Newport Ward Reunion in Utah August 16th

We had a great time at the Newport Reunion in Utah.  We will have to plan another one the next time we are out there.   Perhaps even more people will come.   We had many former members and new spouses who have never experienced Newport.   Among the people who were there are the Richard and Kimberly Bennett, Kohls, Julia was even out for a visit, Ryan and Bethany (Kohl) Chambers, John and Carrie Jausi, Judi Pickell, Ron and Sheila McDonald and son Troy McDonald, Tyson Hamblin, Ruth Keeler and her husband Dana,  Dave Delong and his wife Sarah , Rena and Devirl Barfus and Marge Koch.  Polly Sheffield and daughters were not there when we took the picture.

It was great to see everyone,  reminisce and watch how the children have grown.  

Bandsman of the month

For all of you who know Adam, he doesn't like to blog.  He sent me this picture and I thought I would put it on our blog, since he won't.   

The certificate says

Presented to SPC (Specialist) Adam Kohl in recognition of outstanding achievements as the 282nd Army Bandsman of the Month. SPC Kohl has demonstrated great reliability as a tuba player for the Concert Band.  Additionally, his exceptional innovation and creativity as audio-visual expert in the Public Affairs Office has resulted in increased unit efficiency and public awareness.  His competence, initiative, and technical prowess contribute greatly to the success of the 282nd's musical mission.

He said that he realized something was coming when he wasn't asked to do up for the September Bandsman of the month.   That is one of his responsibilities in the audio visual area.   He also works the sound board at the concerts where he is not playing.   

so he is a busy little beaver.  

Graduation - August 14-15

The day after we returned from Lava Hot springs we had graduation.  We had purchased a new camera by this time, so these are our pictures.   

Ryan and his parents Dave and Marilyn Chambers

The whole group of us.   We gave Ryan a tripod for his new camera, so he was able to set it and then jump into the picture .

Ryan and Dave

Ryan and Marilyn

Ryan with his grandma

There is this pretty water feature on campus,   Gary kidded 

Ryan that he needed to get to the rock in the middle so he jumped over,   

Bethany too jumped over the water.

A little closer.  By the way, the other pictures were on one side of the little stream,  the rest of us did not have to jump over the water.

Here are Ryan and Bethany in front of the baseball stadium

That is what got Ryan to BYU, and to the Newport Gulls.

His parents

The Kohls with the Chambers

The traditional picture in front of the sign.   The other sign was way too busy.  I hope that Ryan and Bethany returned another day to get the other picture. 

Lava Hot Springs - the river August 12th

Here we are floating on the Portneuf Fiver

Bethany

Jayson

Marilyn and Ryan

Gary, right before he fell off and scraped the back of his head.   It was not a good ride for him.  I had offered to stay with the baby.

Angie, she did not fall off.

Julia,   think she fell off, but no bumps and only a few scrapes 

Matt, with his hand on Jayson's tube

Lava Hot Springs, the hot springs August 11

This has got to be the neatest place.  The pools are between 110 degrees, getting cooler to about 102 degrees.  We went after dinner about nine at night and just enjoyed the warm water.   There is smooth gravel on the bottom of the pools.  with steps leading down to each one.  The gravel had to be at least a food deep,   I couldn't find the bottom of it when I wiggled my feet down into it.   The feet looked so nice when we were finished 

Betty , Ryans grandma is sitting on the left , then we have our daughter Julia, Gary, other daughter, Bethany, Ryan's parents Marilyn and Dave Chambers and then our grandson Sean 

Someone else must be holding the Camera.  Our camera is not working  again.   I have appeared on the left, you will recognize Julia and Gary and Bethany, her husband Ryan is standing behind her with his dad on the far right of the picture.

Wish we had other pictures but here is the URL so you can look for yourself   www.lavahotsprings.com/hotpools.html

Lava Hot Springs, The Cabin - August 11-13

Here is the whole group at the cabin.

Back row: Kyle, Sean, Angie holding Tyler, Matt, Julia

Middle row: Dave, Gary, MaryAnn, Betty, Marilyn

Front row: Jayson, Bethany and Ryan who had to run quickly and jump into place.

This was the view from the front door of our cabin,   sorry but since the camera wasn't working i am relying on pictures taken by others.   I didn't get a picture of the inside, The cabin had 2 bedrooms one with 2 bunk beds and one with a double.   Those people who snore got the room by themselves.   You can only guess who that might be.   Matt and Angie and family got the other room.   Bethany and Ryan brought an air mattress, but they could have used the pull out couch.  They thought the mattress would be much more comfortable.   Julia slept on the second couch.

The cabin also came with pets.   We found this poor little guy inside, but were able to catch and release him to the wild.   Jayson wanted to keep him.

We had deer in the morning and in the evening.  

And finally a chicken who just hung out around the place.

Trip to Lava Hot Spring The Pool - August 11

We drove up to Lava Hot Springs in Southern Idaho for a fun get away.  Bethany and Ryan had the week off, and these four days were Angie's time off between her shifts. We had a super time being together.

Some of us used the water slides, Can't tell who this is, but it must have been a great ride.

Here we have Bethany, Gary, Marilyn, and Julia at the top of the slide getting ready to go down.

Some of us watched and just hung out in the pool.  That would be Sean, Dave and MaryAnn, we did go down the slides, but at this point were just hanging at the side of the pool.

Another splash, again, can't tell who is , oh well. Must have been one or the other of the above. 

Jayson was movin so fast it was hard to get a picture of him facing toward the camera.

We began our time at Lava Hot Springs with a dip into the pool.   Here you see Sean at the top of the diving platform.

Jumping off

in the air

Heading poolward

getting closer

still closer

SPLASH!!!!

The kids had fun jumping off the platform and some of the adults even went on the water slides, and relaxing in the water and on the nice grassy areas near the pool

A trip to Salt Lake and the Temple - August 5

Ryan took some interesting pictures of the Salt Lake Temple while we were there.  We had a nice lunch and afterwards did some temple work.  Was a nice day all around.

Interesting angel.   The temple is amazing, it took 40 years to build.  Everything is hand crafted.  I can't even imagine fashioning the wood work with todays tools, but everything in the temple is hand carved.   Stone work too.

Ryan let us take a picture of them with his camera.   Ours is still on the fritz at this point.  This picture is in front of the conference center, which is itself an amazing building.   It is the largest building of its kind in the world.   There is no bad seat in the house.  Not one pillar holding up the roof.   You can fit a huge jumbo jet inside.  It seats around 22,000.

Another interesting picture of the temple.  

After we finished at the temple and the Church Museum of History we met Julia's plane and took her back to Provo and Orem with us.   We stopped and had dinner at the Spaghetti factory on our way home.  

Finally in Utah - July 28 - August 3

We actually arrived in Utah on Monday evening and then spent the next week at the Family History Conference at BYU.  It was amazing how much material we were exposed to, we are still sorting it out and trying to figure out how to use it all.   Matt and Angie and family and Bethany and Ryan arrivd home after a week at Lake Powell.  (See their blogs to see what went on there.)  

We got one good picture of Tyler, and then the camera died again.   We were hoping it would start working again, but no luck, we found that if we wanted pictures we would need to get ourselves a new one.  

Great time with friends from the Hingham stake - August 2

Our first Saturday evening in Utah we had a wonderful visit with old friends from the Hingham stake.  Many of the people were also visiting from places other than Utah.   Some from Massachusetts and other from other places.   It was great to see everyone, there were many people who had left the activity before the photo was taken so we were a large group.   One of the funniest things that happened is that exactly 7:30 the sprinklers went off.   The kids had a great time getting wet. 

WE CONTINUE WITH A CAMERA THAT IS WORKING AGAIN - July 28

See I really was on the trip. we had someone who offered to take a picture of us. Here we are at four Corners. We paid our two bucks to get in and to be able to pose for a picture and buy things. I suppose it is better than putting up a casino here, as it is in indian territory

A larger picture with flags from the four states involved.

here is a little map of the four states. Utah up in the north west, Colorado to the east of it, then Arizona and New Mexico to the south. The only place in the country where four states meet. Was something to see once.

We played with the camera for a while and it started working again so we were able to get pictures of our trip from New Mexico to Utah. Was a beautiful trip, am glad we will be able to do it again.

This is Wilson Arch was right on our way so we stopped to take a picture. Seems like we read that another arch in the area fell down about the time we were taking this picture.

These are some of the scenes on our trip from NM to UT the sky was such a pretty view.

More of the same

This one was amazing poking up into the sky, hard to believe that it wasn't carved by man. Looks like there is a little door on the side. We were running quickly and didn't have time to stop many time. I think we took most of these from a moving car. Isn't the anti shake feature on the camera amazing.