Yellowstone 2010 UEA

Oh my beautiful babies!

BRRR

Our Family 2009

The "TNT Brothers" waiting for Elder Stark's return
Uhhh . . . Elder Stark in an awkward moment with his wild and crazy family/friends
Watch out for that wet-willie, Elder Stark!
Elder Stark: Who are these freaks, and what did they do with my family?

Out in front of our house with his banner. Note: hands in the "why-me" position

Halloweenies: this time its personal

Rourke looking a little bit like a fruity sailor boy. The red contact lenses were incredibly difficult to find
Devin wearing his capri sun vest, which he made in his Designer Sewing class
Nurse Jeannette and Sabrina the Pre-Teen Witch
Mose Schrute showed up with some sort of cheesy Las Vegas magician friend
Rourke looking like the love-child of Abe Lincoln and David Blaine

Mormon Pioneer Trail

Looking northeast from Independence Rock
National Historic Trails Museum in Casper, Wyoming
A herd of pronghorn antelope near Martin's Cove, Wyoming
Martin's Cove, Wyoming, where 150 Mormon handcart pioneers died in an October blizzard
Devil's Gap, on the Oregon/Mormon Pioneer Trail, between Independence Rock and Martin's Cove

Along the Oregon/Mormon Pioneer Trail in Wyoming

Pioneer names carved into Independence Rock, on the Oregon/Mormon Pioneer Trail
Stake marking the Oregon Trail
More names of pioneers at Independence Rock
Independence Rock, near Casper, Wyoming
Wyoming as it probably looked to the pioneers

Dance photos

almost finished!

Homecoming Dance

Here is the latest email from Ivan!

We have been bugging him for his new address so this is his response.


Ok, I just got it:
Elder Ivan Stark
1121 Callahan Dr., #211
Bremerton, WA 98310

This is actually not the place that I will always be staying, but we keep our stuff there right now, and its alot closer than the mission office, so I can get mail ALOT sooner. ITs the Manette apt.

Heres a description of what the transfer will be like: (I just am gonna copy and paste it, cause I sent to both G'ma's already):
Yeah, I just got transferred to a new area for my last six weeks, and my new companion is also going home at the same time as me. (His name is Elder Daws, and he is also from Texas.) How does that work you might ask, seeing as how it should present a problem if we both leave the area at the same time? Well, we both are "travelling 'One Church' ambassadors right now, and that means that we travel around the Bremerton Zone and spend 48 hours with each missionary companionship and help them to institute a program that the church has recently come up with called "One Church". The program is to get the expectations of the missionaries to be on the same page as those of the members of the Ward, which will result in there being ONE CHURCH for both the members and the missionaries. Pretty smart huh?
So thats what I'm doing right now. That also means that this transfer is gonna go by extremely quickly! Im actually getting kinda scared to go home now, mainly because this last six weeks will most likely be the funnest transfer of my mission yet!
Anyways...
See you soon.
Love, Ivan

Man I miss this kid! Can't wait to see him!!

Out having fun!