Exercising Faith by Mila

This week my family exercised faith. We were on vacation and many things got lost. The first time dad's camera got lost. We prayed and found it. We also lost my camera; again we prayed and saw it. I think we should all pray when we lose something.

Learning the Ten Commandments, by Ethan

I learned how to memorize the ten commandments in primary. Number one, think of the sun, there is only one sun, so there is only one God and you should have no other gods before Him. Number two, think of "moo" like a cow, like the golden calf, don't worship idols. Number three think of a tree, which has leaves, which have veins, don't take the Lord's name in vain. Number four, think of a door, like the chapel doors, remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy. Number five, think of a hive, which has a family of bees, with parents, honor your father and mother. Number six, think of a stick, you could kill someone with a stick, thou shalt not kill. Number seven, think of heaven, you can't get to heaven if you commit adultery. Number eight think of a gate made of steel, thou shalt not steal. Number nine think of a line, which sounds like lying, thou shalt not lie. Number ten, think of a hen, thou shalt not covet (your neighbor's hen!)

Ellie's Firefly Book

We have lots of fireflies in Virginia. One night, I started playing with them and then I caught one. We watched it for a little and I thought I could write a poem about them. I wrote three poems about them and made a book. It's called "Fireflies."

Here are the poems:

"Fireflies"

Fireflies are sparkles
That glitter in the night.
They are very beautiful to look at,
And they don't like the day.

"I Caught a Firefly"

Did you know that I caught a firefly?
It was very cool.
I caught it and opened my hands
To let it free.
And then I sat by my mom
And watched for a little bit.

"Just Sparkly"

I really like fireflies
Because they glitter.
Sometimes at night I chase them a little.
They are fun to me--
These sparkly insects.

Spencer's hard work

Hi, Cousins. How are you doing?

I have been helping my dad a lot lately. We are making a stone walkway. Ellie and I are putting the rocks together in a puzzle. It is hard work, but it is fun.

Look at the spiders we found.

Weston got Stitches

I got hurt and I was bleeding and me and my mom went to the doctor. We got the stitches in and we put a bandaid on and then I got a popsicle and then I got two stickers. We went to Lake Powell and my mom took my stitches out then a few days later we went back home and me and my brother could play with our toys.

Mosquito Man (by Ethan)

I went to scout camp and got eaten alive by mosquitos. Please help me! (Note from Ethan's mom: I have never seen so many mosquito bites on a person before, there are literally hundreds. Ethan is a tough kid though, and he went to church this morning even though he wasn't feeling very well.)

Beanie’s adventures in Zooland

Yesterday I went to zoo art camp. It was lots of fun! I met some new friends and drew a crow. I started painting a penguin but I had to finish it at home. Soon a few barker cousins are coming to go to cousin’s camp. Also my mom is trying to sign me up for Junior Zookeeper 3! Then I can take care of some of the biggest animals at the zoo! Hopefully I get to go in the little animals cages too. I want to go in to the penguin cage!

This summer lots of cousins visited us and I visited them. All of the cousins we saw were Ethan, Noah, Calub, Crishton, Cepner, Carston, Caden, Weston, Aiden, and brenen. I got to go to Chicago and see Ethan. We got to see prince Caspian. Ethan said Reepacheep was cheese-y!

WELCOME from Milena
NOTICE: PROCEED WITH CAUTION

Tia Beebs was given a bunch of costumes that are too big for her boys right now. She sent them up to The Old Rock House to join the costume collection. Anyone in the family can use the costumes whenever they want to. Following is a list of the costumes and approximate sizes:

panda size 7
big bird size 2-4
bat size 8-9
clown(s) sizes 2, 3-6
race car driver size 7-8
bear hood size young child
lady bug cape size 4-8
dragon size 7-8
purple uinicorn size 6-8
brown horse size 6-8
Mr. Incredible size 4-6

PAST HERE ARE SINGLE ITEMS

cow girl boots
old fashioned BSA hat
bear slippers
red and black berets
white sailor hat
mexican sarape
black "spider woman" skirt
baby size bike helmet
black fake leather jacket
black clown hat with bells

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Brand New!

I'm getting a brand new guinea pig this week. It is a girl to mate with my boy. If you want a baby, call me!

Hopefully you guys want one!

I went canoing and rafting this week and I thought it was really fun. We rode in the Snake river with Daw cousins and Barker cousins. We saw fish. We also got to see a sort of fish that has three eyes. It had more than six little legs sticking out of it. It was a prehistoric fish. It was fun.

Lake in the Hills Happenings

Hi, this is Ethan. I had a fun 4th of July weekend. First I went to the church and I played with my friends, Hyrum Crawford, Luke Rands, Kirk Bowman, Jared Moore, Ben Price, Kyle Reetz, and Anna Allred. A water fight broke out and soon it turned into an ice fight. I had the honor of dumping an entire gallon of water on Luke's head! Later that day I went to the Meza's house and I jumped into a gigantic swimming pool with a bunch of my friends. When we were about to leave and I was almost dry a kid squirted me with water. I was soaked! How immature! That evening I went to the Allred's house and I played on the trampoline with Kirk and Anna. Then we played Wii and then we watched fireworks. What a fun day:)