Another busy Saturday

Karl was in charge of the High Priest Dutch Oven Dinner tonight.
So he started cooking first thing this morning. One of his contributions...Baked Beans We still cook outside on the patio even though the weather has cooled down to the 80°s, especially if it is something odoriferous. ( In the summer we cook outside to avoid heating up the house.) Then we did a really yummy pork which has all these ingredients in it...yes we cheated and cooked it in the crockpot all day instead of a dutch oven.

He was also in charge of the entertainment. That was easy...the band will play for food.

Guess Who!

New addition to our family

Happy Halloween!

The end of another wonderful weekend

With Jakob home and speaking in church today the weekend was filled with relatives and fun.
Clark & Rachel arrived Friday night. Followed by Nick, Tallie and Abe late Friday night. Saturday was a busy day, but Clark, Rachel, Karl & I manage to run up the mountain to see the last of the fall colors.
Visiting over ice cream Saturday night.

This is Jake writhing around on the floor trying to scratch is itching sun-burned back. He exposed his lilly-white back to the Vegas sunshine while he was digging sprinkle trenches for a ward member. Saturday night he was suffering the consequences. Sunday at 7:00 am Jakob reported his mission to the High council, 9:00 am about 35 relatives from Boulder city and Washington UT came for breakfast and to hear Jake speak in church at 11:00 am.


Abraham, a little nick clone

A few lingered after church

Day 4 - Jake, post-mission

Karl won't let us post the Day 4 pictures of Jake...but suffice to say...he would look good on a calendar. Results working hard before his missionary day would begin.

Anyway, we left Jake to his own devices and went to the Bluegrass Festival in Logandale and hung out with Clare (Karl's brother) and Kaye (SIL). We invited Jake to go with us but he declined. A another good sign he's well adjusted.We had a good time even if the weather was cold (58°) and windy and I about froze!
(Another picture that really shouldn't be posted!)

I think Jake had a good time without us. He has an old mission companion ( Elder Duke) that lives here in Vegas. He seem to be re-introducing Jake to the world.

Day 3 - Post Mission

A lot of father & son bonding going on. I think they were checking out Jake's new cell phone.

Day 2 - Post Mission

Yep, I think Jake's adjusting to the post mission life just fine... Aviator glasses & a bulky Canadian sweater? Of course he shed the sweater in about 5 minutes...34° in Edmonton...90° Las Vegas.

Elder Jake is Home!!!

Well...we've come to the end of a Tobler Family era...for the last 13 years we either had a missionary out or had one getting ready to go. Now the last Tobler son has returned with honor.

Elder Jake seems a little taller, a little more mature and looks alittle older but he is still Jake with his crazy sense of humor.

Jake just checking out his room and all his old memories.

I think he will adjust to post-mission life just fine... It took him about 10 minutes!

Suffering from a lack of Focus?

Karl has every other Friday off. And this past Friday was his Friday off. Perfect timing to get things done and in order before Jake get home...

So we ran up to Mt. Charleston to enjoy the beautiful fall colors and hike...

Do you think Jake will notice that his room looks like a storage unit, that that his closet is full of food storage and that his bed isn't made?