Busy Friday

David and Alicia Walquist got married last Friday morning at 11:00am in the Salt Lake Temple and we hosted the wedding lunch at our house in the aftenoon. We had 60+ people. On Thursday Carl and I moved in 7 of the big tables and 60 chairs through the basement window. Brenda's sister helped with the tables decorations and KayLynn Simms organized the food. We had about 13 little kids besides. So nice to have the big downstairs! It was really nice. Thanks to Mike for helping to get all the tables and chairs returned!

Davis County Fair 5K

Carl, Kevin and I ran the Davis County Fair 5K in August and I wasn't going to say anything and then the picture came out in the Clipper (Davis County newspaper) that a lot of people in the ward take and they showed the picture in Relief Society! The nice part was a little prize. 1st prize people got $100 gift certificates from Target, $75 for second and $50 for 3rd.

David Walquist's wedding is next week and we are going to have the wedding lunch at our house as they are getting married in Salt Lake.

Hope you had a fun Labor Day weekend!

Little Utah hike

Last Friday, Aug. 28th, we took a little hike to Secret Lake with our neighbors, Alicia and Nels Tims. It is past Alta and in Albion Valley. Anyway, we saw these 3 moose bulls bigger than any we saw in Alaska! Last night was our local book group meeting. It is sponsored by the Relief Society, but includes local nighborhood ladies too. Last night Sylvia, Alicia and I did the meal and there were 18 people. I did the review. Some of the ladies asked me for the dressing recipe for the salad! Amazing.

Some favorite animals

These are favorites because I took the pictures from the car and they were so close to the car. The moose in the first picture was really right in the middle of the road on the way to Fairbanks. I had been looking at a map on something and Carl said, "Look up", and there it was. That same morning I saw the cow moose eating from the bottom of the little lake. The water was up to her eyes. Of course, the license plate was for real. Lots of fun!

Home again!

The first 2 pictures are the pipeline for the oil. Some people we met at Kennicott Mine told us that we could walk right up to the pipeline at a certain dirt road right off the main road. We could walk up and touch it! The lat picture is in Dawson and is a house where Jack London lived (Call of the Wild author).

Sharing Brighton with Grandma Tammey

Dan, Jonna, and Brighton arrived in Alaska on July 11th. It has been fun to share adventures with Brighton. These pictures are to share with Jonna's mom as she asked me to on a comment on my blog that I picked up yesterday.

Camping with the Bears

Today is July 9th and we are in Anchorage and met Mike, Kristen, Craighton and Karac for dinner at Chili's. Sat. morning we will pick up Dan, Jonna, and Brighton at the airport. I made a record of sleeping in a tent for 6 nights in a row and the bears were in the area! Grizzly bears! The picture of Carl and I is by Mendenhall Glacier near Juneau.