More of the wedding...

When I get a bit of spare time I work up some of the photos. You might, however, see some repeats, so I apologize.

The happy couple...

Mr. & Mrs. Bennett Honstein

Becki and Ben had an absolutely beautiful wedding day. It was perfect in every way. All the pictures are pretty self explanitory so I won't bore you with written commentary.

Some Summer, July

The 4th of July was absolutely beautiful--high 70s, clear skies. We

decided to hike a bit in the mountains. We even took the dogs.
Along one of the trails we've hiked frequently this summer is the "water hole." (At least that's what we call it.)

The water from the stream is super cold, so therefore, very refreshing--for both man and beast.

Our family had a BBQ at Jason & Tammy's. We brought our kayaks and along with theirs, we all got a chance to get out on the lake. Here's Pate, Dan, Jordan, London, Grafton, Shane, and Tammy in the kayak.

Mr. Outdoors!

Yordie Yames.

Beck and Ben.

I had to take this picture of Katana sitting so well in her orange life jacket.

We have a poplar tree in the back yard that has been naughty. It's been reproducing babies and they have been sprouting throughout the back yard and into the neighbor's yard. When it was decided that it had to go, Dan jumped at the chance to take it down. We had a tree-chopping activity the other night with everyone having an important part in the process.

Adam's was pulling on the top to pull it over.

Even tho' it looks like Aaron is doing a rope trick he actually helped pull the tree down as well.

Becki began as the belay person (I don't know if that's correct spelling.)

Here's Dan making his way up, up, up...

He's making the cut...

And here it goes!

Ah yes, Dan is mighty proud of his handiwork.

Some Summer

It's the first day of summer and our family has already had some fun.

These guys are lazing on a Sunday afternoon. I can't believe Jordan. He continues to grow. He's surpassed Becki and is within 1" of Dan and Aaron. Good for him!

Above, I went with to a girls camp with our Young Women at church. Very fun to be with those girls. Even tho' we got some rain, some hail, and some sun, it was a still a great experience. The camp theme was, "All You Need is Love" with 60's style decorating. Groovy!

Jordan went on a campout with his scout troop. Those guys are awesome! He has most of his merit badges before he can work on his eagle project. For Jordan, camping out with friends the best. They definitely know how to really camp, none of that sissy stuff like going to the campgrounds with running water and flush toilets.


The campsite. :)

Mark & I took a weekend trip to Las Vegas. We attended the Phantom of the Opera at the Venetian. That was my birthday present. It was so nice to have an extremely relaxing weekend. We enjoyed it so much, we'd like to do it again.

We're not very good at taking pictures of both of us. Either Mark needs to get shorter or me taller. Here's the ceiling at the Venetian.

The entrance to Phantom.

Here's some random pictures from earlier in the year. These 2 pictures were taken in Seattle at the Music Experience Project. Yes, I know, I don't act my age. Oh well.

Here's a picture of Dan's condo. There's 3 units in the building. He's got the biggest one.