November Montana Fishing 2008

I wanted to add some pictures from my fishing trips from November 2008 that I went on with some fishing buddies. We fished the Madison river and the Box Canyon. The Madison was fantastic and the Box was a little slow. But we had good times and the scenery was awesome! (Click on pictures to make them larger)

The Madison!


I got one running!


The Box it just a beautiful place to spend a day!



My good friend Tim!





I love this next picture! I can't say where it was taken, but I will say it was somewhere on the Madison river.

Fishing in November

I took two trips the last four weeks up to the Madison River in Montana. WOW, there is not a better place to go on this big planet. I caught some nice browns, rainbows and of course white fish.

The Madison River below Quake Lake. 11/15/08

I caught this rainbow on the Box Canyon, Island Park, ID.

11/14/08

I caught this brown on the Madison.

Another beauty!

Some shots of the Box Canyon , it fished really slow this year

but it is a beautiful place to fish.

A whitey on the madison.

October Activities

10/23/08

A big Congrats to Matt! He is just earned his Star ranking in scouts. He didn't get to go to the court of honor becuase he had a band concert he had to attend or lose two grade letters in his band class. He has earned a total of 11 merit badges with 5 of them being required. He is doing a great job and are very proud of him! I will get a picture of him with his merit badges as soon as I can. (if you click on the pictures they will expand)

Matt is now in 7th grade and he is playing the trumpet in band. The band teacher is Mr. Wolf and he a tremendous band teacher. Matt is doing very well inand and is enjoying playing the trumpet.

Matt's last game was played in Tooele, Ut which is about 40 miles away. It was a very windy cold day but luckily it didn't rain. Here are some pictures of him on offense and defense and warming up. The picture with him sitting down occured after he was hit in the back by an illegal block. Matt is #59. This is Matt's third year of football.
(Defense)

(Offense)

Injury timeout

Kate likes to play football too! (She is just dressing up)

One of my hobbies that I like to do on saturdays is to smoke BBQ pork. It takes about 10 hours to complete. But when it is done the meat is quite yummy!

Sydney was asked to go to this year's hoemcoming dance. She looked very beautiful in her new dress.

Sydney with her friend Kara

Summer Trip 2008

We try to go on a family trip every summer. This last June we went to Nauvoo and Chicago. It was a very fun vacation. We flew to Chicago and then rented a car and drove down to Nauvoo for three days. While in Nauvoo we visited all the church historical sites. To tell you the truth I wasn't too excited before on going to Nauvoo but once I was there it was really a great experience. The kids had a blast! At Nauvoo they have at one of the sites a barn that has different stations manned by missionaries that teach you some of the skills that the pioneers had to know and learn in order to survive on the farm. They showed how to make rope, candles, thread or yarn. They demonstrated how they cooked their bread and meals. It was a very informative demonstration. We had a very good time. We also went on a wagon ride around the town and the missionaries pointed out various sites along the way. While we were in Nauvoo I took Syndey and Kate and we went to the Nauvoo Temple to do baptisms for the dead. It was a great experience and the temple is on a beautiful site overlooking the Mississippi river. Also we had a little mishap while in Nauvoo. I didn't look properly while backing up the rental car and I backed into a missionary's car. lucky her car wasn't damage too bad but the rental car had a nice big dent in the back fender. Luckily for me I bought a Garmin GPS for the trip and found a body shop in Keokuk, Iowa. They fixed the dent for only $50 bucks. So dropped the family off in Nauvoo and while I was waiting for the car to be fixed I walked across a bridge that spanned the Mississippi river. It was a fun day.

Chicago 2008

The Mighty Mississippi! (The kids were tired after a long drive, can you tell?)

We also drove over to Missouri so the kids would get another state crossed off their list. While we were on our drive we passed this park and the kids were begging to stop and play on playground.

Me and Matt having a Chicago DOG!

The Nauvoo Temple

After Nauvoo we back to Chicago. Let me tell you, if you travel a lot a Garmin GPS is a life saver for driving in areas you are not familiar with. We got to our hotel after 4-5 hrs on the road and the kids were happy to go swimming at the hotel. Once in Chicago, we used their L-train to travel around the city. I bought passes for everyone so it was a very convenient way of getting around the city. We went to the Field Museum and the Shedd Aquarium, the Alder Planetarium, the museum of science and Industry and also the Sears's tower. It was quite a busy four days in Chicago. But the best part is that we also went to a Cubs game and watched them beat the Atlanta Braves 11-5. The following are some photos from our trip.

Carthidge Jail

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Matt is playing little league football again this year. This is his third year and he is doing very well. The team's record is not so good but we are still having fun. Matt is #59 that you can see in the picture below.