Family Reunion

It's Almost Time for the 2012 Zirker Family Reunion in Moscow, Idaho

Are you Ready?    We are!!!!

Enjoy your trip and drive/fly safely.  We'll see you on Saturday,

Love,

Grandma & Grandpa Zirker

While in the church I found a stack of photos and took a picture of one.

I have no idea how old I am but I had to be pretty young to still be wearing the clothes that I am:)

-Hallee

Ingenuity needed

On my recent camping trip, I put a dent in my small backpacking pot that I use for cooking/boiling water/etc. It looks like the kind of dent that you could just pop out, but because of the angle and the strength of the metal I haven't been able to. I tried filling the pot with water and freezing it to see of the ice would expand and push it out, no luck. The company that made it says the pot it made of Halulite (basically hard anodized alluminum). Any suggestions for how to get the dent out?

Riley's First Birthday

Riley turns 1 on the 21st, but since we were in town we decided to celebrate a few days early.

  She was a little reserved when it came to unwrapping her presents.

Kimbre made some cupcakes and we did the traditional cake smash. 

High Park Fire

Here is the view off the back deck of the High Park Fire which is burning west of Fort Collins.  The fire had slowed down a bit over the last few days, but with the hot temperatures and wind it picked back up.

Life as a homeless family is going well.  We are working to move up our closing date on our new house by a few days, so that we will have a little more time to unpack before we leave for the reunion.  We should find out this week.

We are getting excited to see everyone!  Moscow get ready for the Zirker Zoo!

Brant

C&O Canal Towpath

Here's some pictures from a recent bike trip I took on the C&O Canal Towpath

 Starting out in Georgetown just six miles from our house

 The view for most of the trip

 These old aqueducts carried the canal, towpath, mules, and boats right over existing rivers

 Just before the entrance to the Paw Paw Tunnel

The finish line in Cumberland, MD. When you travel by yourself, it's hard to find anyone to take a picture. That's why only my bike shows up in all the shots.

My new creations

Front View
AH-Cobra Attack Helicopter

Side Shot
Gun & Missles




Here's my newest lego creation.
Hope that u like it.
      
                   -Braxton

Artwalk

My friend Megan and I are participating in Moscow's Artwalk this year. Businesses downtown are showcasing different artists and their work throughout the summer. Opening night receptions were held Friday night. We have our stuff at Farmers Insurance where Megan works. It was fun to meet new people and make new connections.

Elk

I'm jus' eatin'!

I feel like I'm bein' watched!

Can you see us?

I went to work with with my dad and saw a whole herd of elk. I saw some calves,too. My dad found snake skin and two garder snakes. There was a young male elk. There was a lot more wildlife. I took all the pictures.


-Kanyon 

Fathers & Sons

 Moose Creek Reservoir

 Matt shooting Skinner's air-soft pistol

 A young bald eagle sitting in a tree across the lake

 A beaver swimming across the lake

 Two happy campers

Two happy Smore eaters

This week was our ward Father's and Son's camp out.  Matt and Kimbre came down (she did several heads of hair while he camped).  Seth and boys came out after work.  The camp out was at Moose Creek Reservoir.  I had been there once many years ago and was not impressed but this weekend it was beautiful.  Everything was green, the weather was great and a good time was had by all.  Some fished, others ran around, others ran around again, and others ran around some more.  This ward does things a little different (not so much sitting around a big camp fire - we just sat around our own fire).  We left about noon and drove up the road aways and went through a couple hundred rounds of 22's.  I got to shoot my new Henry's Golden Boy 22 that I have had for about a year.  Nice!!  Matt and Kimbre are staying over and we will celebrate Riley's 1st birthday today.  They plan to go home tomorrow.

Countdown to the reunion - 14 days.

Do You Remember?

 Elder (Chris) Johnson and Family

Zirkers, Boydstons, Richards, and Johnsons

About a month ago Monty Boydston said that the elder that baptised them was going to visit and would like to see them and others that he knew when he was in Moscow.  Come to find out it was Elder Johnson.  Last evening we had a BBQ at Richards and a very nice visit.  This morning they came to church and I had asked him to help me with my high priest lesson.  He took the first half and talked about person revelation and being a missionary in Moscow and I took the last half. 

It was fun to visit and reminisce about the old days.  He just turned 40.  He has an optometry practice in a small town (Dallas) west of Salem, Oregon.  They have eight children with a ninth on the way.  The kids were very nice and very patient as we took pictures after church.  Brant, he was wondering if the girl you tracted up with him was still active.  Her name was Lori Ray.  Do you know?  He even wore his Moscow t-shirt last night that we gave him when he left Moscow.  His wife said it is one of his favorites.

Uncle Eugene is still here and working on G&G's histories.  He will leave on Wednesday.  Matt is coming down and will go with Seth, Weston, Koper and I to the Father's and Son's Outing at Moose Creek this weekend.  Mom is through school and very happy!!!!!!!!

Where's Waldo?

See if you can find anyone you know in this picture from the Washington Post

New Deacon

Here is a shot of the newest Deacon in the family.  He will pass the sacrament for the first time next week, our last Sunday in our old ward.  When we moved into the ward, Leslie was expecting Tyler.  12 years later, we are now off to a new adventure!

Brant

Drinking Fountain

One new drinking fountain bubbler, $55.00, one small child, priceless.

Mom and I drove to the airport and picked up Uncle Eugene last night.  He flew in for about 10 days to put as much of Grandpa and Grandma's journals on his computer as he can.  He brought his scanner with him.  He is staying with us and will work at our house while Mom and I are at work.  It will be fun to have him here for a few days.  I took the last load of junk to the land fill yesterday in a rain storm.  Maybe we will have summer by the time you all get here.  It will probably be 110 degrees.  Have a good week.

Hello Everybody!


-Braxton

Korbin and Andra found a butterfly that wouldn't fly away so I got some great pics. I like the last one the best!   -Trent