Ward Campout at Heise 2013

The ward campout is an activity the boys look forward to.  We didn't get to go as long as we hoped for this year, but at least we got to go one night.  There were rocks to climb, good food, soccer, flag retirements, and more.  It was a great time!




Tom and his family and some other helpers retired a couple flags.  I love watching flag retirement ceremonies.

Kole Chafee and Bryghton Hill


Jaemen Hill and Ryan Chafee


Dana Romriell

There were huge ziplines there and we wanted to go but we didn't get signed up in time.  Looked fun though! This was Macey Redford and I think Paige Wood.

Relay for Life 2013

This Relay for Life had different meaning for me.  My step-brother David (who I consider my brother) was diagnosed with Angio Sarcoma early on in the year.  It is an aggressive blood cancer that for David would be fatal.  I wanted to walk for him this year and honor his battle for life.  Jon was very supportive and Stephanie Hoffman Eborn could understand my feelings about David's illness, since her husband died at age 36 from Ewing Sarcoma.  We walked with her on her team.  I was hopeful that maybe David could come to relay because he was visiting in Utah from Canada the week before.  But unfortunately he was in bad shape and had to rush back to Canada. The walk was very therapeutic and the feeling of support you feel there is amazing!  Can you tell what our theme was?....Definitely mustaches but overall it was suppose to be Charlie Chaplin and the 20s.
Stephanie and Eric Eborn with Tyler Hoffman.

Andrew had a lot of fun hanging out with us.

I love my silly husband!

This little girl was a daughter of a friend of Stephanie's.  What a cutie!
This was all the teams opening lap.  The excitement is in the air!

The evening ceremonies are amazing!  So spiritual.

Stephanie asked Jon is he could be Mr. Relay for our team.  He wasn't quite sure he wanted to do it.  Of course Steph picked him because Jon is so outgoing and fun.  But Jon is "maturing" in age and thinks it might be the last of his day to do something this wild. So each team picked a guy to dress up like a woman and go around trying to get donations for Relay for Life.

Jon was off and running on his skates and was so fun to watch.  He got a lot of donations.  In fact he probably would have won but someone made an anonymous donation of $300 and gave it to someone else. :(

All in all it was such a fun night.  I'm so glad that Stephanie let us be a part of her team and enjoy a fun filled night.  Also, Jon bought a quilt from the auction and it had hand prints of survivors on it.  Turns out one of the hand prints was of a grandson of a lady in our church so she bought it from us.  Meant a lot to her.  She missed the auction and thought she lost the quilt.

Inkom Parade 2013

We love the tradition of going to the Inkom Parade.  This year Jon was asked to do a float so he brought our boat and made a sign that said "Fishers of Men"  The kids threw the candy and they loved it!


Emptying the candy bags was fun for the boys.

The military were preparing for the parade.  It was neat to watch.


Then the parade began and off we went!


We came up to our family and it was fun to spoil them with candy.

Lightning Fire

Jon and I were driving home one night and saw a couple fires going on the hillside of Inkom.  It was quite a sight at night. We had a lightning storm come through, which had started two fires.  They made circles of fire that kept burning outward.  The next day when they were out there were two large burned areas.  Luckily no homes were taken and it was stopped quickly.

Having fun at The Woolstenhulme Ranch in Montpelier

It was a wonderful spring day in May when we all went down to play at the ranch.  There were new baby colts and hay rides and horse rides.  It was a great day!


I love the girls grumpy faces!! Classic!
Can I just say....Cheesy!  It's the best!  That's our Andrew, Mr. Happy Guy
Lots of people went on little horse rides.  They have a couple horses that are so docile and easy to ride.
Then the best part of all was seeing the cute, tiny, little colts running around.  They never would leave their Mommy's side.
When we left on the hay ride all the horses started chasing after us.  Guess it makes sense since we had their food.