Sunsets and bucket games

Thanksgiving was so fun! there was even a gorgeous sunset to end the day on. Lot's of yummy food and the bucket game. You would never know that two buckets and a rope would be so fun. You set up two five gallon buckets and a person stands on each one and they hold a rope and then either try to pull each other off the bucket or pull the rope to the end and they loose it. It was so fun and we were all almost crying tears of laughter when we did it. You have got to try this game and if you are stressed out or mad, this is the perfect game cause it induces laughter. :)

Happy Thanksgiving!

I hope everyone has a very fun day with family and eating some yummy food. We are excited to host Mom and Dad Jarvis and 3 siblings up for thanksgiving. I want you to know how Grateful I am for Family and for friends. Haevenly Father has blessed us with so much and having someone to share it all with. Love you all!! Family and Friends! Take Care and Gobble Gobble up all the food~

The Bucket List

We just watched the movie "The Bucket List" and I am not saying I am recommending it, because it has a lot of swearing in it, but the overall feeling and message it gives is awesome. It is about two men who have cancer that share a room and are given only a few more months to live. They make a list of things they would like to do before they "kick the bucket" Anyway, it is really neat how the movie turns out but it got Joseph and I thinking, It would be fun to have our own "bucket Lists" So I thought of a few things that would be fun to do as an individual, couple or as a family.
1)visit 100 Geo cache sites
2)Drive a sled dog team
3)Ride in a helicopter and?or fly one. (for Joseph, I have flown in one but haven't been the pilot)
4)See a tornado 1st hand from a safe distance
5)Know my scripture stories
6)an adventure excursion with my family such as slot canyon hike, rock climbing, repelling hiking, etc. (when the kids are older of course)
7)Take a close up action shot of a Bald eagle and add it to my photography
8)Live the Prophets teachings
9)share the gospel with someone and have them join the church (missionary)
10)LIVE!!! EVERYDAY LIKE IT WAS MY LAST. I like to keep that in the back of my mind so that I make everyday a meaningful one with my kids and husband
11)Ride a rodeo bull
12) swim with Dolphins
13)Climb to the top of a tall mountain
14)Hike from south rim to North rim of Grand Canyon
15)Sky flying(for Joseph) it is like sky diving but you have a type of webbing between your body and your arms and legs, so you look like a flying squirell, I have been sky diving but not sky flying
16)Paint an incredible sunset or night time scene
17)save a life
18)To give up fear and just believe
19) Stand up for the constitution and for this counties foundation
20)Take my family to the warm ocean
so some of these things are Joseph's and some are mine and some for our entire family, but what are goals and hopes if you don't seek them with action. The list will continue to grow and that will be the fun of it for the rest of our lives.

Geo Caching

Has anyone heard of Geo caching. It is where in your area and all around the world are little ammo cans or lil boxes hidden that you find with gps coordinates and on some you find they have numerous miscelanous items in them. you take one item out and put an item in. Such as someting from your pocket. Sometimes they have certain themes or whatever. Some are easy and some are hard but it is the adventure of hunting and then finding it. I think it really helps to get people out of the house and going out in nature for walks, but with a lil excitement to it. Well you can probably find a lot in your area. I didn't count but there are probably around 30 or more just in our area. I remember going to one up at No Business lookout once a while back and down in southern Utah where the biggest Ponderosa pine is on record in Utah there is a geo cach site there as well. SO just about anywhere you go on trips around the world, there are geo caches waiting to be found. You can even be the one to hide one and then list it's coordinates and some hints on how to get to it. Anyway, something I thought of to share with you all

A nice Day in the Mountains

It felt so nice out today around noon. It was about 55 degrees. That was nice to us. So we were out playing in the yard with a balloon glove we made. He started "milking the glove" and saying, "I'm milking a cow!" It was really funny. (for those that do not know, we have a milk cow named Mamie) Gideon loves to jump off the porch and gets all ready for it by saying, "1.....2......3......are you ready? and then jumps. It is really cute. I like photos where it looks like they are really pondering. Good stuff! We sure love our Gideon. :)

My lil Warrior

My cute Bridger boy was enjoying playing with the hat. He is getting so big. He is around 21 pounds and is 7 months old. He's a hefty one and just full of life. He rolls around the room to get certain toys. It's fun to watch :)

Fixing up a bench

So I got two benches from marg ( my sis in law) and they were definitely needing some TLC. So I beet them up! Literally. I took some chains, lil'pokers and sanding tools to them to make them look worn cause they already were but in a bad way. So they look pretty cool now and the chains made some pretty cool designs on it. So now I have one nice looking bench in my entry for sitting and putting boots on or taking off. Fits perfectly! The other one still needs to be finished but haven't gotten that far yet.

LIVESTRONG.COM - Health, Fitness, Lifestyle

LIVESTRONG.COM - Health, Fitness, Lifestyle
A cool site Becky mentioned to me so I will start trying to enter in my items and see where I can do better. It has a lot of good information, may be even a bit overwhelming but I think I will ease my way into it to get the hang of it. Check it out.

Goodreads | my quotes

Goodreads my quotes

Helicopter Pilot Training from Private through ATP, and Aerial Photo by Midwest Aeronautical Training

Helicopter Pilot Training from Private through ATP, and Aerial Photo by Midwest Aeronautical Training
For Joseph :)

Bridger and Gideon

Top is pic of Bridger right after we brought him home from hospital. Next was taken on Branding day here on teh ranch. Bridger is in the middle with his two buddies, Clancy on the right 3 days older and Trent on the left 1 day younger. Kids of my good friends Aleah and Lindsee up here in the mountains. The next is Bridger only hours old in the hospital with His brother Gideon. Bridger looks pretty big next to Gideon for a newborn. ( remember 10 lbs of baby there) Next are pictures of Gideon eating a peach on our porch at 15 months old and a picture in the spring right when he turned a year old enjoying the outdoors. Gideon and Bridger have brought us so much Joy and we have been so blessed to have them be apart of our lives.

Cloth Diapers

Hey I have just bought me some cloth diapers. I am excited and a little nervous about the venture but I think it will be worth it and save us money. Check out http://www.cottonbabies.com/
That is where I bought some at. Wish me luck!

Photography

Here are some of my favorite landscape photos. The first are down in southern Utah of a Prescribed fire done right along the border of Zion natn'l park and the resort. (Zion Ponderosa Ranch Resort) The tree one is me looking through a grove near Nampa. The next is a slot canyon in southern Utah called Pick a Boo. Next is an ice drop on a tiny branch dipping into a stream at jump creek falls in Marsing. Then a sunset with mist in my parents backyard. I photo shopped the powerlines out of it and the last is the stars. I love that one.

Love has no limits

This is a picture of Joseph and I when we were engaged. It is so fun to look back on these pictures and remember so many fun memories. We look so young and so good. I love My Man!!!!

Richie Brooklynn and Michael

These pictures were so much fun to take. These were also around 4 or 5 years ago as well. Anytime anyone wants me to do fun portraits of their kids, I need the practice. It has been a while since I have been in the swing of things in the photography world.

Abigail and Bethany

I was going through my photography album and found some favorites of my Neices and nephews. The top is Baby Abigail in the hospital and the rest are of Bethany, my sister Rachel's daughters. They are so cute.

Rock Climbing

I love rock climbing and hopefully will do it more in the future. This is down in St. George Utah at green valley gap or something like that. This is when I worked in Southern Utah at Zion Ponderosa Ranch Resort. We were always going and playing in slot canyons, repelling and hiking. It was a lot of fun being down there and I am so grateful for that experience.

We love Grandma and Grandpa

Pictures of Gideon and Bridger with their grandparents before they headed to the Philippines

Excuse the pantless Gideon :)

Family Camping trip in September

I am kind of working backwards right now so I can get it on the blog for journal reasons. This September we went the long route to Boise and Went through Garden Valley and over to Idaho city. On our way we stopped at these hot springs and it was so much fun. The kids had a really good time. Bridger was floating really well and loved the warm water. He was kicking and splashing. Gideon was hopping from pool to pool and He liked playing in the river as well right next to the hot springs. It was a fun family adventure. Then we camped out in Idaho City up above the gray back gulch's campground. It was funny, I let Joseph experiment building a fire for about an hour. He was using his shoelace and a stick. It was really funny. He always got smoke just not much fire. We finally pulled out the matches and cooked dinner. We slept in the back of our truck draping a tarp over the top. It worked really well and was so much fun. In the morning we went out to eat at a diner in Idaho City and then headed to Boise. It was a nice time to be just together as a family. That was our family time together for the summer.

The Philippines

Dan and Lisa are in Leemay in the Philippines and seem to be loving it. The people there are very warm and friendly and hard working. They have been there since the 1st of October.

Getting started

I am finally getting a blog site and I am so excited to be able to do this and keep in touch better with all of you. On friday morning (halloween) we woke up early and drove up a mountain to "No Business lookout" to watch the sunrise and have breakfast. There was only a touch of orange for our sunrise for about one minute because it was so cloudy and the wind up there was about to blow you away but you can tell the kids enjoyed it. It was memory making. Gideon is always pointing to the mountain and now when he does he says, "We go to top of mountain!" It is cute.

Joseph is starting to like work a LIL' better. He is now over the inmates who have complaints or need to whine about something, he gets to listen to them and document it all on paper work. Yippy! (ok not really) But he is off training and more of his own Man at work which he likes.

We are going to host my parents and some brothers and sisters for Thanksgiving here in Dan and Lisa's home which we are staying in until they come home from there mission and I get to plan out the menu. I am really excited for this.

Way to go Dad on the election! He is now one of many, the Idaho state representative for district 21A. He has a neet website too. http://www.jarvisforidaho.com/

It will be interesting to see how politics and this government do over the next four years. It is a good thing that Christ is the one who really is in charge. I hope we all stay faithful and righteous and listen carefully to what the prophet needs and wants us to do. I am so Grateful for a prophet who gives us direction and gives to us His love and for the great blessing of the gospel in our lives as well.
Well that is good for now~
Camille