The Ongoing History of the Castlegate Ward

Spiders, and Kids, and Dirt..Oh My!

2008-09-27T10:46:00.001-07:00

This is what you can find when you take the Castlegate Ward families to Airplane Flats for our ward campout! We found not only spiders, kids and dirt, we found tents, trailers, toys, games, food and FUN!!! We enjoyed sprinkles of rain, cool breezes, and the best entertainment found on the whole trip-a rope swing! Enjoy some photos of the families and activities:

a favorite hangout spot for each campsite-the campfire!

Another hot spot-the hammacks!

The famous rope swing!

The best breakfast ever! Pancakes, bacon, eggs (they even had fried eggs!)

Here are some fun random shots of cute kids, silly kids and kids listening to Bro. Allen tell scary stories!

Families that we spotted on the campgrounds include:

Criswell, Hatches, Rays, Flakes, Lawes, Burrells, Perkins, Howells, Neus', Johnsons, Stradlings, Paynes, Tuckers, Driggs, Hermansons, McLaws, Orams, Jones, Badgers, Cammacks, and more Cammacks, Oakes, Hellers, Pearsons, Gonzales', Yosts, Millers, Palmers, Cauthens, Michaels, and the Allens. It was a blast! We can't wait til next year!

I hope they call me on a mission!

2008-09-27T10:29:00.000-07:00

This is what the primary kids of Castlegate Ward were hoping for! The Primary activity for July consisted of lots of well dressed and well mannered kids looking forward to serving missions. They came to the church on a Sat. morning in their Sunday best while the Primary leaders gave them their own personal name tags labeling them as missionaries! They had lots of fun rotating to different stations while they learned great skills and had fun while doing it! Here are some photos that show that fun they had:

They made sack lunches with the old standby-PB&J.

They learned some new phrases in Spanish from a missionary serving right now!

They made banks to save money for their own missions

They wrote letters to Sis. Badger from our ward who is serving a mission right now in California at the History Center.

They even had fun relays that taught them how to make their beds and eat breakfast really fast!

It was a fun filled event that will hopefully have all the kids in Castlegate Ward looking forward to serving a mission of their own someday!

4th of July Breakfast at our New Building!!

2008-07-23T13:21:00.000-07:00

What a fun way to celebrate the holiday at our new building. This was the first time we were able to have a breakfast at our building since we have had this tradition established over the past 3 years. In past years, we have had in in either the parking lot of the elementary school or inside the school gym. What a fun milestone to reach for our ward!

Here are some photos of those who came and enjoyed the yummy pancakes that the Elder's Quorum prepared for the ward.

Here are the Allen's enjoying pancakes

The Larson's and Shorts also enjoying great food and company!

Kids always finding ways to entertain themselves!

The loyal Elder's Quorum working hard at the grill

Look at the HUGE pancake that Brother Gray and Brother Kilgore made!!

Scouts Court of Honor 6-08

2008-07-23T13:11:00.000-07:00

Here are some photos from the Scouts Court of Honor this past June

Do you recognize any of these Castlegate Ward Scouts?

Stake Pioneer Trek 6-08

2008-07-23T12:37:00.000-07:00

This was a fun and unique experience for the youth of the stake that were 14 years and older. They had the opportunity to spend 4 days dressed as pioneers pulling a 500lb plus handcart for over 24 miles. The trek was hard, but the experience was beyond what words can describe. Here are some photos that share what the experience was like. See if you can spot some Castlegate members...

the long line of handcarts being pulled by the 22 trek families.

Ma Flake helping her trek family pull the handcart after finally having a chance to eat some lunch on the first day

Brother and Sister Lawes came and helped teach the youth the art of making candles. This was just one of the many fun activities that the stake set up for the youth to participate in.

Sister VanNatter also came up to help with candlemaking

The Mosers came too..

Here is Bro. Howell with Pa Welchman. Bro. Howell came to help support the trekkers. The trekkers were very grateful for the support the youth leaders offered!

Bro. and Sis. Davis helped us learn how to make Indian Fry Bread. It was delicious!!

Here are some of the Castlegate youth enjoying the giant bon fire.

The Ma's and Pa's that were there from Castlegate ward were: Brother and Sister Oram, Brother and Sister Welchman, Brother and Sister McLaws and Brother and Sister Flake. Brother Jones helped out a ton with the food (which was so GOOD!) and many other leaders were able to come and spend time with the youth and see and participate in the testimony meeting. Brother Stradling was the driver of the HUGE truck that delivered and took back all of the handcarts. This experience is one to be remembered for years to come...The youth found strength they didn't know they had. They are a phenomenal group!

More fun events to share! Girls Camp 6-08

2008-07-23T12:23:00.000-07:00

Here are some fun shots from Girls Camp from June.

Typical camp activity: braiding each other's hair!

Cute Hikers

Camping Beauties!

The Great Cabin that housed ALL these people!

The Fearless Leaders!

The Primary Meets the Prophet!

2008-05-19T16:06:00.001-07:00

Well, they learn all about him! The primary had a great activity where they learned all about our new prophet President Thomas S. Monson. They had lots of facts they learned along with fun games they played that taught them all about the fun and unique tidbits about President Monson. Here are some photos from the activity:

Sis. Perkins teaches her group about the Poetry that Pres. Monson loves

Sis. Oram teaches her group about the Latter Day Prophets and what order they go in.

Sis. Heslington teaches her group about how Pres. Monson loves the elderly

Sis. Howell teaches her group about his favorite color: YELLOW

Sis. Welchman teaches her group fun facts while doing another favorite activity of Pres. Monson: fishing

Here is the station for fishing

Here is the station for the new Prophet to be added to the Latter Day Prophets.

Here is the station where they made flowers for the elderly

Here are the fixings for the flowers

Here is the newspaper station where they learned fun facts and made their own paper

Here the kids are being reverent and sing songs while they gather together

Here are more reverent kids!

Here is the YELLOW station

Here is the newspaper station

Here is the poetry station

YW Camp Fundraiser Silent Auction brings out LOTS OF FAMILIES!

2008-05-19T14:41:00.000-07:00

What a great night for food and fun! There were lots of great auction items up for bid along with delicious bbq chicken and beef sandwiches, potato salad, chips and YUMMY chocolate cake with ice cream. No wonder so many families showed up! Here is what the night looked like:

Here are the YW hard at work in the kitchen

Here are more lovely girls posing with their yummy cake!

Here are some silly boys trying to get out of having their picture taken!

Here are Cade and Lexi Welchman showing off the BIG piece of chocolate cake!

Here are the ladies who are responsible for making this night come off a GREAT success! Sis. Davis, Sis. Moser and Sis. Kilgore.

Here are some mischievous kids playing on one of the auction items. Who could resist this fun jungle gym!

Sis. Kilgore gathers up all the younger kids to dance so the parents can bid on auction items. THANK YOU!

Two beauties hard at work

The Deacons goof off with the help of Bro. Rimmasch

Here is the group of dancing fools that rocked the night

Here is the Britton Family with the Ray's

Here are the Maldanado's

Some of the Oram family

Nice smiles boys!

The Driggs, McLaws and Sis. Merkley

The Sherman's with Bro. Pearson and Bro Rimmasch

The Paynes (Dallin and Amber) with the Tuckers

The Ray's and the Yost's

The Hellers and the Millers

The Eldredge's

The Cox's, Payne's (Mike and Lanette) and the Perkin's

with a stray Davis and Flake

The Pearson's

The Allen Family

The Moser Family

The Welchman's and the Daniel's

Cub Scouts meet Trees and Leaves at Pack Meeting

2008-05-19T13:29:00.001-07:00

For this months Pack Meeting, Sis. Driggs and Sis. May arranged with Cub Master Bro. White a great night full of coloring and decorating family trees. The night ended with yummy sugar cookies decorated like leaves, but tasted much much better! Awards were postponed until next month. Also, we are still planning to plant a tree for the scouts, but are awaiting approval from the association. Here are some photos from the evening:

I spy some norton children working on their family trees!

I spy some Heller kids working on theirs too!

Here is our great Cub Master, Bro. White and his lovely wife, Cheri

I spy some McLaws and Driggs kids working on their trees as well.

Here is Sis. McLaws and Sis. Driggs helping their families to complete their projects

Here is one of our favorite cub scout leaders, Sis. Britton.

I spy some Davis kids with a Fulps kid while Sis. Davis helps them to create their family trees.

Here is the Castlegate Ward Time capsule that was presented at the meeting.

Here is a broader look at all who attended

Sis. Merkely stands to help the color guard get started. She is another one of our favorite Cub Scout Leaders!

Here is another view of some of the cub scouts listening to Bro. White talk and give a cheer. Sis. Davis and Sis. May do their best to keep things under control!

Sis. Merkely helps again with the scouts.

Here is Bro. White entering the room as Kenny the Park Ranger. The squirrels love him because they think he's nuts! (his joke he told the group)

Young Women travel back in time (1950's to be exact!)

2008-05-09T21:30:00.000-07:00

The Young Women had a blast with their dad's and leaders for the Daddy Daughter Date Night from the 50's. They had great food and lots of fun. Between the bottles of vintage soda, playing jacks and seeing the poodle skirts and cats eye glasses, we got confused and forgot that it was really 2008!
Here are some photos showing the great fun that was had!

The cute beehives with their leader Sis. Heller

All of the Young Women that were able to make it. No matter what decade they dress in, they will always have such shiny, beautiful smiles!

The leaders get a chance to pose for the camera too.

The photos of the dads and daughters are going to make fun keepsakes for the girls to treasure! Thanks to all the dad's, girls, and their leaders for their patience while the photos were being taken.

Here are a few of the funny, memorable poses from some dads and their daughters:

Mariah Bellamy had fun with her cousin Ronnie Michaels (who is also in our ward) What a ride they look like they are on!

Amanda Oakes looks a little nervous with her dad (Bishop Oakes) on the big bike!

Justine looks suspicious as Matt Lawes gives her bunny ears. Very Funny!

Kelli Rimmash does great blowing bubbles with her gum. Her dad Peter, not so great. Nice try though!

Cayli Yost and her dad Chad give a thumbs up for the night!

Priesthood Commemoration (Fathers & Sons)

2008-05-09T20:46:00.000-07:00

May 2 and 3rd was the annual Priesthood Commemoration outing (Fathers & Sons) up north. The boys and their dads along with the rest of the men that came had loads of fun! Between visiting the fish hatchery, jumping bikes and making hobo dinners, there wasn't a clean face in sight! Just what the men aspire for, right?! Here are some snapshots of the outing:

Here are some of the dads gathered around the camp sight visiting while their sons are (look below) off playing with each other..

Here is an example of what those kids do while the dads visit. Looks fun! It involves wheels and dirt!

Here are the Hipp's boys sneaking in a smile for the camera (Jacob Flake was the designated Photographer for the trip)

A little game of rock, paper, scissors is great for killing time. Cade Welchman and Ty Moser seem to have the hang of it in the back of Danjee Mosers truck.

I spy some Davis', Pearson's and Brittons! Looks like they already found a game to play that involves taking swings.

Notice all the varieties of coolers on the table. Who knew there were so many different kinds! In the background we see Bishop Oakes chatting with Danjee Moser (the truck is a dead giveaway!)

Go ahead, make their day! Looks like Bryce Oakes is taking in some target practice. Tym Britton gives us a great face in the background! Funny Boys!

Thanks to Jacob Flake for capturing these fun moments on the outing. We look forward to seeing what next years outing brings!

Castlegate Ward is being recorded...their memories that is!

2008-04-25T21:42:00.000-07:00

This is the new set up for recording the history of the Castlegate Ward. Between ward campouts, primary activity days, girls camp, and more, expect this to feel as if you are thumbing through a scrapbook of your big (ward) family. Please come back often to see what all of us are up to!