A Day Trip To Ephraim...

So, what happens when there's no one left at home playing high school football, or rugby?!?!  We have to drive ALL THE WAY TO EPHRAIM, to watch RJ play at Snow College!!  Yup, Dad and I did a day trip, leaving at 8:15 this morning and getting home about 6:30 p.m. It was fun to be there with Nat and watch RJ.

From RJ

On the way home, Dad and I stopped by Palisade State Park...I camped there with my family when I was TEN YEARS OLD!  And it's a whole lot prettier now than I remember it back then.  We should all go camping there next summer!!

From RJ

Kodiak's First Ride...

Nat and I took Silver, Kodiak and Red Star out to Anasazi Ridge for Kodiak's first ride.  She's about one week shy of three months old (she was foaled on June 16th, 2011).  She did GREAT!  At the corrals she loaded herself into the trailer (just hopped right in!  The first two times we have loaded Kodi before, we've basically picked her up and put her in because she wasn't too thrilled with the idea of loading...).  She did great going over the equestrian step-over for the first time.  Simply looked at it and then jumped over.  (We had to "help" Stormy the first couple of times she went over.)  Kodiak runs beautifully.  She is going to be as smooth-riding as her mom.  AMAZING to watch!  Now, if Kodi could just learn to not always cut off her mom.  Nat would ride with her boot pushing on Kodi's side to keep her from pushing into Silverado.  It was a great ride!  Thanks, Nat!!

Boys and Men

"All boys grow up to be men;

But not all boys grow up to be men of God"

(the same holds true for women...)

I hope we all work on it!!

DECISIONS. . .

What kind of choices do we make?  Are they inline with what we KNOW?

Great Weekend!

So, Kristy and Dallin were down for a couple of days...and it was a lot of fun. RJ was here, too, at least for Sunday! Hooray!!

Sunday dinner was lots of fun with the "lower half" of the family. Missed the "upper half!" who missed a good laugh at Nat's and RJ's expense. Just ask Nat sometime about what constitutes a good seatbelt... Her reaction was better than the story!! I'm surprised that jello wasn't spurted out of a bunch of mouths we were all laughing so hard!

From Labor Day Weekend

After dinner we had "music time" with everyone enjoying singing Phantom of the Opera, Les Miserables, and playing violin stuff, too.
After all of the fun, and loading up on homemade bread and biscuits, Dal and Kristy headed back up north, and RJ had to head back to Ephraim.
Today Nat, Mil, Hans, Dad and I went to Pine Valley for the afternoon. It was an incredible day! We took 5 horses out and really enjoyed being together, even when Brown Jug tripped, went down on his front legs and pitched Hans forward. Hans handled it beautifully as he quickly scrambled (army crawled) off his horse before the horse got back up on his feet (hooves). He gets the "Amazing Rider" award for the day!!

Brown Jug cut himself a few different places on his legs but wasn't too worse for the wear. Nat was riding Misty bareback, but after the fall, she transferred Hans' saddle to Misty, Hans rode Misty back, and Nat finished riding Brown Jug bareback because he was kinda shaking after his fall.

From Labor Day Weekend

When we were all done we loaded up 5 of the horses to bring home to be shod, AND to wean Stormy off of Red Star. At least Stormy will be with Zoro and Morning Star in Pine Valley. (Hope she does well!) Then Nat takes Sheldon's 4 horses back to Pine Valley tomorrow. Thank goodness there's been plenty of feed up there for the horses. Free feed is a GOOD thing!!
Thanks for a fun weekend "lower half of the family!!"
Love,
Mom

(the video of Nat is kinda fun...even if it's a bit scriggily!! Don't know what happened in the transfer, cuz it was great on the camera!!)

BYU RUGBY . . . All the way!!

So, just to make it official. . . Dallin is OFFICIALLY on the BYU Rugby Team.  They had walk-on tryouts this week, and Dallin did well. . . at least it sounds like he did since he was on the official team roster.  We think Dal looks pretty good in BYU Blue, and we're excited to travel to rugby games. . . AGAIN!!  ^_^

From Labor Day Weekend

Presence . . .

One of the things I LOVE about my husband is the support he gives me.  For instance, when we have "work parties" in the community garden, he asks me what I'd like him to do.  We talk about what needs to be done, what he'd like to do...and then he does it.  Even though the garden isn't HIS project, he supports me in it and I love having his presence there.  It means a lot to me!

Dad has always given me his "presence" which has been MUCH more meaningful than any "presents" he could have purchased and surprised me with.  Sometimes I think about the presents or presence we give each other:  our spouses, our children, our friends, and our neighbors

Do we substitute "things" for time?  Do we associate "stuff" with success?  Do our relationships crave more attention and time?

Sometimes it's easier to just buy something and appease or satisfy for the moment.  However, in the long run, things that can be bought will never hold a candle to the relationships that are developed and nurtured through time, sacrifice and giving of ourselves.

Be careful that you don't get tricked into substituting "presents" for your presence!!

Love,
Mom

P.S.  Today in church I was thinking a bit more about this...and was reminded about the greatest gift given to us all...by our Savior, Jesus Christ.  He gave His LIFE for each of us...it was a gift, freely given, but it required ALL of Him.  He gave us this gift so that we could live eternally in His Presence.  I hope we don't ever forget!!

Evidence. . .

A thought ran through my mind this morning that I think was an "archival retrieval" from my seminary days. . . so this is going back a bit - - like FORTY YEARS!!

Anyway, the thought is:

If you were arrested for being a follower of Christ, 

would there be enough evidence to convict you?

As Dad and I were eating breakfast, we discussed this and thought about all the different things that could be subpoenaed for a court of law.  

1.  What's the environment of your home/apartment/room?  Any pictures on the walls, magazines, books, that would support the charges, or not?

2.  Perhaps they would confiscate your CD player, MP3 player, Ipod, phone, computer, etc.  What music would they find?  What images?  What websites?  (I'm so glad I have www.lds.org as my Home page!)

3.  What about your car?  When they inspect your car what would be found?  A MESS?  Cleanliness?  

4.  What about the people you associate with?  Do they help you make good choices?  Do you help others?

5.  What about your thoughts?  Hmmmmm, maybe a lie detector test, or something like that.  Where is your heart?

Soooo, this is just some food for thought.  I hope we would each be EASILY convicted if tried on the charge of following Christ.

Love you ALL!

Love,

Mom

Oh Yeah. . . Dallin's In Provo!!

So, Dallin left for BYU last Saturday and I forgot to put up our sad crying pictures!!  I guess this is just the weird way we Hunt's say "Good-bye!"




 It's SOOOOO disturbing to me when I call him and hear all kinds of commotion and happy sounds in the background like people PLAYING and having FUN TOGETHER.  In fact, last night I texted Dal and asked, "Soooo, are there lots of fish in the sea?"  He quickly replied, "YES!  And I'm a master fisherman!"  Sheesh...do you think you could miss home a little bit?!?!  DOUBTFUL!!  Oh well, we really are glad that he is enjoying this week up there.

Next week, when school hits, he's going to be SLAMMED with homework; he's going to be DYING with muscle soreness from rugby conditioning with the BYU football coaches; and he's going to wonder WHEN he's going to sleep!  Poor boy!  Welcome to college life!!

TECHNOLOGY!

I LOVE TECHNOLOGY!!  


It's pretty cool when I am teaching a piano lesson . . . and the phone rings.  I don't recognize the number calling me so I don't answer it.


Then my cell phone rings so I know it must be someone who is REALLY trying to reach me, so I answer the cell phone, still not recognizing the phone number calling me.


VOILE!! I'm talking to my son in IRAQ!!  


PRETTY DARN COOL!!