle Scout project.





This fire is speading like crazy.You can see how close it is to us by seeing my horse in the corner.