Our Gang

When I was a kid, oh say 100 years ago or so, there was a television show called "Spanky and Our Gang". It was about a group of mischevious kids and their crazy adventures. AND of course it was in glorious black and white. Funny show.Fast forward half a century and meet Our Gang. We are probably closer to the "Over the Hill Gang" than Spanky's gang.

Senior couples of the

Colorado Springs Mission.

The pictures were taken during our all day Senior Retreat. We had a blast! We started with a hardy breakfast from Denny's "senior menu". Next we loaded up the crew and headed to scenic "Garden of the Gods" park, where the senior men posed for some "Moving Mountains" pictures. (Our mission slogan is "Colorado Colorado Springs Mission; Moving Mountains"- so the horse play was actually somewhat fitting).

We then spent an hour touring the world famous art studio of sculptor Michael Garman. After quenching our thirst for culture we headed to a quaint Chinese restaraunt for lunch. The rest of the day was spent in the beautiful mission home. We listened to President Mark McConkie, son of Bruce R. McConkie. His words were entertaining and inspiring. We enjoyed contributions by several of the seniors... "at their best".

Then ended with a barbecue dinner Montana style. Such a wonderful day... such good people... what a gang!

Ahhh...GRANDCHILDREN

FINALLY... granchildren!
So much fun to have Bostyn and Kamree bring their parents and come hangout!

Okay...Hunter, Cooper, Bryson, Jaron,

Kaila, Kaden,Ashton, Kierra,

Gracie, Kami, Chloe, Jack, Kalea,
Ariana, Molly and Olivia...
WE ARE WAITING!

Ring in the New...

We welcomed 2009 with 20 house guests. Wall to wall missionaries. They began arriving at about 5:00 on New Year's Eve and the last pair left the afternoon of New Year's Day. It wasn't the first time in our lives that we had to walk over sleeping bodies in the middle of the night. Our home in Montana was often the Spring Break scene. So we were somewhat prepared for this event. We had a blast. Lots of food, movies from the Mission President's approved list, dominoes and other board games... it was quite the party. Of course lights out was long before the dawn of the New Year and 2009 crept in with not a single eye witness in our little house.

2008 was an eventful year...

we look forward to all 2009 will bring.