Marissa's 4th Birthday

Marissa turned 4 on the 8th of September. We had a fun little party for her. We also had a pioneer celebration in our ward, and I had fun making costumes. Chandler and Marissa are growing and learning like crazy, and Ty is doing well in school.
Love--Kyla, Ty, Marissa, and Chandler

RAK Reunion

We decided it was time to start on a small scale our family reunion, like some of you have. We realize that we are only going to grow bigger and need to get that established. While all were around before college started, we spent a day together. We hiked our hill, and had our morning devotional there and a "breakfast picnic". We set up our 100' slip and slide down the hill. It was a big splash! We also made "master tonic" for all of us to have in our storage. We enjoyed each other's company, played, and ate yummy food!!

While Jared and Kristin were here into the next week, they harvested tomatoes and we canned all one day. We have enjoyed a great garden this year. Randy loves to "unwind" out there, weeding and tending it.

We had a fun hiking day with Jared and Kristen the day before Labor Day. We were sure glad they were following us when our pick-up died going over Galena. They were troopers and stuck with us. What great kids.
This is a little friend Kristen made. He ate all of the nuts out of our trail mix.
This is the lake we hiked into. It's close to Alturus and Redfish. What a beautiful place.
It was quite a hike but worth it once we got there.
Our friend again, he's got a lot of nuts in his cheeks.

Doing things with family make the best memories!

Deena