Hello Brei & Daniel, So Long Ely....

We traveled to Iowa last week to see our daughter, Brei, and meet her fiance, Daniel, who were visiting from Alaska. Gabe and Missy hosted a 'Meet Daniel' party on Tuesday evening. Wednesday we saw them off at the airport before we headed back to Ely. We are looking forward to flying to Alaska later in June to attend Brei and Daniel's wedding!


Brei and Daniel!


Grandpa and Forest sword fighting.


Maggie and Willow.


Joseph ready to play ball!


Carter!!


Mac taking a break from playing ball.


Phaedra being an acrobat.


Six of our grandchildren, Kaelyn, Carter, Joseph, Phaedra, Forest, and Willow, and our neice and nephew, Karly and Nolan...cousins having fun.


Seeing Brei and Dan off at the airport.


Beautiful Brei :~)



We leave early tomorrow for Montana to attend a memorial service for our sister-in-love, Sheila. Later this week I'll pay her tribute, but for now, here is our (sad) goodbye to Ely and all some of the beauty God's blessed us with here the past few days.






Jackson posing for Moriah, our budding photographer.




Last visit to the lake :~(




This little guy is called Cheese and loves to eat out of the kid's hands.


A surprise visitor to the cabin a couple days ago...glad we were all inside looking out.


A view we'll miss along Echo Trail.


My favorite flower, Lupine. We've seen fields of these in Maine and were thrilled to see them growing here too!


What a beautiful place...