YW Float in Ashton

The Young Women had a fun activity to finish certifying for camp. We went to the Oberhansley's cabin in Ashton for lots of outdoor fun! It's such an awesome place! I totally want to live there! After we were done certifying, and eating lunch, we floated Fall River. So fun!

Bailey is the youth camp leader over the 3rd years. They had to learn how to start a fire using flint and steel.  Usually we get sparks, but never start an actual fire. 

Dacee started a fire! Whahoo! Bailey was so proud!

Models!

I love all these cute girls! It's impossible to be around them and not be happy!

The float was awesome! I wish we would have had time to do it twice!

When the adults got back from picking up our cars from the start of the float, the girls were all basking in the sun on their tubes.

This is the life!

Such a fun day!

Teton Bike Ride

Mark, Bailey, and I went on a 40 mile bike ride from Jackson to Jenni Lake. It's a ride along the base of the Tetons that we discovered last year. I can't believe we talked Bailey into going! She claims she hates biking. We had her ride my road bike, and she started liking it after the first 5 miles or so. There is a stretch where you ride along the highway, and that gave her a panic attack, but aside from that, it was a great ride. We stopped at String Lake, and of course Bailey couldn't resist getting in the water. We want to drive back up there this summer with paddle boards and a kayak. I hope we can fit it in! We stopped at Jenni Lake too. So pretty!

This was our awesome view for the whole ride!

String Lake

Jenni Lake

Water Wednesday: Rigby Lake

Water Wednesday lives on! I'm so glad Bailey carries on this tradition each year. I'm glad she works at night, so she can keep soaking up the sun and enjoying the water through summer! The first Water Wednesday of the season was at Rigby Lake. Like always, they had a blast!

Ezri, Emily, Ben, Mason, Bailey, Natalie, Hannah, Jordan, and Liz

Shooting

Mark went and picked out his gun the day after Father's Day. Mark, Bailey, Mason, and I decided to go try it out up by Bone.  It was fun to shoot! 

Happy Father's Day!

We love Father's Day! We love celebrating this guy, since he's hands down the best Dad out there! We  were so excited to give him his present this year! We got him a gift card to Guns N Gear to get a gun, and take the enhanced Concealed Carry class. He's been wanting to do that for a long time! So fun! We had a BBQ for dinner, and made him his favorite cheesecake for dessert.

I hope Sawyer and Bailey realize how lucky they are!

Clearly they got into the spirit of the whole gun thing!

Sawyer teaches Primary, so he filled out one of these for Mark during his class. I'm pretty sure his maturity level might be just below the primary kids he teaches!

Happy Father's Day Mark!

River of No Return Endurance Run

Mason ran the River of No Return Endurance Run. He did the 50K, which is a CRAZY 31 miles! Bailey and I left our Stake Youth Conference a day early so we could go watch him. It was in Challis, so we had to leave our house at 3:30 in the morning to make it in time for the start. We're SO glad we went! He did so awesome! He was the 7th male to finish, and the 1st in his age group (19 and under). He finished in 5 hours and 30 minutes! Let me take a minute to say that he didn't even train! Imagine what he could do if he did train! So impressive! Bailey and I are considering giving it a try next year. 

Right before the start!

The start of a very long day for him!

The trail was beside the road for the first few miles, so we got to see him a little bit before the first aid station.

The first aid station that we could go to was at mile 16. We played games in the back of my car until runners started coming in. We had no idea he would be one of the first ones!

At mile 16 he was still looking and feeling good!

We couldn't see him again until mile 24ish. We were waiting there having no idea how he was doing. A guy we met rode his motorcycle up the road to watch for him. He came back and told us he was only a half mile away! We were shocked that he was still doing so good at that point! The last 6 miles were rough on him, but he kept up a good pace all the way to the finish. Bailey got to run the last mile with him, and she was amazed at how good he was still doing! 

He did it!

1st place!

Good job Mason! What a huge accomplishment!

UPDATE:
Mason made the front page of the Challis Messenger for his race! Bailey and I are in the background holding up our signs! We'll all enjoy our 2 seconds of Challis fame! :)

Stake Youth Conference

Our stake put on a great Youth Conference! All the kids in the Lincoln Stake, ages 14 and up, met at the stake center for breakfast and were put into their groups. Then we headed to the trail head for an awesome hike. The kids had to pick a rock from a big pile, write a trial on it that they are experiencing in their life, and place it in their backpacks, so they could carry it with them on the hike. They had 3 stops along the way where stake leaders would speak to them about different kinds of trials, why we have them, and what we can do about them. It was really cool! When we were done hiking, we went to Darby for the rest of the conference. The kids had some free time, and then Brother Eyring (President Eyring's son) spoke to them. It was SO good! Bailey and I had to leave early, so we missed the rest of Friday night, and all of Saturday. I heard we missed some really great stuff! Mark stayed the whole time, and said it was really good! We have awesome leaders, and awesome kids in our stake.

Bailey was in the black group.

Bailey and her rock!

Hiking

Sister Chatterton gave the first message about trials. It was so good! 

Wade Harper gave the second message, and President Brown gave the final message. Both of them were awesome!

I think we had about 80 kids there.

Hanging out in the meadow for free time. These guys played hot potato and baseball.

Brother Eyring speaking to the kids in the lodge.

Sophie, Bailey, Brother Eyring, Makenna, and Emily