Cody Leaves for his Mission to England !!

Our Visit to the Grand Canyon

Our family had the best Vacation ever.

We stayed at our Brother and sister's house in Mapleton Utah for our families best vacation ever. We went to the Temple and did the tour of the Conference Center and Temple Square and the Bee Hive House. We went to The Museum of Ancient Life at Thanksgiving point in Lehi Utah. It has the distinction of being the world's largest display of mounted dinosaurs.

We took a beautiful drive to Cascade Springs which is on the Alpine Loop at the summit between American Fork and Provo Canyons. The road travels to Cascade Springs in the Uinta National Forest, then north to Wasatch Mountain State Park and there is a beautiful view of the back side of Mount Timpanogos. The Springs features large springs cascading down the mountain slope in a series of limestone terraces and pools.

The kids climbed Y Mountain. went swimming with Aunt Carli,Provo Mall To Mr. Mac's, Deseret Book ect ect ect. Went to Cabelas, Brick Oven, Five Guys,Hogi Yogi's,Cold Stone and In and Out Burger.

We left Kevin and Carli's and Went to Danny and Jaci's in Las Vegas. We saw the fountains at the Bellagio Hotel, saw the Las Vegas Temple at night, went to the Hoover Dam, and to top it all off we visited the Grand Canyon

Our Salt Lake Temple trip.

We took Cody to the Salt Lake Temple last week in preparation for his departure on his mission to England. We had a truly blessed trip and are so thankful to all the love and support during our trip. There are a few things in a parents life that are truly Awesome and that will let you know that you have done a few things right and this is one of them.

The Blessing of Melissa Hester

Cody and Sean where able to help in the blessing of the newest child in the Duke clan. Sean's niece Susann had a 9lb 2oz baby girl about a month ago. We just happen to be there the sunday they blessed her.

Trip to Saint Simons Island

There was a full moon over the water that night.

Shayna is learning to swim.

Cody and Dallin entertained us.

Kaylee? Guess? She's not listening to the ocean in a shell.

Shelly was able to have fun at the beach. She didn't have to worry about little ones for a change. She loved it.

Traders hill Gator

On part of our 4th trip to Georgia we went to my Mama's home town of Folkston. Folkston is on the Georgia Florida border and the boundry line is the Saint Marys River. Theres a place on the river called Traders Hill where people fish and swim and lonch there boats. We saw these people acting kinda fishy over on the bank. They had a fishing pole but I don't think the fish where biting for some reason. What do you think?