Hey Everyone~

How is everyone doing? We hope all is well. Not much has been going on down here in Salt Lake. Every weekend is some sort of hunt..so mostly everyone is gone ha! Well except me ha ha. Shawn, Jason, and my Dad all got their deers. Which is pretty fun for them! My Mom is still trying. They are actually up there this weekend. Things are going pretty well. Any news from any of you? Later!

Mom's Birthday

Hey everyone,
It's Mom's birthday tomorrow and she will be 71! We have been doing some pre-birthday celebrating and have been to dinner and a play at the Old Barn. Then Loni had us go to Paradise to visit the Cracker Barrel and have dinner their also. Let's do cake and ice cream tomorrow (Sunday) at 2:00 pm, Ok? Love you all, Heidi

Loni & Courtney's Wedding Pictures

Loni & Courtney's Wedding Pictures Are downloaded on the link below
C & K

Jon's Wedding Picture's

There is now a link at the bottom right, under the list of Contributors.
that has all the pic's C & K took of Jon's wedding.
C & K

Kerri,
Hey there! I hope you guys had a fun weekend! If Cassie told you anything crazy its a big lie ha ha! Kidding! I told you to email those pictures, but I never gave you my email. So when you get the chance (no rush) I would love to see them. nich3712@suumail.net Thanks, Natalie!*!

Here are some pic's of Cassie, Casey & Craig at the Idaho history day, we do this every year for the Cassia County School district, they bring all the 4th graders from the whole district. and we get to teach them about the mountain man & fur trade era. Cassie & Casey got to sluff school and spend all day talking to 4th graders.....Yea!!!! It's really kinda fun, we talk about the fur trade era then we demonstrate how to load a muzzle loader & gun safety, then we fire off a few rounds, then we demonstrate how to throw the hawk and knives, then they each get to take a turn throwing them. there are about 15 stations & they spend about 25 -30 min. at each one.

Steve, Heidi, Marshall and I went for a quick trip on Labor Day weekend to Yellowstone. We had a great time. This is a picture of Heidi and I at a lookout with the falls in the background. You can't see the falls very good but of well.

We stayed at Roosevelt Lodge on Saturday night in the cabins there. It's a fun little out of the way area. There were deer that came to visit Marshall when he was playing in the creek that was near our cabin. Ask Marshall how buffalo steak tastes with Huckleberry sauce on it! That was the special at the restaurant at Roosevelt. It was pretty funny!

Here we are at Firehole Canyon. It was pretty chilly in the mornings and evenings. We spent Sunday night at The Mammoth Hotel. I thought I had reserved a cabin there too. Apparently we had a miscommunication. The rooms were nice enough but their idea of air conditioning is a 12 in oscillating fan in a room with one plug. Needless to say we all roasted! We saw a big 6 point bull sitting on the lawn right outside our hotel with his harem of cows all close by. They weren't bothered a bit by all the tourists who were enjoying the view. We took Marshall out to the Lamar Valley on Sunday evening to see a big grizzly that Steve and I had spotted on Saturday evening. He just on the far side of the river that runs through that valley. You could see him quite well with binoculars but, we had our spotting scope an you could see him really well with that. He was foraging through the grasses and enjoying a good meal. It was a real treat to be able to watch him for about an hour. I think Marshall was totally impressed as were Steve and I. On Sunday we also were able to see three wolves lying in an open meadow in the winding, steep area near Canyon. There were 2 greys and a black just enjoying the morning sun. There were hard to see with binoculars but it was better with the scope. Of course, we saw many bison and Steve and Marshall got to see a really big bull moose over by the petrified tree area.

At the Grizzly Center in West Yellowstone I got to sit on the bear couch. It's my favorite picture so I had to put it in. There aren't many pictures of Steve. He was the camera man, scope man, chauffer, well actually he was in charge of making sure everything went well. And it did!

We took Flat Stanley along on the trip with us so you'll see him in several pictures too. Of course, he had a great time too! This is at the Grizzly Center in West Yellowstone. They have a museum there and we were impressed with the polar bear.

This is at the Grizzly Center too. We were able to see the 2 grizzlies that were out eating their morning meal of fish. We also saw the wolves there too. It was impressive even though they were in caged enclosures.

Oh, lucky day! I did find a picture with Steve in it. Here we are out in front of the Grizzly Center. We left on Friday night and traveled as far as Ashton Idaho. There's a little hotel there where Steve and I have stayed before. As I said it was a fast trip but, a really fun one. We were excited when Heidi and Marshall accepted our invitation to go with us. Heidi said the last time they were in Yellowstone was when Marshall was a toddler. Marshall was impressed with all the animals. The only draw back about the weekend was that we had to miss Tana's wedding. I heard that it was very nice. Natalie said it was a really great day, we were sorry we weren't there! I guess we'll see you all on the 22nd for Loni's wedding.