Puerto Rico

We have been so lucky this year with many opportunities to travel. Dec 16-23 we went to Puerto Rico. For the first 5 days of the trip, I was working at the VA Regional Office in San Juan, while Doug enjoyed his much deserved vacation. We stayed a few extra days to spend together laying out on the beach and sightseeing. It was really amazing to lay on the beach in 85-90 degree weather in late December. We also hiked at El Yunque rainforest (the only official rainforest in the US), toured Old San Juan, learned to dance Flamanco (sadly we forgot the camera this night), and enjoyed lots of local Christmas music and food.

Christmas Eve with the Judds

Just 2 days until Christmas!

Aren't you excited that Christmas will be here soon?
We will be spending Christmas here in the mountains with snow coming down and on the ground all around us! Currently, it is about 10 degrees and snowing as we prepare to get ready for church. It is such a beautiful sight to see everything covered in white. Even the rocks and dirt look beautiful! We are excited to have this opportunity to be caretakers of Heber Valley Camp and enjoy this experience. This place is truly a "Temple in the Mountains". I hope someday to be able to show it to each of you!
Love you, Mom an Dad

Our Christmas Tree

We cut our own Christmas tree this year from the back country at camp. It was a lot of fun but we didn't get a perfectly shaped one like you would get from a lot. That's ok, it looks beautiful in the cabin with our snowmen, pipe-cleaner snowflakes, candy canes and Dad's popcorn strings!

We love you all and miss you SO MUCH!

December 1st Snowfall

We enjoyed the Thanksgiving pictures and wanted to share some pictures of our first real snowfall with all of you.
We miss you all and are really thinking of you alot!!

Thanksgiving

Took me a little while to get these Thanksgiving pictures posted....We had such a great time hanging out with the Petersons and Adames.... We missed Mom, Dad, and the Wilshers though, next year hopefully we can all be together. Love y'all!

First, we started off with a traditional quiche for breakfast. It was my first time to make this and I must say, it turned out quite well.

That evening we watched Hairspray at our house. All the girls had fun hanging out with their cousins.

They also had fun attacking Doug!

Enjoying Life Here in Heber Valley Camp

We are excited to be starting this blog to let our family keep up with everyone and what things are going on their lives!We are back from a quick visit to Texas and ready to get back to work with the campers that are coming to Heber Valley Camp here in the beautiful mountains.Today, we (Ron and Carol) went on a three hour ATV ride around the perimeter of the campgrounds. There was leftover snow from the last snowfall and many puddles of frozen water to go through. The mud was very slippery and we got stuck two times. About halfway through the ride, Carol took over the driving! What a thrill!! Going around those trees and through the ice covered puddles and even climbing those hills and going down was one of the most fun things that I have done lately. It was a real fun thing to do! But, of course, we forgot the camera so we will have to post the pictures that others took later.

More trunk or treat pics and halloween

our first blog

I have been thinking about starting a blog for our family for a while and am FINALLY getting to it. Through this blog it will be easier for us to share pictures, videos, and what has been going on in each of our homes lately. Call it an electronic newsletter, if you will...

Everyone will be able to post from their own computers after creating a Google account through the email I sent you.

Here are the pictures I took from the Trunk or Treat last month.









If you have ideas on things to add to the blog, let me know. Any suggestions for music to add?

Anyway, I miss you guys -- call me if you have any questions or if you have trouble adding to the blog.
Love,
Lizzy