Beautiful Galcier
The kids could not contain themselves with so much open space.There were mountain goats everywhere! These two were just eating in the parking lot.

I have wanted to see a big horn sheep ever since we first came here. As we were pulling out this one walked right by the car.

This lake is called St. Mary's and this picture cant really do it justice!

So this bear was so close to the road. I was in the drivers seat so i didn't get a very good picture, but it was so cute, and looked so soft.

Forgot to say we love you!

Most affectionately,

Your magnificent mom & dad & grandparents

We're still alive and living in Rochester

Hey you beautiful family members,

Wow are we on a ride. Everyday there is a new and sometimes unexpected adventure. It is absolutely beautiful here as most of you know. But I think what we are enjoying most are these wonderful missionaries. They really pack a spirit of love and dedication to the work (that is most of them). No matter what their circumstances are Grandpa and I absolutely love every one of them. They give us energy and are always wanting to help is any way they can. The pageant ended Saturday night. It was great but now we can devote more time to the needs of our mission. Grandpa is doing a great job. He is amazing and the missionaries adore him. Remember you can always catch more flies with honey than you can with vinegar. Tomorrow we start four long days of leadership training that will help the missionaries be better teachers.

I loved reading your posts. Keep them coming. We miss each one of you terribly and I appreciate all of your great personalities and special qualities more than ever. We wish we could hug and kiss each one of you. They say absence makes the heart grow fonder and that is true in our case. The gospel is true and we are being magnified. It is truly impossible to do this work without that blessing. When I have more time (if that ever happens) I will post some pictures.

GLACIER NATIONAL PARK
Oh my goodness, you all have to go here someday! We went yesterday and it was amazing! We saw lots of mountain goats, two big horn sheep, and a big black bear that was so pretty. It was right on the side of the road, probably 15 feet away from our car. Awesome! Not to mention the amazing beauty of the mountains. Hopefully I will get some pics on here soon. Mandi we need some pics of the North Carolina trip so we can see how beautiful the south is!

Highland Elk

Now that we live in Highland there are plenty of deer and elk roaming. We have a pretty large yard with lots of trees and flowers. Our neighbors keep telling us the elk love to hang out in our yard but we havn't seen any til today! We got home from church and Tyler went out side to get out the grill and there were two 5 point buck staring at him! Josie and I ran out to see them as they were wandering off and when they left all Josie had to say was "What the.....heck?" that's my utah girl!

Dear Grandma & Grandpa

My life is great so far. I passed out some dog flyers! And I'm going to watch the Hendrickson's dog. And I might watch Taylor's dog for a few days because she is going to Florida. I'm doing this becaseu I'm saving up for horseback riding lessons.

I love you and miss you.

Sincerely,

Maggie xoxo

New Posts

I updated my blogs today.

www.thegaddz.blogspot.com

www.m-bug.blogspot.com

Miss you all!!!!

I just found out at church this morning that my friend's husband passed away early this morning. I am so heart sick for her. She is a fairly new convert to the church, baptized this year, and I haven't had the chance to spend a lot of time with her, since she works full time.

All last week I kept telling myself to call her and have her come cut my hair, and the kids hair so that we could have time to talk and get to know each other better. She had also shared with me that she was struggling with one of her daughters and I wanted to give her the chance to talk about that if she wanted to.

Today I am so humbled, and grateful, that I finally listened to that nagging voice and called her. She was over here last night cutting all of our hair and we had such a good time together.

Please pray for her and her family.

The Winters Family

Love you all!!!

Montana or Bust!!
We have made it to Montana and are having a ball! Here are some pics of the beauty here. All of these views are from Lisa's house. We are literally surrounded by trees and forest and we are right on Flathead Lake.

Lisa's husband Bill put in a big 20 foot swing that is so fun!!