SOME OF JUNE

 Dean teaching Trig how to drive the 4 wheeler, I'm sure that's not a good idea.

Josie went to work with Dean and I had to take him some vaccine and this is what I saw. I was so grossed out and bothered. I guess its what you do on a ranch. She is holding the tails while they AI

 Trig found his first shed all on his own. Dean was a proud dad.

 Everyday was call Leann and Craig and see if they can come jump high

one EARLY morning Quincy came and got in my bed randomly with her piano and played me a few tunes. 

 When your brother helps you get a drink.

 I love to watch her play like this.

 If you don't have a city pool sometimes you have to swim in the culvert.

 We love our chatbooks from instagram.

 Trig walks up the stairs.... Introducing Queen Josie and Princess Quincy and then they followed.

Dean is in the middle of haying season

Nauvoo

Dean and I took the kids to Chicago and then on to Nauvoo. It was such a fun experience. I think I had such a wonderful time because I was prepared for the worst traveling with children this small. They loved the airport and having their own suitcases. On the plane they did good on the 3.5 hour flight into Chicago. Quincy got a little antsy but we had enough games and treats to keep her happy. 

 We stopped at the Cloud Gate in Chicago, because thats just what you do when you go to this city.

 The kids (and even Amelia) loved swimming at the hotels!

We went to the American Gril Doll store, it was so adorable. I tried buy Josie a new doll but she said that would make Amelia feel bad.

Trig was in heaven at the Lego store and its probably a good thing Dean took him instead of me. I probably would have been in heaven there too.

Dean wanted to go to the tallest tower in the world. I had read the reviews and it sounded hot and crowded but I'm so glad we went because it was perfect. No one was there it was really cool. 

We drove 4 hours to Nauvoo and got there to see the end of this show. It was so fun to watch. We had perfect weather while we were there which keeps everyone happy. 

 We loved being with grandma and grandpa!

Grandma tended while we went to the temple, she treated the kids to their special breakfast of oreos and they were elated. then she bathed them and got them ready for the day. We met them over at the pioneer games (Josie's favorite part of the trip). My parents also kept the kids so Dean and I could drive to Carthage. We went through the Jail and then stayed to watch the reenactment because it was the 171st anniversary of Joseph's passing. It was such a neat experience. Dean's favorite was the Church of Christ tour and my favorite was the feeling there. Really the whole place just beams with an amazing spirit. Trigs favorite part was legos. 

 We loved watching the shows. The actors were amazing, Josie even got called on stage for one of them. It was also fun to see my parents in action at the sites. Mom in the family living center talking about making bread and grandpa helped us make our very own rope.

 On our way home we stopped at the Brookfeild Zoo. It is twice the size as Hoagle Zoo. It was awesome but this was the first day the heat and humidity combined making the weather miserable.

 Sleeping kids made for a short four hour trip back to Chicago.

We were all beat by the time we got back on the plane to go home. I drugged the kids so they would sleep it worked for Dean, Josie, and Trig but Quincy just cried the entire 3.5 hours home. Sad for everyone on the plane. I'm so glad we went, we had a wonderful time and we are looking forward to going back.

Hope ya know we had a hard time

Sunday before church we loaded the car and the truck so we could head out right after church. I had lunch packed so the kids could eat in the car. We went to church, came home to change our clothes and headed out the door on our way to Addy’s. Dean was right behind us with a crew of guys headed to Nevada to brand. We hit treasurton and as I turned around to give Josie a sandwich I lost control and wrecked into a fence. Because the ground was so wet from the rain it caused us to slide instead of roll. It was scary and terrible; I’m really grateful we were protected because it could have been a lot worse if we had rolled. Dean came a few minutes later and drove the car up and down the road he said it was fine to drive and that I should keep going to Utah. I waited for the cops and got an accident report. In sardine canyon I blew a tire. When I called Dean for help he said he was on the side of the road fixing his own blown tire. I called to cops to come help me, meanwhile two good Samaritans stopped to help. I took a lot of you tube videos and three guys to finally get it fixed. I called Dean to tell him I was on my way and he was again fixing a second blown tire on his trailer. We agreed not to travel on Sunday again.

I stayed the night at my moms. I made all the arrangements to take it to a repair shop the next day and get a rental car. The next morning I dropped off my car and enterprise came to pick me up. I put a large dent in the side of their brand new rental van with the bed frame I was taking to Addy. Next I walk in the rental car office and they tell me that they can’t rent a car to me because my drivers’ license was expired. They drove me back to my moms and I borrowed my dad’s truck. When I finally got to Addys I found that the bed I had come all the way to deliver was in reality two headboards instead of a head and a footboard. And when I called to tell Dean that bad news he told me that all of his horses ran away with a herd of wild mustangs.

We had a hard time, we felt jinxed but we got over it and are left feeling very blessed.

Grandma Great

We went to visit Grandma Great and we were lucky enough to share some cake. She was just putting the frosting on and my kids were in heaven. We sure love that GREAT grandma of ours!

Disaster Clean Up

We had the crazy wind storm and there were branches all over the yard. I asked the kids to pick them up and put them in separate piles. Whoever had the biggest pile would get a prize. While Josie spent the morning picking up a lot of branches, Trig spent his time gathering only a few large branches and trying to make them stand so his pile looked the biggest. They both got a prize