Memorial Day Weekend

It's a tradition in the Boren family that on one of the days during Memorial Day weekend, we go clean the headstones of our ancestors. We drive to the Burley, Oakley and Twin Falls cemeteries then we clean the area and set flowers out.  I love hearing all of the stories about our ancestors that get told that day.  It is a day that I look forward to!

While we were in the Oakley cemetery, Sara found a headstone that was shaped like a tall podium with a bible on it. She spent a long time giving talks there!

The boys had a fun time climbing all over my dad's truck.

After we had finished at the cemeteries, we went with my grandpa to spend the rest of the weekend at his cabin in Stanley. It is always so beautiful and peaceful there. Paul and I took the kids on a short hike on the Big Boulder Trail by Livingston Mill in the White Clouds. We had also gone on a long drive down the east fork of the Salmon River. I remembered going there a few times when I was younger. It was nice to talk to my grandpa and verify that my memories were accurate!   We had a wonderful weekend and can't wait to get back!

A New Start!

Wow, after five years I am finally writing on our blog! A few weeks ago I went to a church activity for our church, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, we learned about blogging and photography. Also, with the encouragement of my new friend Debbie, I realized that writing a blog is something important that I should be doing. I want to do this to have a record of my family and to possibly help others. I had never really thought about how my blog could help others until I went to that church activity and heard from someone who had been searching blogs trying to find answers. So, I decided to change our blog from private to public.