Scout Camp for Taylor 3rd Ward

Robert, Michael and Ben went to Scout Camp the first of July 2010. They worked on the fishing merit badge and the pioneering merit badge. This is the tower that they built for their pioneering merit badge. They were camping in the beautiful mountain's up by Sunrise, AZ. It was a fun Scout camp. Glad they got to go.

Rebecca's Baptism

July 10, 2010 Rebecca P. Spurlock became a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Later day Saints. She was baptised and took on the name of Jesus Christ. She is now a disciple of Jesus Christ. It was a very special day. We had lots of family come and share the day with her. It was nice. I am so thankful for her testimony of Jesus Christ and her love of his Gospel.

WMHA Gymkhana

We went to the Gymkhana in June 2010. It was a lot of fun. Rebecca decided to run the barrels in her age group. I was worried about how our old horse Butch who is 27 yrs old would do. But, he did great. Rebecca took him around the barrels and on the third barrel he began to canter. Which is scary because Rebecca never cantered on Butch before. As she came across the timer line she lost her stirrups and almost fell off. But, Butch stopped and she climbed back into the saddle and finished the run. Then in July we received a ribbon for her because she took 4Th place. Wow even with almost falling off. It was a fun day.

mommy's missing!!!

On Saturday Ann came in saying " The Mommy kitty is Missing!!!" She was holding a baby kitten that was meowing "loudly". I said "I saw the mommy when I fed yesterday, I'm sure she is around." But, as the day went on we realized that there was no mommy. She was gone. Her kittens were almost 3 weeks old. They don't even have teeth. Rebecca and Ann decided with a I am thankful for the blessing of teaching my daughters how to care for something that can't care for it's self. Even my boys are getting involved in the feeding schedule. They are trying so hard to help these little kittens to have a good start. We still don't know what happened to our mommy cat. Maybe a coyote?

May 23, 2010

Today was a wonderful day. It was a fun weekend. We had our family come and visit for the weekend. Saturday was a very busy day. We had a dance recitle for Rebecca it was really cute. It was a production of Alice and Wonderland. Rebecca's dance was called "Off with your head" it was an interpertation of the Queen of Hearts. Rebecca was a card. It was cute.

Saturday was Elizabeth's birthday was also on Saturday. She turned 3 years old. It was a lot of fun to see her ride on her little bike.

Then on Sunday we were able to attend the Gila Temple dedication. It was very nice. I watch the children. My nieces and nephew's that are not over 8yrs old. Plus Ann and Rebecca. It was fun. Then in the afternoon I attended the 3rd sesson. It was very special to me. Especially listening to Cassie Wood's in-laws talk. It was such a nice sesson. I have a great love for the Gila Valley area. It is where my Grandma Johnson is from. She was a Combs before she was a Johnson and she grew up in the Gila Valley. It's a beautiful area. It is a beautiful Temple.
What a wonderful blessing to be able to participate in the dedication of the Temple. It was great to share it with our family.

Easter 2010

For Easter we had a very special weekend. It was General Conference broad casted from our Church leaders. It was very humbling. We enjoyed all of the talks and music so very much. It was time well spent together. I am so thankful for General Conference.

We spent some time together as a family to. We rode the horses and just enjoyed each others company. It is good to just sit and listen to what each of us has to say and try to understand each others personalities. I am thankful for these times that we have together. They are very special times.

We also got our new family pictures back. Boy is our family growing. I think that my boys are taller than me now. But, that was expected I guess.

Spring Vacation March 2010

We had a wonderful time for spring break. First we went down to Mesa, AZ on Friday and went to the Mesa Temple. We were able to watch the practices for the Easter Pageant it was awesome. Then we took a tour through the Temple visitor center. It really has changed alot. After that we went with Grandma Johnson and Aunt Annette to Great Grandma Waite's house to wish her a happy birthday. She was born in I think 1925. So she has seen a lot of things happen in her life. The next day was Aunt Annette's birthday. So we spent the morning with her. Then the Boys and Me fixed her lunch. It was Indian fried rice and tuna patties. It was good. Robert and I helped her trim her mini ponies feet. On our way home we stopped and visited Grandma and Grandpa Spurlock. It was a good visit. We haven't seen them for a while. Just as we were leaving we could smell a funny smell. When we went up the street to turn around we realized that their chicken coop was on fire. So Robert helped them put the fire out. It was a miracle that we stopped it could have been such a great loss. I am so thankful for the promptings of the Holy spirit. Then the rest of spring break we were either fishing at Showlow lake or riding horses or building Rabbit pens. It was a fun time. Time well spent together. On Saturday our last day of fishing. Rebecca caught the only fish, for the whole week. It was a big Rainbow trout. It was awesome as she casted her line out the fish jumped out of the water and caught the hook. It was a dream moment. She was so excited about the fish and can't wait to go fishing again.