White Water

It has been a realy long time since I have blogged here. Alot has happened in the last year and I will try to catch up on somethings and others are best just skipped over.

I hope to have alot to Blog about in the next few weeks as I will travel to to see my daughter Karina who lives the farthest from me. I miss her and her family.

As many of you know I am the Young Mens president in our Ward. Our younger scouts went to Scout camp but a few of the older boys wanted more so we went white water rafting.

We traveled to Northern California to Gold country area and went to a place on the American river at Camp Lotus. The people at River Runners that ran the trip are the best people. They made us feel at home and took care of our every needs.

We slept in tents but had showers and toilets close that were very clean.

The river has been running fast this year as there is so much snow still in the mountains that feed this river. They are still skiing at Mamoth Resort.The water was cold but it was in the mid 90's so it felt good after awhile.

Here is where we set out from.
We got used to the water where it was peaceful.

heading down river.

Jumping from the cliff

I guess I should have watched where I was jumping.

getting a little more turbulent.

It was hard to take pictures on the river. They took professional ones when we traveled through the class 4 and 3 plus but they weren't within our budget.

This was a vey enjoyable time and if not for my pinched nerve It would have been perfect.

If you want to know more about this trip check out riverrunners.com

We also toured the Gold rush state park and made a stop to the Sacramento Temple.

I hope to be able to blog more about goings on. I am looking forward to my trip to North Idaho to see Karina and Family. We should have more to write about and pictures.

Happy Father's Day

My Dad has been out of this life for awhile yet every Father's Day brings back memories. This year is no different. I have 3 of my grandchildren living with us. It is great to see how they interact with their dad as well as the love they share with me.
I remember my dad and his love to my mom and siblings. Dad was a very hard worker. I have kept some of the tools he had in our basement and I remember how he taught me how to use them.
My dad never made a lot of money. As a police officer he did his best to teach us to stand up for what was right. He used to give us hair cuts down in our basement. I don’t remember ever paying for haircuts until I was in junior high. Even then it was from somebody dad knew from his police beat.
My dad could talk to anyone. He always made me feel safe as he always knew what to do. Even when he had no clue he would be so positive that you thought he did know.
I will never forget his example to family as he came to my games and other events.
He has set the bar very high for me to follow. He had faults as we all do. He has been a hero to me my whole life.
This Father Day and always I love him

Memorial Day!

Today is memorial day. I am so thankful for the sacrafices made over the years for this country by brave young men and woman.I like most of this counrty celebrated it more as the first day of the summer. We spent most of the day at a park in La Mirada.

As I write this we are getting ready for a BBQ in the back yard. The day was perfect if only Karina and family were here as well.

Abby as ever is ready for pictures

Sitting in a tree

Sharing a tree with big sister Emma

The Three Wonder Kids.

Tamar's family

Fresh from driving across country we decided the first thing to do was to go to the beach. Saturday we spent the day at Corona del Mar In Newport Beach. It was a beautiful day. Other than looking like Frosty the Snowman I was so white, we had a good time..The most imporant thing is pictures so here are a few...

Sand in the face isn't as good as sand in the mouth.

Grandma feed me grapes

Here is Trever explaining the fine art of sand castles

Shayla and Emma deciding if the was are big enough for the boggie board..
Kyle thinking they aren't very courageous.

Heart Attack

No, despite being out of shape I didn't have a heart attack. It's Valentines day and for Valentines day we participated in a fund raising project for girls camp called heart attack. For a small fee the girls would attack your house with valentine wishes.

I didn't know that Linda did the same thing as I did for her and Shayla.

Yesterday we were all gone for about an hour and when we returned this is what we found. I am sure every one on our street was jealous of the love that dwells here.

Today is a beautiful day and as I type it is about 4:30 and warm. It was in the 80's today. We will barbecue steak for dinner. It should be wonderful.

To make the day complete my favorite TV show starts again tonight. Woo-Hooo Welcome back Amazing Race.

I have the day off today..no i have a 4 day week end and I am going to enjoy it. I also have my camera fixed so I should be able to blog a bit more.

Kaylee will come home today and we are going to see Avatar then out to dinner then to the Los Angeles Temple to see the Christmas lights. Maybe tomorrow we might take a trek to the beach as it will be in the mid 70's. Not to swim but just being at the beach should be fun.

Spent a late night helping Linder get get ready for the last day off school before her 2 week vacation. They are having a pot luck today so she has been busy.

I am enclosing a picture of me with my sisters. They have always been good to me.