School is finished. Off to Glacier National Park with Jim and our friends Adam and Sherri

July 29, 2014 Adam, Sherri, Jim and I headed for Glacier National Park.  We brought our canoes on a trailer behind Jim's car.  We took the "Going to the Sun Road " to Logan Pass.  We hiked to Hidden Lake and back.  When we returned to the car we found mountain goats in the parking lot.  After watching them be shewed away by the rangers, a ranger came and talked to us.  He let us know that we were not allowed to pull a trailer on the Logan Pass road.  The ranger was very kind when Sherri asked him to give us just a warning and we promised to go the long way around to return home.  We proceeded to our cabin at Many Glacier Campground and ate a late dinner of pasta salad that Sherri made.  Wednesday we launched to canoes into Swiftcurrent Lake and paddled across the lake and through a river to Lake Josephine, we continued to the other side of the lake where we went to shore and prepared to hike to Glacier National Park Glacier.  We hiked four miles in and ate lunch at the Glacier and then hiked back to our canoes.  The two and a half mile canoe trip back to the car was great.  Thursday we traveled home the long way to avoid the highway we were not allowed on.  Next time we come to glacier we will put the water craft on top of the car so we can enjoy more of the park.

Divis Reunion 2014

July 9th through the 12th the family met at Deer Lake Resort to celebrate James Henry Divis' 80th birthday which was June 4, 2014.  The majority of the family was able to attend.  Jeff's family, Justin's family, Josh and William were the only ones unable to attend.  I spent too much time doing school work but I did take care of sleeping babies while I studied.

Hyrum Mack Divis

Hyrum arrived at 1:48am on April 18th,2014. He was 8 pounds 7 oz and 21 inches long. He has bilateral anopthalmnia just like Makayla.

Henry Anton Divis

Henry Anton Divis, born April 15, 2014 was a big boy. 8 lbs 10 oz and 21 inches long!

Della's Third Birthday

Jim and I went to Spokane for Della's birthday party.  They held it at McDonald's.  The theme of the party was "Up".  Her birthday was March 18th but her party was on the 21st.

Ashton's Blessing

February 9, 2014
Ashton James Brinck was blessed by his father Dennis Craig Brinck.  Jim and I flew up on Friday and left on Monday.  Ashton was born on November 6, 2013 weighing 8 lbs 5 oz and 19.5 inches long.

Our adventures in Cancun Mexico

On Sunday, December 8th, Jim informed me that we were going to Mexico on Friday the 13th.  I exclaimed that I was still in school and please wait until I am done.  He said it had to be now and that I could just bring my computer and do my homework in Mexico.  I was in charge of the Ward dinner potatoes and rolls on Friday and now I would not be attending the party.  I had a lot of things to quickly take care of and do homework.
Thursday afternoon we drove to Spokane and spent the night in a hotel so we only had to wake up at 4:00 am. Winter is here in Washington and snow has began to fall so we could not chance the weather being bad that early in the morning.  We had a great night, spending time in the pool and hot tub.
Friday our travels to Cancun went perfectly and we arrived in the late afternoon.  After getting settled I worked on some assignment for school.
Saturday we visited the hotel zone and then returned for more hours of homework.

Sunday we took a cab to church because we hadn't figured out the bus system.  It was located in the middle of a very poor part of town.  The cab driver was very leery of our destination.  It was good for Jim to experience church in a language he did not understand.  There were a few other visitors who didn't speak Spanish so they had a Sunday School class for us Americans.  We decided to try the bus system to get back to our hotel.  We went with a newly wed couple to their hotel and then tried to go from their hotel to ours but ours was not in the hotel zone.  We stayed at a hotel by the airport which is out in the middle of no where.  Once we got to the hotel zone the sky let loose and it rained and filled the streets with water. After several hours on a bus and then getting off and walking trying to find the right bus we finally got a cab and returned to our hotel.
Monday we woke up early and walked to a transfer station to join a tour group going to Xel-Ha.  We were told to wait by a sign not far from the hotel.  We saw a bus go by but it didn't stop.  We were confused and ran to follow the bus but it disappeared around the corner so we went back to our sign.  Another bus stopped and a tour guide got out and then the bus took off again.  The tour guide asked us if we were lost.  He helped us walk around a few more corners to the transfer station and we made it to our bus in time for our tour.  We had a great time and left at 6:00 pm.  The traffic was really bad and we didn't get back to our hotel until 9:30 pm.  We took a steam shower that night to relax.

Tuesday we took a taxi to the Hard Rock Hotel to join a tour to Chichen Itza. It rained hard all night so the streets were filled with water. During the three hour bus ride the tour guide told us all sorts of interesting information about the Mayan people and the history of Chichen Itza.  We stopped at a restaurant for lunch and then on to the site. It has been raining most of the trip but when we got to the site it stopped raining and was perfect for taking pictures. We broke up into two groups, one English speaking and one Spanish speaking.  Our tour guide took us around and gave us more information about the Mayan people and the city.  We were left with one hour to go on our own to take pictures and explore.  Jim took some great pictures.  He was taking pictures the whole time during the tour and after.  We boarded the bus again at 5:00 and headed back to the hotel.   Once we got back I started studying for my math final.  I finally went to bed at 1:00 am.

Wednesday morning I got up and studied some more and then we took a bus to downtown Cancun and went shopping.  It was quite the experience.  Everyone wants you to buy their things and take just one Mexican minute to look at their shop.  We spent several hours and then walked out to the main road and tried to find the only bus that would take us back to our hotel.  We probably walked for an hour and finally got on the right bus for our hotel. I would suggest if you go to Cancun you get a hotel on the hotel strip or in downtown Cancun.  As soon as we returned I worked on my math until we finally finished(group final) around 10:00 pm.
Thursday we took the shuttle to the airport and flew to Denver.  It took a long time to get through customs so by the time we had our bags rechecked Jim took off running to the gate, hoping there were seats on that flight.  In his hurry he left his backpack at the end of security by my stuff so I had two backpacks and my carry on suitcase to take to the gate at a run. We found out the flight was delayed for another hour so we got something to eat.  The flight went out full so we called Trissa and she came and got us. We spent the night at Trissa's and then the next day because there was only one flight to Spokane which left at 9:05 pm. I took my 3 hour American history final at Trissa's Friday morning.  Finally I am finished with this semester.  We spent the afternoon shopping with Trissa and Gavin.  The flight was delayed until 10:45 that night but we did get seats on the flight.  We arrived home at 3:00 am.

Ashton James Brinck

Ashton James Brinck was born on November 6th about 9:30pm.  He weighed 8 lbs 5 oz and was 19 1/2 inches long.

Ashton

 Kendra and Ashton

 Carter and Ashton

Ashton and Kendra

 Carter getting a hair cut

 Kendra after church

 Carter and Kendra playing one morning

 Carter

Brinck children