Family Weekend

      One of the perks of being a missionary at Heber Valley Camp, is that once during the season our family gets to come and stay for free.  They get to stay in cabins, use the Challenge Course's and Go on the Lake.
     Our family came this last weekend.  We had so much fun.  Our 3 boys came with their families.  Carrie could not come from Oregon, we hope maybe next year.
       We had some great family time on the Challenge Course, the Lake, and at Church and after.
        Loved this family time.

The Zip Line  -  James

Getting Maggie in the Harness

Enzo and Maggie, Maggie was a little nervous

Ben

Sophia, fearless, she loved this

That smile says it all

Stephanie is so afraid of heights, yet she conquered the Zip Line

Enzo

On to the Lake,  Grandpa, Sophia and Ben

James, Stephanie, Emilio and Ada

Me, Maggie, Enzo, Ben , Sophia, and Grandpa

Playing in the sand box

Janelle and Hadley

Maggie , so tired

Lydia, ready for bed

Kammie and Steph, trying to figure out how to change
places, without falling off the log

I think the balance must go with age

Ben trying to get through the spider web, without touching it

Jeff safely guided a blind folded, Lydia across the mine field

the Life Line, kind of like the rod of iron experience

Tate

Grandpa helping Sophia through Life Line

James, Stephanie, Enzo, Ada and Emilio

Ben, Kammie, Sophia, Maggie and Tate

Jeff, Janelle, Hadley and Lydia

Everyone was tired, but we had a great weekend,  sure missed Carrie, Briody, Calan, Eliane and Josie

4th of July Parade

     We have a tradition here at the Camp.  For the 4th and the 24th of July we have a parade for whoever is on the Mountain. Since the 4th landed on a Monday, and no one was in camp, we had the Parade on the 5th for the Young Women who had just arrived on the Mountain.
     We all decorated our ATV's and drove through the whole camp, throwing our candy and waving to the girls.  They loved it. It was really fun.
      So Elder LeFevre and I decided, hey why not, let's invite Santa and Mrs. Claus and 2 of the elf's to ride in the 4th of July Parade. So we had Santa decorate his summer sleigh and He and Mrs. Claus and 2 of the Elf's came and through out candy canes.  They were a hit.

You can't see it very well the the line of ATV's goes all the way around the corner ahead

This is our pet deer.  She sleeps right next to our cabin. She just looks
at us when we go in and out. We can walk right next to her and it
 does not scare her away.  We love it that the animals are not
 afraid of us. ( except maybe when it is a skunk or badger)

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