Visit to Utah

We left on  Friday morning and drove to Idaho Falls where we stayed overnight with our friends, the Okesons, and enjoyed visiting with them.

Saturday it was off to Salt Lake for a couple of hours in the Family History Library and then on to Lehi.

Snow on the Mountains

Homework

Football Week

Carter played four football games in Lethbridge this week.  Bob and I watched two of them.

Our Favorite Player #19

Our Family Home Evening group started up again this past Monday.  We also attended a meeting of the Lethbridge Branch of the Alberta Genealogical Society.

Home till the End of the Month

After arriving home from Idaho we were home for four days and then we went to Calgary to stay with Jackson and Mickey for the week-end.  It was a relaxing week-end as our only duties were to chauffeur and we didn't have to go far.

We did get to visit with Nathan's family and with Edward's family.

Nanjing Teachers' Second Reumion

For the 2008-2009 school year we taught at Nanjing University with the BYU China Teachers program.  There were three other couples in Nanjing with the same program and we became good friends.  We had our first reunion in September 2010.

Last Tuesday morning we left Pocatello and drove to Boise where we met the Slaters and Okesons at the Temple.  After the temple session we went to the shopping mall and had lunch at the food court and then went on to Crouch and then the Terrace Lake Golf resort where Jeannie's father owns a cabin.  Along the way we stopped at Winco to pick up some food and at a post office along the way.

Walt and Marilyn Johnson joined us  at the cabin.

Jim and Jeannie Leaving the Temple

 We were surprised how busy the Temple was.  It had a very big parking lot which was filled.

View from the Front of the Cabin

Walk on Wednesday Morning

What Interested Bob?

Golf Course

Cabin

 Thursday afternoon we were enjoying the swimming pool when dark clouds started to roll in and then we could hear thunder.  We got out of the pool about 4:30 and the lightening began and the pool attendant shooed everyone from the pool. Luckily we were back at the cabin when the wind and rain began. It was a serious storm.  From the front window we watched as a tree fell a little lower down the hill. Another tree fell and knocked out some of the power lines and blocked the road so we were in the dark until 1:00 am and couldn't get down the road.

Tree Blocking the Road

Power Lines Hanging Down

The next day was beautiful and fresh.  We had tickets for "You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown" at the summer theater in Crouch, but the show was cancelled because the cast couldn't get there from Boise.  The storm had caused a number of wash-outs on the roads in the area.

Can you see the Golden Eagle?

Games

We all left on Saturday morning having had a great time together.  Everyone but us was able to get on the roads they needed, but we had to go a different route than planned because the road still wasn't cleared from a mudslide.
We drove over winding roads surrounded by tree covered hills and then through valleys surrounded by barren hills until we got to Missoula, Montana.  There were intermittent rain showers along the way.

Stanley, Idaho

From Missoula we drove on to Jeremy & Julie's cabin at Echo Lake where we spent the night.  We planned on attending church in Big Fork, but when we got there the parking lot was empty except for another Alberta car and the driver was on the phone trying to find out where Stake Conference was being held.  We went to Kallispell and were not even a half hour late for the meeting.

We drove over the Logan Pass in the rain and clouds and arrived home about 6:00 p.m. Sunday evening.

It's a Long Way to Pocatello

Shortly after 8:00 a.m. this morning we left Lethbridge.  It was beautiful and sunny in Alberta.  There was only one person ahead of us at the border!  We went across Montana under cloudy skies through a few rain showers.  It was a leasurely drive because the traffic was light.  However, when we got to Idaho the traffic was much heavier, but the skies cleared and a bit of sun came through.

We arrived in Pocatello at supper time and after checking into the hotel went to Cafe Rio for supper.

View from the Hotel

Murray Walker Wedding

On Friday we drove to Calgary and visited with Nathan and Edward's families.  Saturday we drove to Rocky Mountain House to attend my brother's granddaughter's wedding.

It was a beautiful day for an outdoor wedding.

Here Comes the Bride

Father of the Bride

Flower Girls

Great Uncle and Aunts of the Bride

Walkers and Murrays

Grandparents of the Bride

We left the reception about 8:00 p.m. and drove back to Calgary where we stayed overnight, attended church, had dinner with Edward and Jacqueline and drove back to Lethbridge.

Jeremy and family were here when we arrived home and will be staying overnight and getting Kennedy settled in for school.