Tom and Mindy Thorn

2009-03-28T19:56:00.000-07:00

Betsey, Courtney, Myself, Kristen, Jenny, and Cayden

Aftermath from our Fabulous Super Saturday!

These ladies are amazing!!! I love our ward RS Sisters! Cynthia modeling her crafts

from the days activities! What a champ!

The Tiles came out so awesome!

2009-03-19T22:00:00.000-07:00

Me, Stacy, and Kamiey with three of the new BlaCK BeAR CuBs! I love these ladies!

2009-03-19T21:54:00.000-07:00

Arnold up from hibernation. I realize that this might look bad to others that I am sticking my hand out to this guy, but....Arnold is more human than Bear! He loves PEoPLe! Not eating them. I was just saying hello from his recent wake up from hibernation.

2009-03-19T21:04:00.000-07:00

Tom was the lucky one to find Stiltz's remaining antler. You can see Stiltz standing in the back looking at Tom with envy. Tom was pretty proud of his momentary trophy!

2009-03-19T20:51:00.000-07:00

Last Year's Babies~Not so much babies anymore! Talk about ginormous tongues~ One more baby picture~

2009-03-19T20:40:00.000-07:00

More Pic's with the Cubs! Stacy is the most amazing Animal Keeper and she is doing awesome with these new cubs! Like every Mom she needed a break. I could live for babysitting the bear cubs. Tom is such a pro!

2009 BLaCK BeAR CuBS!

2009-03-19T20:18:00.000-07:00

Tom and I visited Stacy, another Keeper, who is taking care of 5 of the new Black BEar CubS~Nothing buT kissEs!

2009-03-17T17:34:00.000-07:00

A picture I neglected to share from our last APM mission reunion!
Pres. and Sis. Gill, Elder Pawlowski, Elder Fetuou, and Sister Nance and I. Good times!

2009-03-17T17:15:00.000-07:00

I stuck to what I do best...ironing. Brother Blakely and his daughter Jeb have been so amazing in this huge project we took on. We owe so much to Br. Blakley and his sewing experience! My hat is off to you Br. Blakley. Jeb is wearing a lovely messup from the day's work. She turned out looking like a magician!

2009-03-17T13:39:00.000-07:00

Our Relief Society Humanitarian sewing project!

Each month we get together and sew our hearts out. We even have some of the men come out! Thanks, Guys! Presently we are working on book bags for the church.

2009-03-17T13:36:00.000-07:00

Since changing my major to El Ed.....I am having to stretch mysel fmore than ever. Creativity is getting easier and easier. This was part of a Survival book project for a Children's Literature class. "My side of the he Mountain."

2009-03-17T13:33:00.000-07:00

Our first anniversary. Tom gave me roses! The other little plant is our venus fly trap we have successfully kept alive for more than 6 months!

Our attempts to update ourselves for Christmas!

2009-03-17T13:28:00.000-07:00

Outside our Univ. Court. Apartments, here in Rexburg, Idaho. Cold yet lit up!

2008-11-16T17:41:00.001-08:00

The Spartans were on the sidelines during a halftime pep talk!

Coming in after a Timeout. Out of the 8 Intramural Teams the Spartans have some of the best looking uniforms! They lucked out.

2008-11-16T17:33:00.000-08:00

Tom plays Intramural Football here at BYU I. He plays on the Spartans=green team. Here is a good shot of him on the end (right corner closest to you looking at it).

2008-11-16T17:25:00.000-08:00

In our window we had bottled containers with eyeballs, brains, a heart, and a tongue. We had some pretty grossed out people. I wonder if that's why we didn't win. Everything was REAL FRESH!

Lighting up the pumpkins before being judged for our apartment complex decorating contest. We didn't win but it was so much fun to out it together.

2008-11-16T17:21:00.000-08:00

This was my favorite pumpkin! I carved the 'Nightmare Before Christmas' for the first time.

2008-11-16T17:18:00.000-08:00

This was Tom's contribution. We had 10 or so pumpkins carved and lit and this was his job. He received so many compliments. I was proud.

2008-11-16T17:12:00.000-08:00

Setting up our Halloween Decorations. We had a graveyard outside our apartment! Tom was such a great helper. kidding! Don't worry Tom. I 've got it!

2008-08-28T11:32:00.000-07:00

Buffalo in Yellowstone.

2008-08-28T11:15:00.000-07:00

Our cabin in Yellowstone.

Water Geiser's.

Yellowstone Waterfall.

2008-08-26T09:28:00.000-07:00

Water rafting in Jackson Hole with the Thorn's. Fun, stuff!

2008-08-26T09:08:00.000-07:00

(Paula, me and Nicole) in both

top left....

The ladies in front of some scenery. (Lauretta/mom, Grandma Thorn, Nicole, Paula and me)

2008-08-26T08:52:00.000-07:00

In Jackson Hole, WY. standing in front of the antler arch.
We found Bigfoot in Jackson.
In Yellowstone.
Outside Yellowstone and loving it.
Petrified Tree.

2008-08-10T18:32:00.000-07:00

One of the bear cubs wasn't too happy about being pooped on the head. It had happened right before our 8am cub feeding. This was an upset Denali! Their emotions are always written in their eyes.

2008-08-02T15:16:00.000-07:00

Tom and I with the cubs. These two brown girls are twin sisters. (Denali and Sierra) They were only about 2-3 months at this point. That was the most fun time with them. Now they are HUGE! Tom was so good with the cubs. They would bite him while he sat in the kennel with them...all six at a time. All he would say is,"no." The way he said it was the skill. He used a calm and steady voice and they trusted him because of it. I was proud!

2008-08-02T15:11:00.000-07:00

Another picture from the campout in Yellowstone. Standing with Courtney and Travis Mattoon outside our tents.

2008-08-02T14:48:00.000-07:00

Tigger is great at waving.

Winnie loves to rub up against our posts.

Donkey is the sweetest bear. He is very timid but has the kindest eyes. On the right I am playing with Blackjack before he left the park. He was a great dancer and he loved to sniff the world!

I (Mindy) am working at Yellowstone Bear World right now as an animal keeper. I seriously adore these bears so much!

2008-08-02T14:43:00.000-07:00

We stayed at Lions Head that weekend in Yellowstone with the Mattoon's. The next day we found some fun and educational shops in town. This was run by a rodeo youngster. They had tons of animal skins, which were so carefully hung behind us in this picture.

2008-08-02T14:40:00.000-07:00

Our first campout/fishing adventure. We caught nothing all morning and later realized that the pond was completely infested with leeches and snakes! Tom and I wrestled up a snake for a picture. Fun stuff!

2008-08-01T08:00:00.000-07:00

Tom and I went to Yellowstone National Park. We visited Old Faithful and some other cool sites around the park.