OK everybody is sooooo mad that we haven't updated the blog.  Well Jeremiah set it up and I never knew how to log into it, then the computer crashed and we had to spend some time recovering pictures.  So now, this is a rough start as I try to figure this blogging thing out.   I'm not making any promises that it will be updated very often but at least you can get this much.  We have had very busy summer.  Jeremiah was called to be the Young Men's President back in April and that has kept him extremely busy with all of the summer activities they have going on.  I am now the 1st counselor in the Relief Society and that has been a big change since I have rarely been in Relief Society since I have been old enough to go.  I have had various callings in the other auxillaries.   On top of that the bishop asked me to double as the YW camp director this year.  So that of course kept my life from being dull.  So I went to girl's camp the first of June.  Then we all headed down to Utah for my youngest brother, Benson's,  mission farewell.  Jeremiah was only able to go for the weekend but the kids and I stayed on for a bit longer.  That was a good thing, because summer here in Alaska this year has been anything but warm.  It has rained the majority of the summer.  So it was good for the kids to be able to enjoy the sun.  It was in the 100 degree range while we were there and personally I was cooking but it was good times.  When we got back to Alaska we had a few days of down time and then we took off to go on our annual family outing to the Russian River.  We spent two nights there and had a good time camping and fishing.  I bear attacked the camp site right next to ours one night and we were awakened at about 5 am from gun shots scaring the bear away.  We just rolled over and went back to sleep.   Jake really enjoyed it this year.  Jeremiah felt he was old enough to put a real hook on his fishing pole.  He hooked a big one but it got away just as he was pulling it onto the shore.  So that was a highlight.  He helped Jeremiah pull some in on Jer's pole so he feels he is a big fisherman.  From the Russian River we headed down to the Kenai River to try our hand once again at dipnetting.  That is where you stick a big 5 foot diameter pole out in the water and wait for fish to swim into it.  Last year we picked up 25 fish that way but out timing must have been off this year because our lucky number was 8.  Oh well, it was fun anyway, in spite of the rain.    Life since then has calmed a little but not much.  Our next big adventure is coming up in September when we plan to drive up past the Arctic Circle in hopes of finding a caribou or two that Jeremiah can shoot with his bow, from the road.  It is about a 14-16 hour drive north of Anchorage and we could be in the middle of snow by the time we reach our destination.  We will be camping in a tent and it should prove to be an adventure.  The last gas station as you head up the road currently sells gas for about 9 dollars a gallon.   We hope to take enough fuel with us to hopefully not spend our live savings at that gas station.   Then in October we are heading to Disneyland and Legoland.  So if nothing else we are at least playing a lot this year.  We may not be able to take another family vacation for 10 years.   So if anybody wants to know anything more, let us know.