JUST THE BEGINING!!

I'm so excited to have learned how to take our own family names to the temple. I printed these off on Wed. night and yesterday I went and did baptisms, confimations and initiatories for the skinner, Walrath and Jewett line!! So exciting. Then I treated myself to a salad from Costa Vida cuz I was starving after being in the temple for a few hours. Last night I showed Heather how to do it and if anyone wants to call I will tell you how. Me and Heather learned last night that alot of research needs to be done on our family line. So if anyone wants to help I'd be LOVIN' IT!! I love you all.

Workin in the kitchen!

This is our awesome $250 piano!!

We made cookies and bread today! Bread is almost $5 a loaf now and I'm not about to spend that. This is the Jesse Smith recipe that you gave me mom. It was awesome, perfect, soft inside and a little crunchy crust. I made 4 all by hand with no mixer but we already ate one for lunch! This is my favorite way to make bread. Kenzie and Cari will be making it about 2 times a week. Tomorrow we are going to make "hang-out" pants (kenzie, cari and lauren).

We love you all our family!!

HI FAMILY! SWIMMING DOWN AT THE MORTENSEN'S TODAY!

HAPPY FATHER"S DAY!!!
WE LOVE OUR DADDY AND GRANDPA!!!

The Hiking Addicts!

This is the hike up Silly Mountain in April with 2 families that live on our street. I organized it and invited everyone on our street as a missionary effort but only these 2 families could come. It was alot of fun.

This is a picture on the Lost Dutchman's Mine trail when Danie came with us. Danie and I are training for the Rim Country Challenge Payson Half Marathon in Sept. We'll see if she goes. Blair will be home and all she'll want to do is be with him. She has been exercising alot though and I know she could accomplish this with me. Jason says he'll wait for me at the finish line!

These pictures were taken in Oct. of 2007 when we hiked the Bright Angel Trail into Phantom Ranch. 20 miles in and out in 7 hours baby! Beat that Anton, Sterling and Peter!! We love you all. Come hike with us!!

In the begining of the Trek we were given a family and now I know how mom and Colette feel. Sorry, Dad and Mike too. I had 13 kids for 4 days and it was so much fun. This top picture is us.

I had to get one with Todd and Cheryl Christensen for Colette. They were Ma's and Pa's with us. What a blast they are. This picture was taken on "Pioneer Sabbath" right before the big fireside. Pres. Pugmire gave an amazing sermon and they asked all the youth to stand and raise thier arm to the square and covenant to always be worthy to take the sacrament, enter and attend the temple and the young men covenanted to serve a mission. They promised all the youth in attendance (he specifically said not all the youth in the stake only those that were obedient to come on the trek) wonderful blessings from our Heavenly Father. It was incredible!! The spirit was very strong.

The mountain in the background is the "Rocky Ridge" that each family (19) had to push thier handcarts up, and bring them down again. This event occured 45 min after the "women's pull". To say the least we were spent and slept very well that night. Jason nor I heard the bear that ran right past us in the night that Bro. Judd chased out of camp!Ahhh! The picture of Jason and I with our sweet Mckenzie is taken sideways and I don't know how to turn it so when I figure that out I will post it. She did very well. The entire Trek was about 18 miles. We love those strong pioneers. They suffered so much for us. What an experience!

All the men were called away to the "Mormon Battalion" and us little ole women had to bring 19 loaded handcarts up the side of a mountain! It was an amazing experience. Words can't describe the spirit that attended us during this experience. Bro. Judd from our ward who works for the sheriff department crowned me "Ma of the trek" and let me try on his holster! Whatever, every woman up there was amazing!