The Will Rogers Follies

Mom, Dad, and Krystal were in the chorus for The Will Rogers Follies produced by the Edge of the Seaters Theatre Company in conjunction with the San Juan High School Drama Department. Edward was also in thc chorus and was a dancer and played Wiley Post. We had four tremendous performances to packed audiences. It was a lot of fun. Willamania . . .

Occupational Hazards

Walking to class from my office, I stumbled up the stairs, hitting my leg on the stairs. It bruised the leg and the bruise oozed down through the tissue of the leg to my foot. Then my leg swelled up as the white blood cells worked on the bruise. It took nearly two months to get over the tenderness and swelling. Luckily I didn't have a break.

Autumn Harvest

With the wonderful winter snow and rich spring rains, our trees did the best ever. Our two little trees gave us twenty-four quarts of wonderful fruit, in addition to a lot of other fresh treats.

We also put up lots of tomatoes. We were still picking tomatoes in mid-October. The garden gave up lot of peppers, peas, corn, beans, squash, and cucumbers.

Hyrum Perkins Birthday

We enjoyed celebrating Hyrum's sixth birthday with family members in West Jordan on September 11th

Elk Ridge in the Autumn

We knew that we couldn't face another winter without a final trip to the mountain. So, in mid-September we took Krystal and Edward for a Saturday picnic ride on the Elk Ridge in our new Rav4.

Blue Mountain Scout Camp 2010

We had the opportunity to be on staff for the Blue Mountain Scout camp the middle of June.

Don has been staffing for over 10 years. This was Becky's second year. Don is camp chaplain and conducts morning devotionals every morning. These short meetings help everyone get the day off to a great start. Becky is a camp commissioner who oversees 10-12 troops and helps in any other way needed.

Nephew Brady has been on staff for 5 years. He has matured and become a leader (music and otherwise) at camp. This year Brady's dad, John was able to be on staff. He worked hard and was a great addition. It was great having my brother there with us. He says he will be back next year. Brady will be serving a mission in Mexico.

Little Bunny Fru-Fru had a comeback this year at the Friday closing campfire. Edward says that he had toned things down a touch this year.

Beginning of a busy Summer

Our granddaughter Marissa got to come home to our house for a week after Memorial Day. We spent some time at Grandma and Grandpa Popes. Marissa and I swam and played their organ while Don had Scout meetings.

We picked up Megan and Liz as we took Marissa home and then stayed in Idaho to tend Katie's kids while they went on trek to Martin's Cove. We took a little picnic trip with the kids to Swan Valley. These pictures are taken by a rest stop. You can see the Snake River in the background. It was cold in Idaho but beautiful.

We welcomed home the trekkers with white handkerchiefs at the stake center. Katie, Curtis, and Madi had a memoriable time and so did we.