Day trippin...

Mike and I went on a little day trip yesterday to Snowflake. We had a great time (we always do) and we went to a session in the Snowflake temple. It was beautiful, but VERY tiny! Some sessions require reservations and I see why now. Seats fill up quickly! It rained a little as we were leaving, but I was hoping for more before we came back to the heat. We finished our day trippin off with a great dinner at Anzio's Landing.

Snowflake Temple

Mike in front of the waterfalls

View from the parking lot

Good eats...

There is always plenty of home cooking, gourmet food (well, I use that term loosely) and good eats at our house (Please view We like to eat slide show at the bottom of the BLOG) and last night was no exception. Since Mike was out of town (boy, did HE miss out!) I made something that I haven't made for a LONG time... gravy toast... that's what we call it... AKA chipped beef and/or... well... old service men have another choice name for it... but MINE is good and my kids grew up on it. It was accompanied by Jaron's YUMMY salad. Good ol comfort food. Luckily I made lots and I'm gonna have leftovers today!

My baby's first day of school... AAAAAAAAAA...

....AAAAAAAALLELUIA Alleluia A l l e u i a !!!!!!! I can't believe it!.... Trent (my baby) started his first day of his senior year!! And just look at his smiling face! Doesn't he look excited?!? I did a little calculating and Erin started preschool in 1980...... Sooooooo... do the math... I've had someone in school ever since. And after the wonderful (and scarey) open house last night (all the parents and teachers USED to look so much older than me and now they look like kids themselves) I think this is a welcome time! And so I sing on... Aaaaaleeeeeeluuuuuiiiiiaaaaa!!! (just imagine the Tabernacle choir singing!) applause applause!

We're back...

Yep.... we are back from yet another adventure! We spent a few days in green green Kentucky, visiting Dustin and the fam. (please read this next line with a southern accent...)Well, I just have to tell y'all that we had a great time just chillin and doin some things like wrasslin, stump choppin, vine swingin, eatin some gooood vittles, attending our Sunday meetins and playin with the chilluns! Just watch the slideshow for some good pics of our trip and check out Kristin's blog too.

August is birthday month for Teresa and Mason! Happy happy to you both!

Lotsa stuff goin on...

First of all.... the big white envelope came a little sooner than expected.... SOOooooooo.... Brandon got his mission call!!!

We gathered all the fam together and those that couldn't make it were on cell phones with the fam here and the rest of the fam not on phones were taking pics and video... so did ya follow all that?!?

So then Brandon opened the big white envelope and read it to us....

He's going to Brazil and is leaving in November!!! We're excited for him and the experience we're all going to be a part of!

NEXT ... July is busy already.... July started off with fireworks and lots of birthdays! Happy birthday this month to: Lexy, Kristin, Krislin and Jadon!!!

The papers are in!

Well... it's official... Brandon turned in his mission papers. We should hear by July 11th. Anyone have any guesses? Just let us know!

Happy Father's Day!

Happy Daddy's Day to my wonderful hubby Mike...

AND... to all my boys that are daddys... Dustin, Jaron and Steve...All of you are great men, husbands and fathers! AND of course Happy Day to the dads who raised me and Mike... John and George! I hope everyone has a great day!