Leon... and the fire

We were finally able to pick up our exchange student. His name is Leon and he is from Brunswick, Germany. He is kind and polite and funny. He is very smart and I hope he is enjoying his time here.

Yesterday we went up to the mountains to get some firewood and he worked so hard that he got blisters on his hands. What a nice boy! He is 12 days older than Riann and they seem to be good friends already. We went to Rex's football game on Friday night and he didn't seem to enjoy American Football too much. We also watched the BYU game yesterday and I think he was bored to tears. He says there are too many breaks for him. He likes soccer too much and will play on our high school team.

We also got a look at the results of the fire. Devastating, and so sad. All the underbrush was burned away though and the grass is now a brilliant green, so in a way it is beautiful. So the following pictures are of Leon and the mountain.

Rex and Leon. Rex is explaining how to use and ax.

Kale couldn't be outdone by anyone. She did pretty good! Better than I could have done!

And Mandy did pretty good herself

Taking a much needed break

Good job guys! That's a lot of work!

Our Beautiful mountain

This is just so sad!

:(

However after all the rain, it is still beautiful

After all the work Leon got to try out the 4-wheeler, I think he liked it :)