Kind of like the movie "Ground Hog Day"................

Sometimes it is kind of like the Movie " Ground Hog Day".  Every day we get up, go to the Lake, have a great time with the Young Women and Families that come, go home, eat, and go to bed.  But each day we meet new people, almost everyday, we find someone that knows us or knows one of our kids, or someone we served a mission with in Micronesia.  

Some days we get to go for a ride, the pictures really do not do justice to the
beautiful scenery we get to see.  

It is so much fun.  Yes we are tired at the end of the day, but it is such a good tired.  We love what we are doing.  We love being Missionaries,  We love these precious Young Women and their leaders that come to camp and the families each weekend are so much fun.  What a GREAT Mission. 

The wild life, are not afraid of us, they rarely run away, they just look at us,

Some of our Young Women walking the trail around the lake

I can never get enough of these amazing girls and women who come to our lake,
they bring such happiness with them. 

This young women is the granddaughter of the Chandlers,
we served a mission with Elder and Sister Chandler in Micronesia

The other granddaughter of the Chandlers.  both girls came and said hello to us
when they were at the lake. They remembered us from meeting us when
Elder and Sister Chandler gave their homecoming talks and we
went to hear them. 

A family of ducks that live at our lake

Another family of ducks.  we have 5 in all that we have found

Out for another ride

Elder LeFevre was pretty excited when we came across these 2 bucks

I know it is hard to tell, but these 2 pictures are 2 different Beavers swimming across
the Lake, with tree branches for  their houses.

I love it when we drive through the thick forests of  Quaking Aspens

Baird's Cabin.  this cabin is about 150 years old.  It belonged to the original owners
of the land that is now Heber Valley Camp. It now sits on the camp property
so the Church went in and restored it. 

Found this baby Fawn, we wondered where her mother was.

Terrible picture of me, but a great one of Daisy.  This is our daughter in law,
Kammie's cousin. We have spent many a Long Horn Days in Altamont
with the whole family.  It was fun to find her at camp as a Young Women Leader

The Young Women come to the Lake

       The Young Women not only returned to the Mountain, but they returned to the Lake.  We loved it.  As each group arrived, it brought tears to my eyes. They bring such a strength  and spirit to the Mountain.  We Love what we are doing.  So good to be missionaries again.

These girls did not want to go out on the water, so they sang songs in the Pavilion  and
they sang beautifully

So many girls, they love the lake

Elder Terry, getting things ready to load a canoe

We were driving the Pontoon boat, when these two pulled up
next to us.  We found out later the one in the back
 is Gracie,  Sis. Honroths( one of our missionaries here) neice

View from the back of the Pontoon boat

All smiles

We walked out the door of our cabin and this Mama and baby moose
were right there

This deer swam in the lake with the girls today

The Young Women are back on the Mountain

The first buses arrive

One of the missionaries ATV's

Part of the trailers that carried all the Young Women's Gear 

The Young Women arrived back on the Mountain this morning.  WOW !!!   What a feeling.  If we thought there was a special feeling on this Mountain for the last 2 months, as we prepared for this day, it has been nothing compared to when the Young Women arrived. The Spirit descended upon the Mountain and it is strong. We shed a few tears as we watched them arrive, and then when our first group came to the Lake, it was amazing.
    What a treat,  I am so grateful we get to serve here, on this Holy Mountain.

An eventful week

Elder Heaton, we were putting new protectors on the Canoes, and Elder
Heaton decided he needed a Mustache from the left over stuff

Our first new babies on the Mountain.  All the animals are having there
babies and we spotted the first 2 fawns,  they were still a little
wobbly on there legs. 

Had a little bit of time to go for a ride and we went into the outback and found
some remnants of an old car seat

The next several picture may seem familiar to some of you that have
been to the Temple.  This is Temple Lake.  This is one of the places
where the Temple movie was filmed.  There is a special
feeling up at this  place

We are loving this mission. It is a special and beautiful place where we
get to serve

Elder Heaton and Elder Leathem, goofing off

Spring is just starting when we get really high up on the Mountain