Visiting Grandma Shurtz

 While Grandma Shurtz was in town, we stopped at Uncle Mike and Aunt Lisa's home for a fun visit.  We swapped Alaskan cruise stories, heard about her birthday parties, and ate treats.  We laughed at the great stories told and enjoyed the memories shared about Grandpa Shurtz.

We love you Grandma!

Fisher Family Pictures

 A few weekends ago, we gathered everyone together at a park in Ogden.  Louise was our amazing photographer and still had time to run and include herself in the picture! Thank Louise!  Afterward, we had a little picnic. 

 Father and Sons

 Roger, Todd, Adam, Mark

 The original Fisher Family

 Todd with lots of his nieces and nephews

 Grandma with her grandkids

 Our family pictures

Flaming Gorge part III

 We saw a lot of hawks while in the Flaming Gorge area.

 Chris had a great view of one.

 Saturday morning, we headed to Brownie Lake to try our luck at fishing again.  Once again, we found more beauty.

 Most of the time, Jill and I enjoyed the view.  We did watch Roger pull one in.

 I even did a few casts into the lake.

 Todd and I saw deer in this spot.

 Lafe enjoyed getting into Grandpa's tackle box.  We headed back to camp, ate lunch, and packed up.  Instead of going straight home, we decided to take the long way home.  We drove through the Sheep Creek Canyon Geographical Area. 

 We didn't see sheep, but did see goats.  Maybe they should change the name.

 The Tower rock formation

 We liked the different rock color layers with the blue sky background.

 We also drove the Mirror Lake Scenic Highway Drive, stopping at Mirror Lake for a dinner picnic. 

The scene at the lake was very welcoming, yet the mosquitoes were not.  So back in the car and headed home.  It was a wonderful trip!

Flaming Gorge part II-River Rafting

 Friday was river rafting day. After going down the Provo River a few weeks previous, I was converted to rafting.  Now after the Green River, I am ready to start planning the next trip!  We had three rafts: 1st-Roger, Jill, and a few kids 2nd-Mark, Louise, Me, and kids 3rd-Todd, Chris, Susan, and Carson

 Todd's favorite part is what he calls "pirating", he jumps ship, grabs someone from another ship, and pull them in.

 This is Todd attacking my raft.  He grabs me, I make sure to hand the paddle over, and fall in with him.

 It was pretty chilly water, but was fun to get wet!

 After a successful attack, Pirate Todd had a huge smile on his face as he returns to his ship.

 Chris swims over to "help" Hailey cool off in the river.

Todd takes a video as he jumps in again.

 We stopped to patch up a hole and take a swim, well some of us did, others were already wet.

 Back on the river again, this time I switch rafts and helped paddle.  Upon arrival, we enjoyed a picnic lunch and dried off in the sun.

The Green River provided a nice rafting trip with plenty of scenery as well as fun rapids.  When do we go back?

Flaming Gorge part I

 The Fisher family had a fun weekend planned at Flaming Gorge.  Todd and I drove to the Flaming Gorge campground Wednesday evening and enjoyed the lovely scenery.

 Thursday morning, we took the dirt roads to find Matt Warner reservoir for some fishing, picnicking, and floating around the lake.  We used the rafts to float around on the lake, trying our luck fishing, and relaxing.  We pretty much had the lake to ourselves.

 Jill and I enjoyed relaxing as we floated on the lake as the men fished and paddled.

 We blame the lack of catching fish on the fun time the boys had throwing rocks in the lake.

 But still had a nice time there.

 In the afternoon, we played croquet with the crew.

After a yummy dutch oven dinner made by Chris and Susan, we played basketball with the nieces and nephews.   

24th with the Fullers

 The evening of the 24th, we spent with Uncle Gene's family.  With BBQ chicken, watermelon, homemade ice cream, and then fireworks and visiting, we had a real nice time.  Grandma Fuller just came back from Paris, so we heard about her trip as well. 

 The girls just loved their uncle Todd.  He entertained them with his amazing animals noises, games, and jokes.

 I loved meeting and seeing little Matthew.

 It did start to rain at one point during the night, so the party was in and out door.

 Todd and Aunt Mary Gene in one of my classic pictures, as Todd calls it "sitting around eating pictures"

 Cousins with cousins, 2nd cousins with their 2nd cousins playing together

Uncle Gilbert and Aunt Susan were also in town which made it a special treat!