Hiking various trails in the fall...

A beautiful waterfall just up a small canyon from Pleasant Grove. In the winter this was almost completely frozen over, beautiful, though we didn't have a camera with us then!

These are taken from a trail that goes up American Fork canyon to the backside of Mt. Timpanogos. No we didn't go the whole way, really only a couple of miles.

These are taken up American Fork also. Beautiful mountains, reservoirs, and forests.

Casey's trips to Mexico and Peru

I (Casey) have been travelling a lot with my work. In November I spent a week in Mexico City. In this foto I am eating a delicious lunch of Huaraches (stuffed tortilla topped with a slab of meat and other toppings) with some of our partners in Mexico City. It was nice to get out of the office!

This guy works with his family to create these articles of clothing, which he sells out of his shop. He uses small loans from our partner in Mexico City to purchase fabrics and other materials to make the clothing.



Here I am with my partner Adriano at the Lima, Peru temple. We spent a week there in December doing training and support, interviewing of potential directors for our partner organization down there, and visiting clients. One lady that i visited makes earrings like these in the picture, out of large fish scales from an enormous fish found in the jungle rivers called a "paiche". She is very creative and makes all of these by hand.










Next Stop: The Philippines!

It's About Time!

So now it's our turn, i suppose, to put together a family blog, as we have admired those that we have seen our friends create to update everyone on their lives. This was one of our family goals set on New Year's, so here goes!