Martin's Cove

I have a new calling - something very dear to my heart. I have been called as our ward's Trek Coordinator for our youth conference next summer at Martin's Cove. Gary and I got to go out there this past weekend for a training seminar. It is an amazing place and the Spirit is so strong!There are three beautiful statues of the rescuers overlooking the Sweetwater. They really make you think.Devil's Gate from the Visitor's Center


One of the statues looking back towards the Cove.

Devil's Gate early in the morning coming from Casper. It was a beautiful morning and there were antelope everywhere. I mean hundreds and hundreds of them.

Martin's Cove where the handcart pioneers waited out the storm.
Across the ravine where they buried their dead. They could hear the wolves come down off the rocks.
We even did a woman's pull. That's me in the turquoise shirt.

The missionaries were so fun and told such faith inspiring stories.
And there was music everywhere.
They entertained us before dinner. You could tell they have so much fun together. Gary and I want to serve a mission there when we grow up.
I am so thankful and very excited for this new calling. I have needed something to do for quite a while (just ask my kids about that) so I look forward to this project. I have a deep love for this place and a great respect for those who suffered there for the gospel's sake. It was nice to know our legacy lives on. The first thing they do is show you an orientation video. They've put clips from some of the trek videos together. Right after there is clip of the Cove and Pres. Hinckley speaking, it shows our Bishop talking about the trek of life and shows our ward trekking. Later in the video it shows our Mormon Battalion call out and our women's pull. That was cool to see. I often ask myself would I would be willing to do the same to follow the Prophet and gather to Zion? I hope you'll share any ideas with me about "trekking". Can't wait to do it all again!

See the 24th of July post.

Bet you didn't know I was a hacker!

Happy Birthday to Carissa! I think she is going to be surprised to see this same picture on HER blog. Hmmmmm. How did I do that? Got ya!

Sewing Time

Elisa was here last weekend and she wanted to piece a quilt top for her inlaws for a Christmas present. Here she is pinning it to the backing. She did an AWESOME job on it and I can't wait to hear how it turns out when she quilts it. Anyway, she got me in the mood to make up some of the kits I have sitting around.
This one will have a few extra blocks sewn into the side panels with my grandkiddies handprints on them.
I just finished this baby quilt today for a lady in our ward. One of those scraps piles from the sidewalk sale at American Quilting. I got another top done too but I will have to wait to quilt it until after I get some luge suits done. Yep, time to make a little money again. I'm sewing for the Swedish team and the Canadian team and a guy from Argentina. Not bad, huh?

I happened to see a little video clip of our good friend Clyde Bawden. He has been involved in the exhibit "Reflections of Christ" which is a photography exhibit. Check out their website http://www.reflectionsofchrist.org/ for all the details. They will be exhibiting in Salt Lake City the first of October. Here is the web address to see some video clips. There are some really cool sections on their website about how they filmed the angels and many other stories about the pictures. I was blown away by how amazing they are and really touching. Clyde explains how he wrote some of the music. I think all of his music is amazing and I use it all the time in my videos but this was really spiritual. Crazy Clyde! He can actually be spiritual. Just kidding, we love him to death. Anyway, check it out. Way cool!!! There is a cd, a video slide show, and a book coming out with these pictures and music. Can't wait.

Is he proud or what?!

We picked up Casey's deer and got it hung. He is so funny - he likes to stand and admire it. He's hunted several years and never even seen a buck so he was pretty excited when he got this one. He and Garon debate over who's is the biggest or widest or whatever. Spartan wouldn't walk past it for over 3 days. The first deer was bad enough but he thought he was getting ganged up on. He was hilarious.
This is what you see when you walk in my front door. A ZOO! The two deer that is (not Casey) Well, then again . . .

Add sunshine to that list

The afternoon turned out to be beautiful. Thank goodness I can add sunshine to the list below. Timpanogos is gorgeous!

Please! Not yet!!!

We have had lightning and thunder, rain, hail, wind, and now snow in the past 12 hours. I am really not ready for winter so I hope it just goes away for a little longer. Becky and Brennen all have leaks and water in their homes from the storm. I will admit that we needed the moisture because it's been weeks and weeks since the last rain. Just no snow yet, ok?