woody ride

Noah and Griffen, this is my favorite ride at California adventures/disneyland. It is even better than Buzz lightyear.

June lake

Dad, here is a picture of june lake now.

easter egg hunt

taryn

Taryn's Elk Call

Stephen has started to train Taryn in the ways of hunting at a very young age. She is catching on quickly. Hopefully one day Taryn can bugle in a big Elk for Daddy one day.

taryn at the beach

This is a little video of taryn at the beach a couple of weeks back. She loved playing in the tide pools even though the water was not that warm.

General Conference Tag

I would love to hear about peoples different conference experiences and what they got out of it. I was able to listen to some of the talks but it is hard to get everything when you have a little one running around.

Rules:
1.)Post on your blog Either a summary of what you got out of conference, a favorite talk or a summary of you favorite talk from conference.
2.)Share your testimony at the end of your post.
3.)Leave a comment on my blog so I can read what you wrote=0).

There were four things that stood out to me in conference. The first thing was that we need not be afraid and to be cheerful people. Second was we need to be active disciples of God and not just spectators. Third was Elder Hollands talk about the atonement. How Christ suffered alone so we don't have to. And the last thing that stood out to me was the talks about the Temple. How we need to attend the temple more, and also making our homes more like the temple the (home improvement talk).

I know that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is the true church of God. That we have a living prophet today who teaches us the word of God. I know this because of the difference the this Church has made in my life. The counsel and teachings have made a better person, has made my life more complete, and gives me purpose and answers questions that I have. I know President Thomas S. Monson is a Prophet of God because I can feel his love and power when he teaches. I am Profoundly greatful and amazed of all the blessing that I have received through the Church. And I know that through the atonement we can be cleansed, strengthened and comforted.

If anyone has any questions you can ask me or go to LDS.org and read some talks from conference yourself.

This tag is for anyone who wants to participate.

Spring Break

Stephen last week had a whole week off of school. Although he had to spend some time studying for the boards we were able to get out of the house for a couple days. The original plan was to go to Yosemite National Park. We went there last year and wanted to return again before we left. We went the back way even though it was a little bit longer, the ride was very pretty. Once we got to the park entrance we found out very quickly that the back ways in to Yosemite are close for the winter season. Since we drove all the way out there we decided just to hang around Mono Lake and see what that had to offer. We basically just lived out of our car for two days. which we wouldn't recommend with a baby. Talk about a small living space and a bad nights sleep. These are some of the pictures the Stephen took during the trip. Also if you watch the video of Taryn walking it is pretty funny. I guess you lose all sense of direction when you have been in the car for so long.

Mono Lake