new calling

Fruita has about 10,000 people and when we moved up here they had 3 wards. about a month ago they redivided the 3 wards and formed a 4th. we stayed in the 2nd ward but our numbers are much smaller. I have just been called as the food storage person in our ward. I have had this calling before and I was really excited about having it again. i thought about the latest ensign message about technology and thought i will start a blog about food storage and include tips and recipes. Check out the link on the side (prepared pantry)and feel free to give me ideas to post. i'm not really looking for gross food storage recipes i'm looking for recipes that have some ingredients that you might find or substitute with those in your extended pantry. hopefully i will have this calling for the rest of my life...which i hope is for a really really long time.

the 4th of july

we spent the weekend in silverton and the mountains around it. we meet up with friends from pagosa springs and utah to camp and explore. the fireworks show was one of the best that I have been to. the town sits in a bowl with mountains all around so the booms echoed quite loudly.

there was a lot of snow this winter so flowers that we normally see this time of year had not quite bloomed. some of the roads had not been cleared yet either.

here is a columbine the colorado state flower. i wish they would grow in fruita but we don't have the altitude.

daisy saw a few marmots and wanted to chase them...she never really got the chance.

we spent the majority of our time exploring old mining camps. it rained a little and was really a great weekend.