Rafting the Colorado River

Here are some pictures from our trip down the Colorado River:

Klondike 2014

Scouts went on the Klondike and braved the cold temps. It was held at Jordanelle State Park. We competed, had a lot of fun, and all came home in one piece. 

A Visit to the Courthouse

Reeves service project

        On Wednesday September 18, most of the teachers in our quorum did a service project. There is a lady in our neighborhood who needed dirt dug out of her foundation to build rebuild window wells. There was a really big storm that had happened a few weeks earlier in Utah. After the storm, get basement flooded, so she found out she needed to expose the wall of her basement so she could waterproof it.

        We went over to her house and started to dig. It took us about an hour and a half but we finally got it done. They also had a big pile of dirt on the driveway so we had to shovel that onto the grass.

        We all had a great time. This helped us learn how to work together better. She really appreciated us doing this for her. Here are some of the pictures she took:

Photo Service Scavenger Hunt

        On Wednesday August 14, the Young men and young women in our ward did a photo service scavenger hunt. We had groups of about 10 people, and each group had a camera. Each group also had a list of service opportunities worth different amounts of points. We went around the neighborhood and knocked on doors. We would ask them if we could do service on the list for them.

Book of Mormon Challenge

Of the great potential that the Book of Mormon has to bless our lives, Marion G. Romney said the following:

“I feel certain that if, in our homes, parents will read from the Book of Mormon prayerfully and regularly, both by themselves and with their children, the spirit of that great book will come to permeate our homes and all who dwell therein. The spirit of reverence will increase; mutual respect and consideration for each other will grow. The spirit of contention will depart. Parents will counsel their children in greater love and wisdom. Children will be more responsive and submissive to the counsel of their parents. Righteousness will increase. Faith, hope, and charity—the pure love of Christ—will abound in our homes and lives, bringing in their wake peace, joy, and happiness” (Ensign, May 1980, p. 67).
In addition, reading the Book of Mormon is essential for gaining a personal testimony of the restored gospel and for preparing to serve a full-time mission. For these purposes, we have decided to read the Book of Mormon by the end of the year 2013, starting October 1, 2013. When President Hinckley issued a similar challenge to all members of the church in 2005, members had 97 days. Our challenge will require us to complete it in 92 days. Here is a reading schedule which will help us reach our goal:

We invite any who would like to to join with us.

50 miles in Zions

Our 50 mile hike

Monday: drove there went to hidden canyon set up camp went to weeping rock. 

Tuesday: we did the narrows

Wednesday: Angels landing and the west rim

Thursday: North Gate peaks, and catching crawdads at Kolob reservoir.

Friday: Hopp Valley and Kolob arch hiked out. then we got pizza at 5 buck pizza.

Day 1: Hidden Canyon: This hike was probably the overall favorite between us youth. We all loved it because towards the end of the hike, there wasn't a paved trail, because the canyon was so narrow. At that point we were basically trailblazers. We were hiking over boulders scaling mini cliffs and avoiding mini bacteria filled ponds. Bryan B. almost died ;). We were all paving different trails trying to find the easiest quickest way. It is worth mentioning that we were all pretty tired at the end of Day 1. But none of us were prepared for what was to come. Miles: 4

Memories: Running through Hidden Canyon. Taking the hike down by the Narrows, and pretending to see amazing animals "I've never seen one like that!" "That is huge!" we got some groups of people pretty good. Getting our first good glimpse of Zion. Bryan G. and Gabe chasing after some really quick lizards and stumbling across a rattlesnake. Gabe poking the rattlesnake.

Day 2: The Narrows: We woke up very early and ate breakfast and packed our lunches in Ziploc bags. We took the shuttle buses up to the start of the hike. None of us (except for Brother Brown and Brother Bodily) really knew what to expect. The start of the trail was the worst because the water was super duper cold. We started marching up river. About 1.5 miles in Brother Dalton's knee froze up and he could not continue which earned him the nickname 'Gimp'. (Props to him for sitting on the side of the river for six hours while we hiked the rest of the Narrows). The first part of the hike was pretty uneventful. Bryan B. kept us entertained with his cross stitch (or was it Crochet?) techniques that he shared. Which earned him the nickname 'Cross stitch'. When we got to the fork in the canyon we took the right fork. This canyon was called Orderville. It was the Narrows version of Hidden Canyon. It was definitely narrow. It was probably 10 ft. wide. The river also progressively got deeper and we all gave up on trying to stay dry. Gabe was the first to take the plunge and go chest deep in the water. Zach was the only person who was still trying to stay dry. We climbed over small waterfalls, walked across logs, and swam through some really deep parts in the river. Bryan B. almost died ;). We eventually stopped at a particularly high waterfall. (We had to take into account hiking back down) and ate lunch. At this part of the hike, there was a really deep part of water by the waterfall, and Zach was floating around on the log staying out of the water and staying dry. Sam decided to kick the log, and Zach went down in spectacular fashion. This earned Zach the nickname 'Logger'.Surprisingly we all did a decent job packing our lunches so they were all still dry. We ate, then started our hike back down to the main canyon. There were some stunning views of the canyon walls throughout our hike. We then joined the back to the main trail and hiked the rest of the Narrows. Miles: 12

memories:  

Day 3:   

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