I'm a little late with this post--we have a lot of birthdays to celebrate in the spring and summer! We have 10 birthdays among our children, in-laws, and grandchildren between May 5 and July 4. And we want to make sure everyone feels recognized. Here are some pictures from Everett's high school years:  10th and 11th grades with the first few pictures coming from a teachers' quorum canoe trip down the Green River in the summer before. There weren't many pictures from the school year but we made up for it in the summers. Holding his first niece Rock climbing in St. George over Christmas break Everett learned how to be a balloon artist shortly before he turned 16 and earned a lot of money doing that. Starting his junior year: That's Everett--always having a good time! It's fun to see the pictures and relive the memories.

 In my previous post, I detailed our first 2 days of our trip. Now I'll detail the next 3. Sunday, Day 3 On Sunday morning, we drove into Banff from Canmore where we were staying (about 20 minutes), waiting for a train as we drove out of town. Trains are very prevalent in this area but they were not usually a problem although we did have to wait several times for a train to pass. We drove to the Church of Jesus Christ meetinghouse in Banff which is a smaller building, dedicated in the early 1970's. The services started at 10am and we enjoyed talking to other visitors as we waited. One visitor was a man from Tooele who is related to members of our church here. We sang "O Canada" for our opening hymn which I had never sung before and thoroughly enjoyed. It's refreshingly religious. We heard from a couple that used to be senior service missionaries in the branch. They live in Calgary and would come up several times a week to help; I believe they were in charge of the...