Stevens Arch by the confluence of Coyote Gulch and the Escalante River.

Atta boy

I was sitting in my camp chair at the family reunion camp when Jake, age four, brought his root beer can and touched it to mine and said "cheese."

Great hike to Coyote Gulch

Backpacking to Jacob Hamlin Arch in Coyote Gulch

The Earth Shakes

We are getting a big frontal passage with rain to be followed by snow. The big event was the wind. Claire was sitting on the window seat in the midst of a lot of wind. She said "Grandpa is that an earth shake??

My office

This picture was taken from in front of my new office this morning.

New Orleans

The French Quarter is quaint.

More gully

Not a good place to swim.

The gully tonight - 6/23/11

It has washed out the running trail before but never this much.

Kate up a tree

We love it when our grandfathers make us famous.

Soooo Big

James takes a dive

J.B. & the couch

I messy

I decided to cook oatmeal mush for breakfast for everyone. The box in the cupboard was almost empty. I heated the water and went to the food storage room where I was surprised to find the light on. As I stepped inside there, on the floor, was Tavia in her pajamas with three empty spaghetti boxes in front of her with the spaghetti on the floor. She smiled and said "I messy." The happy ending to this tale is all I had to do was motion to Tavia's mom and she took care of it. (I guess that was only a happy ending for me.)

More from Matt Page

http://bycommonconsent.com/2011/02/16/the-animated-matsby/

Matt Page is Too Funny

http://bycommonconsent.com/2010/09/03/the-illuminated-matsby-vol-9/#more-20226

http://bycommonconsent.com/2010/04/07/the-illuminated-matsby-vol-8/#more-16885

http://bycommonconsent.com/2010/06/15/the-illuminated-matsby-special-world-cup-edition/#more-18550

http://bycommonconsent.com/2010/03/31/the-illuminated-matsby-vol-7/#more-16343 (You have to be really old to get this one.)

http://bycommonconsent.com/2010/04/03/the-illuminated-matsby-a-very-special-conference-edition/#more-16495

http://bycommonconsent.com/2010/03/24/the-illuminated-matsby-vol-6/#more-16153

http://bycommonconsent.com/2010/03/10/the-illuminated-matsby-vol-4/#more-15999

http://bycommonconsent.com/2010/03/03/the-illuminated-matsby-vol-3/#more-15833

http://bycommonconsent.com/2010/02/24/the-illuminated-matsby-2/#more-15597

http://bycommonconsent.com/2010/02/17/the-illuminated-matsby/#more-15369

At the cabin

Huh?

Belated Christmas Photo

Look at Bob's smile and then each of his sons' smiles. The phony smile is genetic.

Claire and Sam going on a journey with the Liahona

Claire and Sam at the top

JB going up the down stair case

Riding my bike

Aerahn & Will

These are our friends Yoon Aerahn and Williamson Rodriguez. Aerahn is from Korea and Will is from Micronesia, one of the islands near Guam. They are both converts to the church. He was baptized when he was young with his family. She was baptized after she saw two missionaries walking across the street and approached them because she felt they had a message for her. One of the missionaries was James Wilde. She then went on a mission to Seoul, Korea. Will went to Montana on his mission. They met at the LDS Business College and were baptized on September 4, 2010. They are the future of the Church.

Kids & mud on Sunday afternoon 1

Kids & mud on Sunday afternoon 2

Kids & mud on Sunday afternoon 3

The First Grand Child to Run The River

Kate and Mike in (rather than on) the river.