Fishing with the Grandkids - June 14, 2013

 Taylor caught two fish and learned how to cast his fishing pole. He is a quick learner!

 Brianna likes to fish and here she is after reeling in her fish.

 Taylor and Brianna showed patience as they watched their pole in hopes to catch more fish.

 Here is Taylor with his second fish.

 Alyssa also reeled in a fish,

 The ladies went for a walk around the lake and we took their picture while they were on the other side.

The ladies returned from their hike. The grandkids all had a fun sleepover at Grandma's and enjoyed fishing the following day at Payson Lakes.

Camping in Ephraim Canyon, June 5-8, 2013

 This is what I call a well-built tee-pee fire!

 Hot chocolate is good in the mornings!

 Hot water, anyone?

 Kippie loves her spot on the 4-wheeler!

 Lunchtime on the trail.

 This is one big snowdrift even for June!

 Emily loves to climb trees.

 All kinds of trees, even very large pine trees.

 This deer was a frequent campground visitor, especially in the early morning hours.

 Ride cowboy, ride.

 This is high-mountain country, lots of snow!

 We all love to camp, now don't we?

Rory is catching "air" as he jumps into the snowdrift!

Memorial Day

 We camped at Birch Creek in Idaho. It has been 29 years ago since we were there.

 We also went to see the Charcoal Kilns were they made charcoal for the smelter  at Voila mine by Leadore, Idaho.

 We stopped by the ghost town of Gilmore, Idaho. It has started to change. People are now buying the old homesites for recreational property.

 Here is a picture of Mom, Andrew, and Emily standing on the porch of an old home in Gilmore.

 Andrew and I took a long ride up Pass Creek Canyon and over to and down Eight Mile Canyon. There were many scenic vistas along the way.

 We also stopped by Pass Creek Lake. Unfortunately, we didn't purchase any Idaho fishing licenses.

 We enjoyed stopping at Craters of the Moon. It looked about the same as it did 29 years ago when we saw it last. Rory was just a baby, not quite 2 years old.

 We enjoyed climbing through the Indian Tunnel cave at Craters of the Moon National Monument.

 We also stopped at EBR1 which was the first nuclear reactor to light an entire city (Arco, Idaho).

This is the outside of the building of the world's first nuclear power plant. It was a fun time being in Idaho. We also went to Evan and Emily's baby blessing (their third baby) in Idaho Falls on Sunday. Mom's brother, Steve, and his wife Valerie (Evan's parents), also traveled from Washington to be there. It was nice to see them again.

It's beginning to look like Christmas

 We love this Christmas tree and the ornaments we have collected over the years. Our most favorite ornaments are those that remind us of our children and the memories we have of Christmas' past.

You'll be home for Christmas if only in "our" dreams! We love hanging these stockings and remembering Christmas pasts when our children were here.

 Here is a picture of our house decorated with Christmas lights for this year. We received a big snowstorm in November but it all melted as we have had wonderful (too good) weather for too long. We are looking for snow (not too much in the valley). 

 We had family night with Rory and Tim's family and made Gingerbread houses. They are a lot of fun. My personal favorites are the ones that have the most candy!

 It is a family affair! It takes a family to make a gingerbread house.

This is Rory and Katie's first Christmas making a gingerbread house together.

Andrew usually eats as much candy while making the gingerbreadhouse as he actually puts on his house.

Emily is an artist when it comes to decorating trees!

Here is the Tim Shaw happy family creating gingerbread houses!

 This is a good looking gingerbread house. We wuill enjoy eating it on Christmas Day!

We wish each of you a Merry Christmas. Just a reminder, Grandma Shaw's Christmas party is this Saturday,  December 8, at the Payson church. We hope that those coming could be there at 3 pm to help set up the tables and chairs. Love you all.

Hot Dog and Mallow Roast

It was a fun time cooking hot dogs (Hebrew National) over a roaring fire. The fire did burn down and we had wonderful coals to roast the marshmallows. It was  a nice afternoon for a Family Night activity up Payson Canyon. All the leaves in the picnic area had fallen from the trees and it was fun walking and running through them.

Bruce and his family was there and made the event even more memorable. The more the merrier!

 Rory and Katie were also there. Hot dogs just tast better if roasted on an open fire.

Kelly and Emily have really grown up.

It was fun. We wish all of you could have been there.