review of summer outings including.thanksgiving point outing

I love to join in when ever I can on the outings with the grandkids this past summer has included some fun ones--thanks for letting me tag along nancy and brianne and anna, abbie, megan, kyle, mayley, and hunter, pictured here is the dinosaur museum, --some other not pictured have included--well
swimming seven peaks
swimming and water slides in the backyards
trips to the parks-
roller skating or following the kids on their little battery propelled--'jeeps' or regular bikes etc
going to look at the neighbors dogs
going for lunch served at the school (elem)
going for walks around the block to look at horses
going to salem pond
going to payson lake
going to watch the dance classes
going to soccer games
going to Deer Creek to jet ski and play in the sand
going to parades, fireworks--and climbing to secret lake up by albion basin in little cottonwood
_____________________________-I love to be with the grandkids they are always so welcoming and wonderful to both bryan and I--and they say the cutest little things and chase us down the street when we have to leave to go home--does life get any better? I don't think so---

missionary update from hayley......island of Madeira

Aug 31-09
okay i am here on the island and it is great. So on wed we took a train to Porto and stayed at the mission home that night. We Ate, then we sat and talked and had a really good time. Irma Walton took us on a tour of the mission house and it is awesome. In the morning we had to get up extra early and we ate breakfast with the president. Irma Walton had bought my favorite kind of cereal especially for me. They spoil us. Our president is really easy going; but the night before he got all serious and looked at me and Irma Salles and said, “ you better do a good job and be an example over there or other irmas won´t be put out there”, (no pressure or anything) but of course we will\are.
Okay so then we got on a plane and flew to Madeira it took about 2 hours. When we got here I remembered what humidity was. Its humid in Coimbra but its HUMID here. I like it though. I am absolutely loving Madeira I can see the ocean everyday and we all know life does not get better than that. Okay, so here is the deal with Madeira. there are elders here in funchal and there are 2 branches. We work in both of the branches which is cool, but confusing and apparently we have an "area" no one has really told us where that is . each day , but its great because we make a lot of contacts that way right.we have been walking a ton but its good. okay so thats basically what I have been doing.
we wanted to go to both of the wards sacraments but then we had our investigator come to church! Wahoo!, and so we just went to one ward.Anyway, in sacrament they asked us to bear our testimonies and it was nice. My favorite, is that everyone tries to talk to me in English I think that , they think that I don´t speak Portuguese so then I just respond to them in Portuguese and they are surprised, its hilarious. .
The ocean is gorgeous. more like big island (of Hawaii) with rocks, instead of sand, but all the better then it’s not such a temptation. and the mountains are spectacular. We live in a huge city though. I thought it was going to be smaller like Hawaii but this town in just as big as Coimbra if not bigger. There are lots of little tiny street and lots of people. Which is good lots of people to teach right.

Rua da Ponte Nova
Nº12, 5ºP
9000 funchal
Madeira
Portugal
okay anyways, my companion is absolutely fabulous! she is so good at teaching and making contacts and she loves to work and so it makes it so much easier to make contacts when you companion is doing the same things. i seriously don´t know what i did to get blessed to be in madeira with an awesome companion but i´ll take it.
okay basically i am just loving my life and living it up.
okay glad everyone is doing well i love you lots thanks for all the letter support prayers and love!
hayley

did I post this already ? for you guys?

hayley and brad--I know the other kids saw it--in person --but did I ever show you a pic of the SCREEN DOOR? tis just clear glass framed in whiteyou have to look close- to even see it is a door--nancy claims when she's least expecting to-she'll accidently walk through it--I think, I have to agree with that--anyway here's the look of it
the white-y is gone for good we gave it away to someone in need--so there we go--

a different view showing the glass more--*and that I probably should go and wash it with windex--just kidding --it just the light on it (yeah right)

dad went down a huge water slide

Dear family --not pictured herep but dad still has his spirit of adventure and went down a giant--I mean huge lik approx. 75feet water slide that shoots ya straight down--(if bryan posts it --its the same orange one bryan went on)
we really enjoyed the day--it was the perfect day weather wise and otherwise for a day out to the pool --sunshine and water --that's what its all about...........

chillin'


ooh fun

fun times--(let's warm up for a minute k?)

just some actions shots of spishing and splashing

went to watch soccer games

'let's go team'.... (team hundle)

after game treats in hand

the cheer section (incedently dad and I were in this section too--just not pictured--we each watched half of each game

action shot--they can run fast fast fast

our most recent hike -loved it

a few random shots from our hike on fri this is looking down on mary's lake--

wilde flowers on the path

this ridge dad is facing is called "sunset' ridge

almost as pretty as sunset beach

dad over looking two lakes

missionary update --hayley gets to serve on a island

Dear family--isn't that fun that hayley gets to serve on one of the islands that are part of her mission:

**so i am going to madeira! the island this week. said like thismah-day-duh OR ma-day-da okay just so you are saying it close to right haha. but anyways i am so excited and nervous.

i am super super superexcited! i think my comps having a hard time with it but its all good.people are so excited for me here. however its a little hard to saygoodbye to some people here after 6 months