More Photos From July Trip to Utah

Andrew, John, Julie, Joyce, Grace, Rosie, Brad, Steve, Marc, Rebekah at the Wind Cave above Logan Canyon.
Julie, Grace, Joyce, John, Marc, Steve, Rosie, Brad at White Pine Lake
Rebekah, Steve, Andrew & Brad on the Crimson Trail above Logan Canyon
Marc, John and Brad on Naomi Peak (10,000 feet) the highest peak in Logan Canyon.
As always, Marc listens closely as his Dad shares some wisdom on the trail to Naomi Peak
Rosie and Grace
Julie and Grace
Joyce at Tony Grove

Andrew, Joyce and Rebekah enjoy a moment by the stream in front of the cabin.Four Generations -- Julie, Grace, Ruth, Rosie, Joyce

Graduation- I did it!

Marguerite and Me.

This is Joyce at Grace's blessing. This is Grace, at her blessing.

I love family so much! Thank you to everyone. John, Julie, Joyce, (Grace-not picutured) Bedda, Drew, Stephen, Paul, Dad, Mom, Marc, Xaiver, Emilie, Marguerite, and me in the picture. I did it! I graduated!

Sam and I.

In honor of Kay, this is me riding her and Grandpa Johnson is by me, he gave me Kay, I miss them so much and I miss Grandma Johnson too. I am so glad we are family forever, to Grandpa Miller and Grandpa Johnson who taught me a lot about horses, as well as Kim Folk/Beverly, and others who gave me lessons. I want to say thank you to everyone family, friends who have supported me, sorry I didn;t list everyone, but know I am thanking you and I love you all so much!

This is Tuffy and I, I love to ride her, she is doing excellent with her training! Thank you.

I am so excited because I am offically all done with school, at GRCC with my ECE AAA degree, I finshed on August 12, 2010! I got my diploma-pretty piece of paper as they call it and it is on my transcripts! I will miss school, but I am all ready to be done, with not having to do homework/stress about what classes to take. It feels great to be all done with school. I am still waiting to hear back if I get a full time job or not in the Enumclaw school district as a para working with children with special needs in elementary or preschool age children, so right now I am a sub para- work starts next week, babysit, Kids BASE, nursery, training Tuffy with Kim Folk/ride Tuffy/take care of her, play with Sam, help our family/friends out, read, flute,pract. sign lanague, etc. I love and miss you all. Have a great day!

Bear Lake -- July 2010

When we were in Utah last month we spent a day at Bear Lake. The weather was great and we were joined by Jill, Mike and their three children along with Rob and Mary and their family. Jill and Mike brought their Jet Skis and they were put to great use by this crew. Steve, Marc and I rode our bikes through Logan Canyon to the lake -- a great way to start the day.

Steve, Marc, Rosie, Brad and Andrew pose for a quick photo on the edge of the lake.
Steve entertains Dean, Rob, Jill and Mary with stories about some of the people he used to work with.
Julie, Grace, Joyce and John
Steve and Rosie come in from a quick run on the jet skis.
Melanie, Joyce and Jonathon
Kristin, Andrew, Rebekah, Mary Kate, Scott work on their sand castle.
Jeffrey, Jonathon, Andrew, Kristin, Melanie, Mary, Rosie, Mary Kate, Scott, Joyce and Rebekah
It was a memorable day in a beautiful place with wonderful people.

Miller Family Reuinion -- July 2010

Ivan and Ruth have created quite a ripple with 124 of us now with 2 more expected this year! We celebrated with a fun and crazy day at Willow Park in Logan, UT on July 31, 2010. There were about 90 of us there that day!
The festivities began the night before with a dinner up at our cabin in Logan Canyon for Ivan and Ruth and their six and spouses. The calm before the storm!
After dinner we had a chance to catch up and enjoy each other a while.
Grandma Miller taught a class on crocheting on a hot afternoon in the shade. Thanks Mom!
Grandpa Ivan showed the kids how to fish all afternoon. He is an expert. Thanks Dad!
The boondoggle crew! Rebekah showed the girls how to make colorful bracelets.
We might be getting older, but we can still cheese it up with the best of them! It was a great day! Front row: Jeff and Steve Back row: Jeanie, Rosie, Ivan, Ruth, Sue and Marsha.

Rosie

Melanie and Spencer Come to Enumclaw

Enumclaw Washington is many miles from all of our large family. So when we get family visitors it is always cause for excitement. Sunday night Melanie and Spencer Johnson came to see us from Atlanta (My brother, Scott, got tied up and could not come) for a very quick trip. Spencer served in the Tacoma Mission 2007-2009 and wanted to show his Mom the places he served and introduce her to some of the people he worked with. They had a packed itinerary so we only had them for Monday morning and they agreed to spend it at our favorite place in Washington -- Mount Rainier National Park.

Melanie and Scott lived in Boston when we lived there in the eighties and we grew very close during those years. Each time we see them we realize how much we miss them. Rosie and Melanie have a great friendship and sisterhood. Here they enjoy a smile as the sun comes up on Mount Rainier.

This is one of my favorite views of Rainier with Tipsoo Lake in the foreground.
Rosie, Melanie, Spencer and Brad pause for a picture above Sunrise in Mount Rainier National Park.
It was another perfect weather day -- it's always like that in Western Washington.

Glorious Wildflowers in Mount Rainier National Park

This morning Rebekah, Andrew and I drove 45 minutes to the top of Chinook Pass in Mount Rainier National Park to take one of our favorite hikes -- The Naches Loop. It was a perfect summer day with temperatures in the 70s and not a cloud int he sky. The wildflowers were brilliant red, purple, white, yellow... and with Mount Rainier, Mount Adams and four glacier fed lakes as a background every step of this easy 4.5 mile hike was breathtakingly beautiful. Above the top of Rainier looks like a big ice cream cone.

Andrew and Rebekah surrounded by purple lupine stop for a photo on the trail.
Andrew and Rebekah above Dewey LakeAndrew and Brad in the middle of flowers, lakes and mountains.

This photo shows Rainier with some of the surrounding terrain and a couple of my favorite biking roads in the world. The bottom middle is the Chinook Pass highway, the right hand middle (a little hard to see in this small photo) is the road to Sunrise. Both roads are good hard climbs with incredible scenery at every turn.

A Perfect Anniversary!

We had an exciting adventure to Vancouver on August 18th for our 32nd Anniversary. We started it off with a great hike up Grouse Grind Trail. We wondered a bit when we got to the trail head because we observed the strict warnings about the risks of the hike! But the wander-lust in us overpowered the fear and we forged ahead. . .
Brad is a perfect scout . . .

I have to say it was probably the steepest hike I have ever been on . . .
They cut the trail pretty much straight up the mountain. I think Brad said it was 2800 ft. in 1.8 miles!

But look who was waiting at the top all carved in wood!

What a view from up on top!
Plus a ride down to save the old knees!
That evening a wonderful seafood dinner and a session at the new Vacouver Temple for a perfect climax to a very special day in our lives!
I am a very lucky girl to have such a wonderful mate! Love you Brad! Thanks for a wonderful trip.