Here are some from Queen Creek! Who is that Elder anyways? 
If you remember from the email he bought a guitar just after arriving in there. All we knew is her name was Samantha, she is black and he slept with her. Well here she is!!!!! Although not much to see. He did say the guitar kept him busy while his comp had swine flu! He was going crazy with the cleaning and smells of chemicals. 
Aaron was released yesterday. It was a day of mixed emotions! He has truly loved being Bishop, but he also knows is it time to let someone else. He will miss working with the youth and the fun times he had. It will be a big adjustment having him home all the time, but we will enjoy it too. The new Bishop was his Second Counselor and will be great! It will be nice not to be interrupted during a meal or eating a burnt dinner, because he got held up. But he will miss it. Now we just need to keep him busy.
There were a lot of fun times that our whole family will always remember. But there were some very sad times too that we would like to forget. He was a great Bishop, but now he gets to be just a great dad again!
Today is our 22nd Anniversary! 22 years ago we made my dad come home from hunting and Aaron's dad wait to go until after we got married. It was a wonderful fall day! I'm so thankful that Aaron chose me over all of the other girls he dated. Aaron is truly the best husband and father. He surprised me yesterday at work with red roses. He ordered 22 but they shorted him one. hahaha Bart gave us a baptism for our anniversary and Marissa is willing to stay home while we go to dinner tonight. (That in itself if amazing. She hates staying home!) HAPPY ANNIVERSARY AARON!!!!
Last weekend we went up and winterized the cabin for mom and dad. It is getting cold up there so Aaron volunteered while they were at Angies.
Marissa couldn't remember what Mesa Falls looked like so we took her over.
Aaron figured that this late in the year they wouldn't charge. Oops! He was wrong. Oh, well it was worth the $5 to see Marissa's face. Just thought I'd share the pictures.
It sure was beautiful!
Bart has officially been out one year! Not sure whether to be excited or sad. Yes we miss him. No one more than Marissa, but we are enjoying the few letters and weekly emails. It is also fun to watch him grow while he is there. He finally made senior companion after being acting senior for 3 months.
Just thought I'd post the pictures we got from sweet Sister Ruth VanWagoner. Their family had Bart and Elder Kriser over for dinner on his birthday. They fed him steak and threw a party for him. Bart was excited because she always sends me pictures. The other pictures are from August. Now if we could just get Bart to send me pictures!!!!! :D
We just got back from spending a fabulous, but too short time at the cabin. We arrived on Sunday evening to an enjoyably cold night. Monday we hung around the cabin inside because it was too cold outside. 
Tuesday we decided to drive through Yellowstone. It was fun. We had a crazy time. Aaron made up and taught us a new song. Not worth sharing though. There were lots of buffalo in the Hayden Valley. If only they would stay off the road so you could drive, it would have been nice. We saw a herd of elk and one moose. Aaron decided we should eat at the Old Faithful Inn so on the way to Canyon Jct. we made reservations. The earliest was 9 p.m. So we drove to Canyon then to Mammoth. Then we came back by Tower. Since it was still too early to go to Old Faithful we hiked down to the Lower Falls. It was a strenuous but nice hike. 
Then we walked out by the Mud Hotpots. It was a nice day. We made it to Old Faithful about 7:30 pm in time to buy postcards to mail to Bart. Then it was on to watch Old Faithful. He was 10 mintues late but well worth it. He shot really high. Then we went in to the Inn and waited for time to eat. The dinner was nice but not really worth the wait. It was fun eating in the old section though. We enjoyed our time and left at about 10:30 pm on the way out we saw 4 coyotes on the side of the road. We made it back to the cabin at midnight. Wednesday mom and dad Hancock joined us. Thursday morning we took dad on a drive to Sheep Falls. We started hiking down and decided it was too far to go without water. Maybe next year. Thursday afternnon Lynn, Jana and Maddy joined us. We celebrated Jana's birthday and enjoyed visiting. Friday after a nice lunch we packed up and came home. Aaron had a wedding to perform on Saturday. We had a great time. Just wish it would have lasted a little longer. 
The Hancock Family had their first annual Hancock Family Party on July 24th. It was a lot of fun. Thanks to Joanne and Valorie for planning it and Uncle Terry for the delicious sandwiches. There was tons of food. We had a great time. Aaron enjoyed visiting with his cousins. It is too bad it didn't last longer.
It was fun to visit with those we haven't seen for a long time and those we haven't seen before. We look forward to next years.
We were even able to get the 4 brothers together for a pose. Thanks, Gene, Val, Terry, and Reed.
