YOUTH CONFERENCE

Just got home, after spending three days with the greatest bunch of kids ever.
It was our ward's youth conference. Aug 2-4. We went to Emery county in central Utah
We arrived on Thursday afternoon, had a great meal of hamburgers and hot dogs. Thursday evening we took the group to the Castle Valley pageant, it was very well done and all the youth thought it was good.
On Friday we had a fantastic breakfast of pancakes, eggs, sausage etc.. We then had a series of activities: started with a marshmallow war (fun stuff) Karen thought it was the most fun of the whole conference. We then walked the youth out into the "wilderness" to give them a lesson on murmuring.
They all went to "Gillies" store and bought post cards to write their testimonies in, we are going to mail them all to our ward missionary. We then took the group to the city cemetery in Ferron, Utah. The young women's president has an ancestor that is buried there, he was one of the first to bring his family to the area and settle, she talked about our pioneer heritage and how important it is to appreciate what they did for us and for what they believed in.
We ate lunch at the park in Ferron and then spent the rest of the day at a small reservoir. The youth all loved the chance to relax and play in the water and the mud.
Friday evening we had a great meal of chicken and ribs, and then had a fireside with a speaker that had been one of Quinton Selin's youth leaders. We then had a testimony meeting and all but 2 of our youth took the opportunity to bare testimony of the gospel. It was so neat to hear from some that under "normal" circumstances would never do that kind of thing.
Saturday morning we cleaned up and headed home. We stopped at the city park in Price, Ut. and had pizza for lunch, again no complaints about the food

The child
I used to be
is still very much alive,
somewhere
very deep inside me.....

LOST AND FOUND

I wonder if there is ever a tube of Carmex that gets used until it is actually empty.
Mom cleaned the house the other day and kept finding partial tubes of the stuff, I think we have 5 or 6 now. And then just to be a comedian she bought another one at the store today. You know you gotta have it, so if you can't find it you just buy a new one. After all it is cheap stuff, at 1.39 a tube it won't break you.
However it is not really cheap; at the price of 1.39 per .35oz that adds up to about $508.00 per gallon. So go ahead and buy another tube, they'll just make more. And the main ingredient is petroleum, so every time you loose a tube that's .35 oz of petroleum that is not going into the tank of your car.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

A man's true ideals are those he lives by, not always those he talks about.

RU SCOTTISH 2

Today, I am thankful for my Scottish heritage.....

And I wish I could wear kilts!


But.... I think I would try to be careful were I walked and how I sat.

FIRES MAKE BEAUTIFUL SUNSETS

With all the fires burning around the state of Utah there has been a lot of smoke in the air. Well in the evening the sun shining through the smoke makes for some fantastic sunsets. We went out to the Great Salt Lake tonight and took a few pictures.
Again reminding us that what looks great does not always smell great. We were at the Utah State Marina and it did not have a pleasent smell. But the sunset was worth the stink. Karen does not think so.

LUCK?

I sometimes wonder where all the good luck is stored,
and why its release and distribution are so irregular.

FAMILY DAY CAMP

So was there anyone driving back into the hot valley on Saturday evening that was not wishing they were still sitting around the campground enjoying the somewhat cooler temps of the high Unitas?

Thanks to everybody for coming up, we had a wonderful time

I can honestly say there isn't anything that I enjoy more than spending time with family.

So I hope nobody got to many "scamito" bites and lets all do it again, maybe even before the summers over?

GUINESS RECORD?

So what do you do when you get really bored over the summer? Maddison decided (with a joking prod) to go for the worlds record boondoggle. Yea that's right, the worlds record boondoggle. So what is the current world record for boondoggle? Well apparently there isn't one. So that makes it all the easier. First: buy two 100 yard rolls of the stuff and start doggling as fast as you can go.
current length is about 10 inches or so, but hey she is just getting started, and there is still a lot of summer ahead of us.
So go for it Maddison. I am cheering for you.
And where on earth did the word boondoggle come from?

Thought for TODAY

Today is not just another day. . .
it's the only one you will have all the way until tomorrow.